Oh Merry-Go-Round
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Island (1991)

Children are scattered
With sunlight
And the falling clouds
Cover the skies
Mothers hold colours
Of bloods
And three jewels
Cover their eyes
Blossomed
Blessed
And blistering
Swastikas
Replaced by a cross
Sickles replaced
By the sun
The stars turn to grey
In the skies

Merry-go-round round
Sadness comes down down
Merry-go-round round
Sadness comes down

The rise of a dragon -- imperious
The fall of an empire -- imperium
The flash of a thunderbolt -- imperial
The birth of a child appears
The sadness to come
Shall dissolve
The nature of the sky
Is joy
The carousel makes colours
And sounds
The horses' teeth
Chatter and snap

Merry-go-round round
Sadness comes down down
Merry-go-round round
Sadness comes down

Philip throws hexagrams
To discover the cosmos
Horselover fat
Talks with Christ
Metal fish glints
On the girl's breast
And the Ape's
Mock universe
Dissolves...