Carnival of Bones

The lights flicker red on the midway,

Echoes of laughter disguise the decay.

Painted smiles, masks that hide my face,

Every scream is a hymn in this holy place.

Step inside, let the music play…

Your soul’s the ticket, you can’t escape.

Dancing in shadows, the blade sings sweet,

Blood on the sawdust, beneath my feet.

I am the hunger dressed up in lace,

A carnival queen with a graveyard’s grace.

Round and round—

The ferris wheel of death,

Round and round—

Feel the poison in my breath.

Your heartbeat’s faster than the drum,

The crowd is blind, but I taste what’s to come.

Every victim—another story told,

Under the tent, your soul is sold.

You clap, you cheer, you never knew…

The devil’s trick was bleeding you.

Dancing in shadows, the blade sings sweet,

Blood on the sawdust, beneath my feet.

I am the hunger dressed up in lace,

A carnival queen with a graveyard’s grace.

Run… run…

But the circus always follows.

Run… run…

The dead sing in my shadows.

I hunt—

I take—

Your body my stage.

I haunt—

I break—

Your soul in my cage.

Laughing in shadows, the blade sings sweet,

Blood on the sawdust, beneath my feet.

You paid the price, you fed the flame,

The carnival queen remembers your name.