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The Harlequin's Carnival

from A World of Dreams by Mourning Knight

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Originally composed in 1990 and written in December 1998

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The Harlequin's Carnival-

The big top holds the audience and soon the laughter will commence.
But, first the march has to be played to usher in the freak parade.
Applause makes their hands sting.

The harlequin has all the power.
The clock he holds controls the hour.
The hungry lions will devour our most humble feast.

Magic lives in everything they see.
Reality has changed to fantasy.
The barker shouts through megaphone-
"Leave all your doubts and fears at home. You're in for stranger things!"

The harlequin has all the power.
The clock he holds controls the hour.
The hungry lions will devour our most humble feast.

The carnival has come to town
bringing relief in all they found and all that they want to know.
The carnival goes on for hours
but, still the lions will devour all that we want to know.

Life and love are all around.
The world holds magic powers.
Sunlight shines on the door of you.

And now the silly games are played
with all the masks of life's charade.
And everything is so sublime
inside the wondrous pantomime entwined in the three rings.

The harlequin has all the power.
The clock he holds controls the hour.
The hungry lions will devour my most humble feast.

Sometimes living in a world of dreams isn't what it seems.
It takes a little bad to make the good serene.
Every time that we dream it's never what it seems.
It conceals the fact from telling us all that we want to know.

Copyright 2023 J. Brower

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from A World of Dreams, released July 7, 2023

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Mourning Knight Mount Kisco, New York

Hailing from Westchester County, NY, Mourning Knight is a project that goes back to the mid 90s and continues to this day. Heavily influenced by the atmospheres and musical soundscapes of the Progressive seventies, passion, drama and a sense of the cinematic are brought together with lyrics that convey the darker, melancholy side of life. ... more

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