On A Sunlit Stage - Villagers

In the carnival is a sunlit stage

For the old of heart and the young of age

Every hidden part will be on display

In the carnival on a sunlit stage

Now I know you’ve come from a darkened place

But I’ll never know how it feels to face

Your own epitaph, on a summers day

As the sun shines with a ceaseless grace

You’re surrounded by hungry scavengers

That take the greatest care to befriend you first

As the sun come up they are well rehearsed

Then the sun goes down and the roles reverse

But in the carnival is a sunlit stage

Never in the dark of a morning failed

Your own audience will decide your fate

In a carnival on a sunlit stage