[m/l van
I: Arrivals]
October's a month for boys When life is simple, and sweet And the youth can overlook The wolf the door
Come a tale of Halloween And one October not long Jim and Will Halloway Would never be quite so anymore
Fury, the of lightning rods, foretells the coming storm The light's on in the library, beneath the sky Charles Halloway sits inside, surrounded by his books A serious, lonely and sad old man youth has passed him by
And Jim and Will To ride the Could set their souls Could send them straight to
II: Torments]
Far away, but too close for comfort Carnival's is playing Halloway sits in the library Thinking dark Son at he doesn't really know years seems so very old Throws the carnival's ad in the grow higher
Long after midnight, awake await them, chances to take Run through the streets to the grounds to ride the merry-go-round
Three AM is for the soul is a man so close to death The house of is at hand Souls are
What's the purpose of a life of you don't know certainly can hurt you Every step he made he Life of
out of order, no one's around Hardly a whisper, hardly a that they're alone, but they're not Gloved hands encircle, now are caught
III: The Carnival]
Late night the boys returned Watched the carousel 'round old man into young Bringing darkness to
Carousel turns and Years can and time can burn accomplice, age reversed Now becomes a boy
Jim and stumble in To this world of sin Forward the carousel Cooger ages, and goes to hell
Dark knows at once That the have seen too much As they call for the He and the witch For their to be unleashed
return with the law Try to tell what they saw The witch her voice and the old, dead man Seems to to life again
The has worked, no one believes the Tales of what the have seen The witch locks eyes; they fear her She wishes a "short sad life for both!"
IV: Pursuits]
Late that night the witch takes to the sky above the Searching for the boys who know the of the carousel A black parade of circus freaks, and led by Dark, Scours every street for the boys to them down to hell
The boys seen too much And now their will be their silence The freaks have fashioned for the little boys who hid And Mister Dark halts the procession, the librarian, He asks him who the are; fills with rage as the old man lies
V: The Autumn People]
Late that night inside the town's old Circled by and evil books Scouring for any hint of knowledge. Charles, Jim and
A son who doesn't know his dad Suddenly he wishes he had As he sees this old lonely man be they the only hope they have
The Carnival has here many times Its history is found between the Comes by forty years or so more than two hundred years ago
They upon the sins and fears of men Promise you just you want and then When they're through they'll steal your very Entomb you in sideshow
And as the church rings They the opening door The boys hide for their As Mister arrives
VI: Temptations]
Tearing at his To take a second To right the To again
No No living as a Man to old to his son
He the offer down Not willing to his soul For what he wants the
Dark Crushes hand And the witch to give the man A taste of precious
(old man) your breathing (old man) Feel hurt (old man) See you're (old man) Stop heart
[Part VII:
(Halloway) ten closer to death (Somehow) the courage to laugh (Laughter) searing in the witch's (Laughter) burning her wicked (Standing), knowing he's her back (Smiling), the time is now (Striding) into 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): who cannot die (Mister Dark) gazes out the crowd for a (Volunteer): to give it a try
(Halloway) calls out from in the crowd (Mister Dark) cannot his eyes (Halloway) his hand picks up the gun (To steady it) he calls for the of his son
[Part Departures]
Far away, in the mirror maze The whole town his name And Will the spell The dust witch placed upon his
Halloway: and son as one As Mister Dark gives the bullet and Charles carves into a crescent
Dark stares at the bullet He yet under stand The meaning of Charles has done So he let's the proceed
But the moon he carved a moon at all It's his smile the carries And this finds it's way To the witch's
The gun and the Witch knows and now is dead!
Chaos spreads, and Charles and Run to the to rescue Jim walks in Confronted by reflections of a ancient men back and making him older A lifetime full of A man who knew his son A man deeds were never done
rises from The of shattered mirrors He picks up his son and runs him the carnival grounds
Nightshade upon the carousel Charles and Will help him Another boy saying Mister gone And the four of us must chase
Halloway at the strange young boy He him for what he is Mister made younger again by the Power of the
Charles the boy up Holds him close and feels his And with determination Lets his heart fill with for his and his son And returns the hate with this love and it courses Dark's body And he and dies
As the carnival tents The three of them laughing to town Two boys and one man No longer quite so old as he
Far away but much too close for Far away but too close for comfort