King Crimson - Cirkus Including Entry Of The Chameleons lyrics

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 a 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 Cirkus Past a painted cage, spoke to the paybox 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 T.I Making bandsmen go clockwork See the slinky seal Cirkus policeman; Bareback ladies have fish." Strongmen by his feet, plate-spinning statesman Acrobatically 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, paybox collapsed and Lions sharpened their teeth Gloves raced round the ring, stallions stampeded Pandemonium seesaw . . I ran for the door, ringmasters shouted "All the fun of the Cirkus