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I: Arrivals]
October's a rare month for When life is simple, pure and And the foolish can overlook The wolf outside the
Come hear a tale of And one not long past Jim Nightshade and Halloway Would never be so young anymore
Fury, the seller of lightning rods, foretells the storm The light's on in the library, beneath the sky Charles sits deep inside, surrounded by his books A serious, lonely and sad old man youth has passed him by
And Jim and conspire To ride the Could set their afire Could send straight to Hell
II: Torments]
Far away, but too close for comfort Carnival's is playing Halloway sits in the darkened Thinking thoughts Son at home he really know Fifty-four seems so very old the carnival's ad in the fire Flames grow
Long after midnight, awake Journeys await them, to take Run the streets to the carnival grounds Hoping to the merry-go-round
AM is midnight for the soul Never is a man so to death The of temptation is at hand Souls are
the purpose of a life of virtue? What you know certainly can hurt you Every he made he second-guessed of regret
Ride's out of order, no one's Hardly a whisper, a sound Thinking that alone, but they're not Gloved hands encircle, now are caught
III: The Carnival]
Late that night the boys Watched the carousel 'round Turning old man young Bringing darkness to
turns and turns Years can scorch and can burn Dark's accomplice, age Now becomes a boy
Jim and stumble in To this whirling of sin spins the carousel Cooger ages, dies and to hell
Mister Dark at once That the have seen too much As they call for the He and the witch For their plan to be
Boys return the law Try to them what they saw The throws her voice and the old, dead man Seems to come to again
The ruse has worked, no one the Tales of what the have seen The witch eyes; they fear her most; She wishes a "short sad life for both!"
[Part IV:
Late that the witch takes to the sky above the town Searching for the boys who the secret of the carousel A black parade of freaks, and led by Mister Dark, Scours every street for the boys to them down to hell
The boys have too much And now their death will be their The freaks have caskets for the little boys who hid And Mister Dark the procession, seeing the librarian, He asks him who the boys are; fills rage as the old man lies
[Part V: The People]
Late that night the town's old library Circled by arcane and books Scouring for any hint of knowledge. Charles, Jim and
A father's son who doesn't his dad Suddenly he that he had As he sees that this old man Could be they the hope they have
The has been here many times Its history is found the lines by every forty years or so Since than two hundred years ago
feast upon the sins and fears of men Promise you just what you and then When they're through they'll steal very soul Entomb you in their
And as the bell rings They hear the opening The hide for their lives As Dark arrives
[Part VI:
Tearing at his To take a chance To right the To again
No No more as a Man to old to his son
He turns the down Not willing to his soul For what he the most
Dark Crushes Charles' And the witch to give the man A taste of precious
(old man) Hear breathing (old man) Feel your (old man) See bleeding (old man) Stop your
[Part VII:
(Halloway) ten lifetimes to death (Somehow) finding the to laugh (Laughter) in the witch's face (Laughter) her wicked soul (Standing), knowing he's beaten her (Smiling), knowing the is now (Striding) purposefully the street (Knowing) that he can them somehow (Mister Dark) leads the into the streets (Will to be) made into a toy for (Nightshade) to be his partner for (After the) carnival's over (Carnival): one last to see (Shoot the witch): gypsy who die (Mister Dark) gazes out over the for a (Volunteer): to give it a try
(Halloway) calls out deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) believe his eyes (Halloway) his good hand up the gun (To steady it) he for the help of his son
VIII: Departures]
Far away, trapped in the maze The whole town his name And awakes the spell The dust witch placed upon his
father and son as one As Mister Dark gives the bullet and carves into a crescent moon
Mister Dark stares at the He doesn't yet stand The meaning of Charles has done So he the game proceed
But the moon he carved a moon at all his smile the bullet carries And this totem finds way To the heart
The gun and the Witch knows and now is dead!
Chaos spreads, and and Will Run to the to rescue Jim walks in Confronted by reflections of a ancient men back and making him older A lifetime of regrets A man who knew his son A man whose deeds were done
Halloway from The of shattered mirrors He up his son and runs with him Across the grounds
Nightshade upon the carousel Charles and Will help him boy appears saying Mister gone And the four of us must chase
looks at the strange young boy He him for what he is Mister Dark made again by the of the carousel
Charles the boy up Holds him close and feels his And with determination Lets his heart fill love for his and his son And the boy's hate with this love and it through Dark's body And he and dies
As the carnival tents The three of them laughing back to Two boys and one man No quite so old as he thought
Far away but much too close for Far away but much too close for