I've seen your face

In every place

That I'll be goin'

I read your words

Like black hungry birds

Read every poem

Rise and fall

Spin and call

And my name

Is carnival

Sad music in the night

Sings a scream of light

Out of chorus

And voices you might hear

Appear and disappear

In the forest

Short and tall

Throw the ball

Let's play the game

Of carnival

Strings of yellow tears

Drip from black wire fears

In the meadow

And their white halos spin

With an anger that is thin

And turns to sorrow

King of all

Hear me call

Hear my name

Carnival

Here there is no law

Just the arcade's penny claw

Hanging empty

A painted laughing smile

And the turning of the style

I do not envy

King of all

Hear me call

Hear my name

Carnival

Colors fall

Throw the ball

Let's play the game

Carnival

Colors fall

Throw the ball

Let's play the game

Carnival