[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 sowin’
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
Short and tall, throw the ball
And my name is Carnival

[Verse 3]
Strings of yellow tears
Drip from black-wired 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

[Verse 4]
Here there is no law
But the arcade's penny claw hanging empty
The painted laughing smile
And the turning of the style do not envy
And the small can steal the ball
To touch the face of Carnival
[Verse 5]
The fat woman frowns
At screaming frightened clowns that move enchanted
And the shadow lion waits
Outside your iron gates with one wish granted
Colors fall, throw the ball
Play the game of Carnival

[Verse 6]
Without a thought of size
You come to hypnotize the danger
The world that comes apart
Has no single heart when life is stranger
Wheel and call, clawed dreams all
In the name of Carnival

[Refrain]
Wheel and call, clawed dreams all
In my name of Carnival