Reaper's Carousel

Sideshow prison cell
 House of musty hope and stale adrenaline
 Cadaverous cocoon
 Reaper's carousel
 Grinds a steely circle in the dirt and sings
 An old, unruing tune
 Trapped behind internecine bars
 Branded by sepulchral scars
 You pray like hell for freedom to come soon
 Board up the circus, cut loose the audience
 Crack the whip, unleash the animals
 Emancipation stands no intolerance
 So step right up -- break down the carnival
 Ringmaster's museum
 Cobwebs of antiquity confine your rank
 Inside a hobnailed case
 Freak tent mausoleum
 Buries you beneath a suffocating tank
 Of social class and race
 Rise unshackled from hallowed ground
 Burn the whole plantation down
 Parade your dream and show the world your face
 Board up the circus, cut loose the audience
 Crack the whip, unleash the animals
 Emancipation outlives intolerance
 So step right up and kill . . .
 Board up the circus, cut loose the audience
 Crack the whip, unleash the animals
 Step right up and kill the carnival