The Carnival Is Over

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Kicking Against the Pricks [1986]

Say goodbye, my own true lover

As we sing a lover's song

How it breaks my heart to leave you

Now the carnival is gone

High above, the dawn is waking

And my tears are falling rain

For the carnival is over

We may never meet again

Like a drum, my heart was beating

And your kiss was sweet as wine

But the joys of love are fleeting

For Pierrot and Columbine

Now the harbor light is calling

This will be our last goodbye

Though the carnival is over

I will love you till I die

Like a drum, my heart was beating

And your kiss was sweet as wine

But the joys of love are fleeting

For Pierrot and Columbine

Now the harbor light is calling

This will be our last goodbye

Though the carnival is over

I will love you till I die

Though the carnival is over

I will love you till I die