Natalie Merchant - Carnival [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1:]
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

[Chorus:]
Have i been blind
Have i been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

[Verse 2:]
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

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
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?

[Chorus:]
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?