i've seen your face in every place that i'll be going
i read your words like black hungry birds read every sowing
rise and fall, spin and call, and my name is carnival
sad music in the night sings a scream of light out of chorus
voices you might hear appear and disappear in the forest
short and tall, throw the ball, touch the face of carnival
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 throw the ball, play the game of carnival
man and woman frown at screaming clowns that move enchanted
the world that comes apart has no single heart when life is strangest
colors fall, throw the ball, play the game of carnival
wheel and call, clawed dreams all, in the name of carnival
credits
from mischief night,
released October 30, 2020
written by jackson c. frank
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