My Name Is Carnival

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