Carnival

(Erika Poling)

A life ride on the media rollercoaster

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[Verse 1]
Cameras catching 
Flashing, they’re only capturing 
Walking mannequins 
Flat and paper thin 
Two-dimensional figures
Taking surface pictures
At the bare minimum 
Naked, no scratches 

A face in person can show the world again
Three-dimensional happiness 
Out of a thousand words, that’s the one missing 
That’s the one out of a thousand 
A word that’s worth it 
A definition that has meaning 
Living in a carnival world that needs it 
Running on nothing, 
Human machines depleted 
Just another word said for repeating 

‘Cause it’s a carnival out there 
Constantly feeling like I’m at a fair 
Why am I standing in the wrong line?
Waiting entertainment, but I don’t know where
Been behind in the back for a long, long, time 
A stationary object sitting stagnant
Getting nowhere 
 
[Chorus]
And then something unexpected happens
The mechanical attractions begin collapsing 
Breaking down, crushing fragments 
Bolts tear loose, swings unscrew 
They used to fly 
Meeting with gravity’s feet, metal strings untie 
Hitting the ground, and I’m a bystander 
Amber eyes like a bald eagle staring around 
At the ride of life I thought was real
So dizzy, I can’t see, spinning 
Robotic pieces shutting down  

Leaving an aftertaste not so sweet 
And I carry around 
Something half blue, half pink 
Feelings eating me
They’re too deep for this carnival world 
Made-up of cotton candy personalities
Lacking substance 
Fading out in sugar-coated swirls 
I’m seeing in more depth that’s getting deeper
Carnival rides and cotton candy people 

[Verse 2]
Talk is cheaper
Words mechanically weaker 
All I can do is look to 
Cherry skies
Audience disappearing 
Blank faces, machine-like lies
Don’t know how to behave 
When a storm awakens their night 

The ride of life 
A delusion too real now 
Spinning me, spinning me
Making me dizzy, I’m dizzy 
In robotic pieces, I’m shutting down 

It’s the ride of life 
A fairground getting weaker 
Making me weaker 
Surrounded by carnival rides 
And cotton candy people 

Leaving an aftertaste not so sweet 
And I carry around 
Something half blue, half pink 
Feelings eating me
They’re too deep for this carnival world 
Made-up of cotton candy personalities
Lacking substance 
Fading out in sugar-coated swirls 
I’m seeing in more depth that’s getting deeper
Carnival rides and cotton candy people 
© Erika Poling 2020