[Verse 1]
I've seen your face in every place that I'll be goin'
I read your words like black hungry birds read every poem

[Chorus]
Rise and fall
Spin and call
And my name
Is carnival

[Verse 2]
Sad music in the night sings a scream of light out of chorus
And voices you might hear appear and disappear in the forest

[Chorus 2]
Short and tall
Throw the ball
Let's play the game
Of carnival

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus 3]
King of all
Hear me call
Hear my name
Carnival
[Verse 4]
Here there is no law just the arcade's penny claw hanging empty
A painted laughing smile snd the turning of the style I do not envy

[Chorus 3]
King of all
Hear me call
Hear my name
Carnival

[Outro]
Colors fall throw the ball let's play the game
Carnival
Colors fall throw the ball let's play the game
Carnival