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Das Karussell co-written with Rainer Maria Rilke (German guy who wrote the original poem) and Leah, who helped translate the German for me. The song also features a cat&canary flute. In the shadow of a roof A team of horses spins for a while In a land that hesitates Then dies Hitched onto carriages But they remain courageous At their side, an angry lion He's so red, he paces And here and there A big, white elephant Then there is a deer Just like in the wood Except he wears a saddle A girl in blue strapped in good Then again the lion A boy's sweaty hands wrung Around the lion's head, baring Both his teeth and his tongue And here and there A big, white elephant Then again the horses Leaping, flying by The older girls are riding them Glimpse their unsure, wandering eyes And here and there A big, white elephant Rotates faster, to and fro No destination but the end A red, a green, a grey go past Amorphous in the whirl and spin And then a blissful smile Disappears into This blind and breathless wheel