Carousel Lyrics
And look behind
Their watchful eyes
The helping hands
A hen that's fierce
And painted blue
With red eyes
Wants to swallow you
A dragon dives and soars on tracks
The hands that strap you to its back
You turn around and look behind
Their smiling eyes
Won't help you down
Their tiny feet
Such little hearts
To miss a beat
Pulled and taut a thousand yous
Staring back through stinging tears
Remembering those funhouse thrills
Their watchful eyes, you start to swoon
Oh painted vile in lurid hue
The snarling horse that waits for you
Inside your head the monsters whirl
Its motor whirrs and colours curl
Inside your head the monsters whirl
Time stood still
Roundabout back
Carousel
Time stood still
And you remember it well
Carousel
Bad trip- your favorite image can turn on you- another cycle of life- likewise what you hate can turn beautiful! one of my favorites
Steve Severin wrote about this song:
"'Carousel' is trying to remember what's its like when you're a child--it's a bit cinematic and it reminds me of films like Funhouse or Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train, with the carousel at the end. It's not particularly horrific, but it gives a great feel. I think we did throw Caligari in there too!"
I always thought it was more than that. No one writes such a creepy song without something really dark in mind.
It starts out describing a carnival ride, but it quickly becomes more than that. the images in the carnival bring to mind painful memories for you (second person narrative).
"Their tiny hands, their tiny feet Such little hearts to miss a beat"
So in looking at the kids (teenagers most likely) around, you think of how young you were when this happened (and must have been around that age). This, coupled with the descriptions of the surroundings, that in the moment of the event in question, "time stood still," and the vividness of the memories make it highly significant.
"Roundabout back Carousel"
wraps it up.
Something terrible happened to this person as a kid at the carnival, behind the carousel. After what must have been years it still brings up a surrealist nightmare, and triggers what seems like dissociation when recalling it.
Which is pretty dark.
This song is super creepy. All those traumatizing childhood visions of the carnival are captured wonderfully.
A small child at a funpark. Simple as that. The carnival horses and funhouse mirrors nd high/fast rides can be kinda scary to a four-year-old, but scary in a fun way
Strange, trippy and simple. I like it
"SIOUXSIE: It is trying to remember what its like when you are a child - its a bit cinematic and it reminds me of films like 'Funhouse' or Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train, with the carousel at the end." Source: BSIDE 02/89.
one of my fave banshees song...siouxsie sioux's voice creeps all over your skin..
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peekaboo is a childish saying, coinsidently the albums title.
One of my favorite SATB songs.