Like a carousal in a crimson circus
My world spins and spins
Taking me forcibly from the world I cannot escape

I long to soar beyond what I'm capable of
And in my drunken stupor I see how clear my world really is

Like a lucid dream to the insane
The drink takes me away from myself and lets me be
The numbness envelops me as I welcome it with open arms
It consumes me and let me see

The sandman has come
Sprinkles sand in my eyes so that I may sleep
He has taken me away from the prison of my consciousness
And as I wander through the scenes of my mind
I hope I may never awake

I stumble upon my mortgaged castle
See the algae that has consumed the ruins
The white clouds once so inviting in its fluffiness now speak to me of unspeakable hardship

My prince appears and takes me away in a girlish fantasy
I would never allow if I were truly awake
But no one understands
Because to them
I am out of control
Out of balance
Out of sense

Can't you see the passion within waiting to burst out once my defences are down
Don't you see the broken masks I hide in the darkness of my own heart

But you will never know
For the water will take me
As I hoped it would
It shall take me away from here
Away from you
Away from the superficial beings that trap me here

And I shall spin
And spin
And spin
And spin till I collapse in a heap
And dream like Rip Van Wrinkle
Away from ye mortal souls who do not yet comprehend

For in my dreams I awake
And in the clear awakening I dream