[m/l van
I: Arrivals]
October's a rare for boys When is simple, pure and sweet And the foolish youth can The wolf outside the
hear a tale of Halloween And one October not long Jim Nightshade and Will never be quite so young anymore
Fury, the seller of rods, foretells the coming storm The light's on in the library, the black'ning sky Halloway sits deep inside, surrounded by his books A serious, lonely and sad old man whose has passed him by
And Jim and conspire To ride the set their souls afire Could send straight to Hell
[Part II:
Far away, but much too for comfort calliope is playing Halloway sits in the darkened Thinking thoughts Son at home he really know Fifty-four seems so very old Throws the ad in the fire grow higher
Long midnight, children awake Journeys await them, chances to Run through the streets to the carnival 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 don't certainly can hurt you Every step he he second-guessed of regret
Ride's out of order, no around a whisper, hardly a sound Thinking they're alone, but they're not hands encircle, now they are caught
[Part III: The
Late that the boys returned the carousel spin 'round Turning old man into Bringing to town
Carousel and turns Years can scorch and can burn accomplice, age reversed Now a boy accursed
Jim and stumble in To this world of sin Forward the carousel Cooger ages, dies and goes to
Mister Dark at once That the boys seen too much As call for the police He and the wait For plan to be unleashed
return with the law Try to tell them what saw The witch throws her and the old, dead man Seems to to life again
The ruse has worked, no one the Tales of what the have seen The witch locks they fear her most; She wishes them a "short sad for both!"
[Part IV:
Late that night the takes to the sky above the town Searching for the boys who the secret of the carousel A black of circus freaks, and led by Mister Dark, Scours every for the boys to drag them down to hell
The have seen too much And now their death be their silence The freaks caskets fashioned for the little boys who hid And Mister Dark the procession, seeing the librarian, He asks him who the boys fills with rage as the old man lies
[Part V: The Autumn
Late that night the town's old library Circled by arcane and evil Scouring them for any of knowledge. Charles, Jim and
A father's son who doesn't his dad he wishes that he had As he sees this old lonely man be they the only hope they have
The Carnival has been here times Its history is found the lines Comes by every forty or so Since than two hundred years ago
feast upon the sins and fears of men Promise you just what you want and When they're through they'll steal your soul Entomb you in their
And as the bell rings They hear the door The boys hide for lives As Mister arrives
VI: Temptations]
Tearing at his To a second chance To the wrongs To live
No No living as a Man to old to his son
He turns the down Not willing to his soul For he wants the most
Dark Crushes hand And tells the witch to the man A taste of precious
(old man) Hear your (old man) your hurt (old man) See you're (old man) your heart
VII: Confrontations]
(Halloway) ten lifetimes to death (Somehow) finding the courage to (Laughter) searing in the face (Laughter) burning her wicked (Standing), knowing he's her back (Smiling), knowing the is now (Striding) purposefully the street (Knowing) he can save them somehow (Mister Dark) the boys into the streets (Will to be) made into a toy for (Nightshade) to be his for life (After the) over tonight (Carnival): one attraction to see (Shoot the witch): who cannot die (Mister Dark) gazes out the crowd for a (Volunteer): to give it a try
(Halloway) calls out deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) cannot his eyes (Halloway) his good hand up the gun (To it) he calls for the help of his son
[Part VIII:
Far away, in the mirror maze The whole town his name And Will the spell The witch placed upon his head
father and son as one As Mister Dark them the bullet and Charles carves into a moon
Mister Dark at the bullet He yet under stand The meaning of what Charles has So he the game proceed
But the moon he isn't a moon at all It's his the bullet carries And this totem it's way To the heart
The gun and the knows this and now is dead!
Chaos spreads, and and Will Run to the to rescue Jim walks in Confronted by of a million ancient men Staring back and making him A full of regrets A man who knew his son A man whose deeds never done
rises from The hall of mirrors He up his son and runs with him Across the carnival
Nightshade still the carousel Charles and Will help him Another boy saying Dark's gone And the of us must give chase
Halloway at the strange young boy He him for what he is Mister Dark made again by the of the carousel
Charles the boy up him close and feels his hatred And with determination Lets his heart fill with for his and his son And returns the boy's hate with this and it courses Dark's body And he and dies
As the carnival disappears The three of them laughing back to Two boys and one man No longer so old as he thought
Far away but much too close for Far away but much too for comfort