The KISSFAQ - Unreleased Demo Lyrics - Carnival Of Souls (Gene Simmons, 1993)

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Carnival Of Souls (Gene Simmons, 1993)

Track Notes:
** "Carnival Of Souls" may have been an offshoot of the earlier demo "Island Of Lost Souls" and was written by Gene and Scott Van Zen. It is an angry atmospheric piece which was demoed during both the "COS" and "Psycho Circus" recording sessions. It very much follows a similar vein to the sort of material Gene was writing in 1993. The song, in the following form, would be written around November 1993. The song was rewritten in several different formats, and later used on Gene's 2004 solo album...

[Verse]
Television, inquisition, circumcision
Advocation, flagulation, excommunication
To alone misery constantly
Well at least the God damn air is free

Condemnation, masturbation, united nation
Round and round it goes
This carnival of souls

[Verse]
Evolution, revolution, mass illusion
Racism, excorcism, creationism
Well I don't know and I don't care

[Chorus]
Amnesty, sterility, infinity
Round and round it goes
This carnival of souls...

[Another version]
Get down on all fours
Join the carnival of souls
And the rain began to fall
On the carnival of souls
Walking on hot coals
In the island of lost souls
And so round and round it goes
On the carnival of souls