Carousel - Melanie Martinez

About
This is the 4th track on Melanie's debut album Cry Baby (which is a part of a story about a girl named Cry Baby)

Theme
This is about Cry Baby's one sided relationship with someone and she feels like she is on a carousel.

Lyrics
[Chorus]

Round and round like a horse on a carousel

We go

Will I catch up to love?

I could never tell

I know chasing after you is like a fairy tale

But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

[Verse 1]

Come, come one, come all

You must be this tall

To ride this ride

At the carnival

Oh, come take my hand

And run through play land

So high, too high

At the carnival

[Pre-Chorus]

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

[Chorus]

Round and round like a horse on a carousel

We go

Will I catch up to love?

I could never tell

I know chasing after you is like a fairy tale

But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

[Verse 2]

This horse is too slow

We're always this close

Almost, almost

We're a freak show

Right, right when I'm near

It's like you disappear

Where'd you go?

Mr. Houdini, you're a freak show

[Pre-Chorus]

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

[Chorus]

Round and round like a horse on a carousel

We go

Will I catch up to love?

I could never tell

I know chasing after you is like a fairy tale

But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

[Bridge]

Why did you steal my cotton candy heart?

You threw it in this damn coin slot

And now I'm stuck, I'm stuck

Riding, riding, riding

[Chorus]

Round and round like a horse on a carousel

We go

Will I catch up to love?

I could never tell

I know chasing after you is like a fairy tale

But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel