King Crimson - Cirkus Lyrics
Night: her sable dome scattered with diamonds,Fused my dust from a light year,Squeezed me to her breast, sowed me with carbon,Strung my warp across timeGave me each a horse, sunrise and graveyard,Told me only I was her;Bid me face the east closed me in questionsBuilt the sky for my dawn . . .Cleaned my feet of mud, followed the emptyZebra ride to the cirkus,Past a painted cage, spoke to the payboxGlove which wrote on my tongue-Pushed me down a slide to the arena,Megaphonium fanfare.In his cloak of words strode the ringmasterBid me join the parade . . .Worship! cried the clown, I am a t.i.Making bandsmen go clockwork,See the slinky seal cirkus policeman;Bareback ladies have fish.Strongmen by his feet, plate-spinning statesman,Acrobatically juggling-Bids his tamers go quiet the tumblersLest the mirror stop turning . . .Elephants forgot, force-fed on stale chalk,Ate the floors of their cages.Strongmen lost their hair, paybox collapsed andLions sharpened their teeth.Gloves raced round the ring, stallions stampededPandemonium seesaw . . .I ran for the door, ringmasters shouted,All the fun of the cirkus!
