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...