Carnivals

Well today, you can be me
No quiet eyes will go unseen
A firefly to light the way
A peasant's dream will have it made
Gonna happen today

There's a forest fire, out in the sea
And you wish that you could admire, a guilty plea
Three hips hooray, to the freak parade
And a drunkard's dream, will have it made
Gonna happen today

Because tonight we cannot tell which way is hell
Or which of these so phony kings are real
And the crown of queen is free for all
But don't you cry you see this place is far from real
We're at the carnival

So if you're asleep, you're really wide awake
Buying dull homes with suburban loans, just to have it made
To step outside, is to come on in
Cuz when you die your life will just begin
So won't you come on in

So won't you take your neighbor's hand
She's dancing in your band
And she's just next door, she's not on foreign land
And then the darkest parts, of your heart
They will just dissolve and you'll stumble and you'll fall
Into a carnival

And even though it's upside down, doesn't mean we're done
Throw away your gun and we can have our fun
So don't you turn around, cuz you're burnin' down
And here we are at the center of it all
We're at the carnival