Carousel - Flobots

In the dead of night

Deep inside my cell

Saw the brightest light

Shine from somewhere else

As it came to life

Felt it cast its spell

And the carousel was turning

I’m on a carousel

I’m on a carousel

I’m on a carousel

I’m on a carousel

Middle of the dark and

I’m lying all alone

Little green spark

Twinkle shining from my phone

I don’t know what I’m searching for

But why not

Wishing on a star, my hands are white hot

Now I’ve got all the colors in a whirl

Revolving while I spin and swirl

Everybody follow me

Follow me

Cause I’ve got all the colors in the world

Tour all these sites like I’m on a boat

Float maneuvering my eye site high on a post

Ghosts illuminate the night like

Two-minute lite bright

In tune with the zeitgeist

The movement is so human and lifelike

Forget the small talk

Gimme the festival slot

The best that ya’ll got

Leave me up here

On my pedestal

While the rest of ya’ll watch the spectacle

Please don’t let me fall off

I have never seen you but I know you’re over there

I have never seen you but I know you’re over there

I have never seen you but I know you’re over there

I have never seen you

We are aliens and odd ones

Orphaned by chosen boundaries

Adorned in algorithms

The schisms of hidden industries

In the streets we all are strangers

Gaze in the faces disconnect

We form we click repeat deform

And in defeat

We disrespect

We are all those orphans

Who can’t forgive our families

A tribe that’s not divided

Just blinded

By our realities

Our scars are what bind us

We toss and scream and lay awake

The antidote of the in between

Is to put our dreams on layaway

All I wanted

All I wanted

All I wanted (was to win at everything and never fail)

All I wanted (was to live my life upon a carousel)

All I wanted (was to win at everything and never fail)

All I wanted (was to live my life upon a carousel)