Lights flicker music hums as horses start to spin
We climbed aboard we didn't know what waited deep within
A ride so sweet a carousel with painted eyes aglow
But once you're on you can't step off where it takes you you don't know
Round and round it spins your fate
Every turn you're sealed in place
One more ride your form is lost
Trapped forever paying the cost
The lion roars the tiger grins the rabbit's hollow stare
I feel the wood beneath my skin I'm losing what was there
We laughed at first but now we scream as the music grows too loud
Becoming part of this cursed dream locked within the crowd
Round and round it spins your fate
Every turn you're sealed in place
One more ride your form is lost
Trapped forever paying the cost
Hooves are creaking claws extend the faces all go dark
I reach for you but you've become a beast without a heart
The carousel pulls tighter still its magic sinking deep
Our souls are tied to spinning wood we're theirs now to keep
Round and round it spins your fate
Every turn you're sealed in place
One more ride your form is lost
Trapped forever paying the cost
The Midnight Carousel rolls on we'll never be set free
Once a rider now a shadow part of its twisted company