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Blinded by darkness, the animals restless
The compass is spinning out of control
And I'm nowhere at all but I'm right in the centre
The skewer has run through the heart of the earth
The canvas is stretched like the skin of a drum
While the harlequin wolves pace their cages alone
And a tempest could wake in the emptiness, opening
Folding around us and holding me down
You can fill in the blanks
You can try not to look
This is my moment now
This is my only chance
Jesters and carnies dance as the tarp falls
Like night over all of us, swallows us whole
And it catches the wind and carries us dreaming
Reeled in by the gods and thrown back in our hole
And then for the first time I knew I could see you
Through fires around us and knives in between
Perfectly still, everything moved around you
I'll always remember the sound of your screams
You can fill in the blanks
You can try not to look
This is my moment now
This is my only chance
The compass is spinning out of control
And I'm nowhere at all but I'm right in the centre
The skewer has run through the heart of the earth
While the harlequin wolves pace their cages alone
And a tempest could wake in the emptiness, opening
Folding around us and holding me down
You can try not to look
This is my moment now
This is my only chance
Like night over all of us, swallows us whole
And it catches the wind and carries us dreaming
Reeled in by the gods and thrown back in our hole
Through fires around us and knives in between
Perfectly still, everything moved around you
I'll always remember the sound of your screams
You can try not to look
This is my moment now
This is my only chance
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