Carnival - Natalie Merchant: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Natalie Merchant

Carnival

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Carnival was released on June 20, 1995 by Rhino/Elektra as a part of the album Tigerlily

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant

Lead Vocals

Jennifer Turner

Jennifer Turner

Electric Guitar

Katell Keineg

Background Vocals

Peter Yanowitz

Drums

Adrian Lopez Guevarra

Adrian Lopez Guevarra

Percussion

Barry Maguire

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Page

Assistant Engineer

Paul Antonell

Assistant Engineer

Suzanne Dyer

Assistant Engineer

Todd Vos

Assistant Engineer

John Holbrook

Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well I've walked these streets

A virtual stage

It seemed to me

Makeup on their faces

Actors took their places next to me

[Verse 2]

Well I've walked these streets

In a carnival

Of sights to see

All the cheap thrill-seekers

Vendors and the dealers

They crowded around me

[Chorus]

Have I been blind?

Have I been lost?

Inside myself and my own mind?

Hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have seen

[Verse 3]

Well I've walked these streets

In a spectacle of wealth and poverty

In the diamond market

The scarlet welcome carpet

That they just rolled out for me

[Verse 4]

And I've walked these streets

In the madhouse asylum, they can be

Where a wild-eyed, misfit prophet

On a traffic island stopped and he raved

Of saving me

[Chorus]

Have I been blind?

Have I been lost?

Inside myself and my own mind?

Hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have seen

[Chorus]

Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise?

To shut my eyes and play along?

Hypnotized, paralyzed

By what my eyes have found

[Refrain]

By what my eyes have seen

What they have seen

[Bridge]

Have I been blind?

Have I been lost?

Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise?

Have I been strong?

[Chorus]

Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have found?

By what my eyes have found?

[Chorus]

In that great street carnival

Have I been blind?

Have I been lost?

(Have I been) Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise?

Have I been strong?

[Chorus]

Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have found? (By what my eyes have found?)

[Outro]

In that great street carnival

In that carnival

Written by: Natalie Merchant

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