Cirkus (Live in Mexico, July 2017)

Lyrics for Cirkus (Live in Mexico, July 2017)

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 time Gave me each horse, sunrise and graveyard Told me only I was her Bid me, face the east, closed me in questions Built the sky for my dawn Cleaned my feet of mud, followed the empty Zebra ride to the circus Past a painted cage, spoke to the pay box Glove which wrote on my tongue Pushed me down a slide to the arena Megaphonium fanfare In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster Bid me join the parade "Worship", cried the clown, "I am a TV Making bandsmen go clockwork" See the slinky seal circus policeman Bareback ladies have fish Strongmen by his feet, plate-spinning statesman Accrobatically juggling Bids his tamers go quiet the tumblers Lest the mirror stop turning Elephants forgot, force-fed on stale chalk Ate the floors of their cages Strongmen lost their hair, pay box collapsed Lions sharpened their teeth Gloves raced round the ring, stallions stampeded Pandemonium seesaw I ran for the door, ringmaster shouted "All the fun of the circus"