Natalie Merchant: Carnival Meaning
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Social Commentary
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Song Released: 1995
Carnival Lyrics
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...
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The songwriter was born and raised in Jamestown New York, and first visited New York City as a teenager. She had no frame of reference for the things she saw here, and likened the city to the carnivals she attended as a child, peopled by actors and containing a madhouse assortment of characters.
Returning as an adult, she realizes that her initial reaction was false, that her perception was colored by her lack of experience, and that the city is actually a place where people live, work, and aspire to their dreams, whatever they may be.
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