Current 93 - This carnival is dead and gone

^AmDear sir dear lady This c^Garnival is d^Emead and gone ^AmAnd never anyway alas this ^Gparty never^Bm yet be^Amgan

^GYes verydust of v^Emeryrust ^Amof verymust and farewelltrust I t^Ghought I saw you in^Bm the crowd^Am dear heart You turned away from me and th^Gen you dissolved i^Emnto light The b^Amroken lights and f^Bmaded buntings ^GCall to us all the inmost l^Fmaj7ight And don't glare wide your eyes in w^Gonder They w^Emill flick back i^Fmaj7nside your mind And on the bonescreen o^Gf your skull They w^Bmatch no m^Amusical salutes So thoroughly m^Godern now ^Emwe ar^Ame

^GThe inmost night ^Am Its frames are glared and slow and out of focus ^GValentino Val^Emlee Moss all d^Amead!

And the li^Gttle bells^Bm go ti^Amnkle And your eyes begin to twinkle And the j^Goints and sinews c^Emrack ^AmIt's the expansion of your mind de^Gath Death Death Death

^Fmaj7The inmost n^Amight The c^Gat's face g^Emlares from shiny c^Amard

You tu^Gmble you f^Bmroth and f^Amun forever An ^Fmaj7orchestra from ^Amanother time ^GAnother world a^Emll dead The ch^Amurchbells silent the rainstained glass o^Gf God is smashed ^{Bm Am}

You c^Ghoke on your pride ^Emfor ever and ever My m^Fmaj7emory of my inmost light it tu^Gmbles froth and ^Bmfun f^Amorever Vulvaic memories imagined of my wou^Gld-be-life Well t^Emhat won't be And t^Amhat won't be

^GAnd that w^Bmon't be ^Fmaj7And for my troubles and my pain ^GAnd for the losses ^Emand the wains I g^Amet a picture in my mind The s^Glyly smily^Bm smi^Amling kiss Of your sweet ^Gheart and face ^EmAnd your legs in some final ^Ambenediction Your inmost warmheart says t^Ga-ra And I wish^Bmed to ^Amdie inside of you And push up into your ^Gheart so v^Emiolently that ^AmFace to face with matrix creatrix a^Gm The inmost ligh^Bmt ^Am