[Verse]
The calliope screams
It moans
It creaks
Shadows waltz beneath the carnival peaks
A wheel of bones
It turns
It groans
The night swallows dreams
It chews their stones
[Chorus]
Round and round
The dark carousel
Spinning tales that no one can tell
Clocks stop ticking
The stars won’t show
Where it ends
No one will know
[Verse 2]
Cotton candy laced with bitter ash
Mirrors cracked
A ghostly flash
The fortune teller
Her lips sewn tight
She whispers truths to the endless night
[Prechorus]
Step right up
Your fate’s in hand
A gypsy’s spell
A cursed band
[Chorus]
Round and round
The dark carousel
Spinning tales that no one can tell
Clocks stop ticking
The stars won’t show
Where it ends
No one will know
[Bridge]
Strings hum low
A violin weeps
Through the smoke where the silence creeps
The Ferris wheel burns in a quiet rage
Every soul trapped in its cage