King Crimson - Cirkus lyrics

Night: her sable dome scattered with diamonds,<br /> Fused my dust from a light year,<br /> Squeezed me to her breast, sowed me with carbon,<br /> Strung my warp across time<br /> Gave me each a horse, sunrise and graveyard,<br /> Told me only I was her;<br /> Bid me face the east closed me in questions<br /> Built the sky for my dawn . . .<br /> <br /> Cleaned my feet of mud, followed the empty<br /> Zebra ride to the cirkus,<br /> Past a painted cage, spoke to the paybox<br /> Glove which wrote on my tongue-<br /> Pushed me down a slide to the arena,<br /> Megaphonium fanfare.<br /> In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster<br /> Bid me join the parade . . .<br /> <br /> "worship!" cried the clown, "i am a t.i.<br /> Making bandsmen go clockwork,<br /> See the slinky seal cirkus policeman;<br /> Bareback ladies have fish."<br /> Strongmen by his feet, plate-spinning statesman,<br /> Acrobatically juggling-<br /> Bids his tamers go quiet the tumblers<br /> Lest the mirror stop turning . . .<br /> <br /> Elephants forgot, force-fed on stale chalk,<br /> Ate the floors of their cages.<br /> Strongmen lost their hair, paybox collapsed and<br /> Lions sharpened their teeth.<br /> Gloves raced round the ring, stallions stampeded<br /> Pandemonium seesaw . . .<br /> I ran for the door, ringmasters shouted,<br /> "all the fun of the cirkus!"<br /><br />