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[kjpepper]

i've walked these streets
a virtual stage It seemed to me
make up on their faces
actors took their places
next to me

i've walked these streets
in a carnival of sights to see
all the cheap thrill seekers
the vendors & the dealers
they crowded around me

have I been blind
have I been lost inside
myself and my own mind
hypnotized, mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen?

i've walked these streets
in a spectacle of wealth & poverty
in the diamond market
the scarlet welcome carpet
that they just rolled out for me

i've walked these streets
in the mad house asylum they can be
where a wild eyed misfit prophet
on a traffic island stopped
and he raved of saving me

have I been blind?
have I been lost inside
myself and my own mind
hypnotized, mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen?

have I been wrong?
have I been wise to shut
my eyes and play along
hypnotized, paralyzed
by what my eyes have found?
by what my eyes have seen?
What they have seen?

have I been blind?
have I been lost?
have I been wrong?
have I been wise?
have I been strong?
have I been hypnotized, mesmerized
by what my eyes have found
in that great street carnival?
in that carnival?

Comments

[kshandra]

dafydd once described this as a perfect Burning Man song, and he's so right. I've gotten to where I don't flinch when it comes on the radio anymore. Which is good, because I'd hate to have a song this good ruined by memory.

*hugs you*