"Oh Carousel"

***Starstruck with disease***

"**Oh Carousel**", is a song by Katrina Martinez. It was intended to be the third track on her Untitled EP/Album, however, the project was later scrapped.

## Background

During Katrina's early days she would write and cover multiple songs for fun and would later create a Youtube channel to post her creations. During this time she would write the songs "I Think Im Crazy", "I Love My Ride", "Milky Way", "Oh Carousel", "Alone", "Smoke", "Hey Alice", "Birthing Addicts", and "The One" which "Oh Carousel" and all the rest of the songs would be the final track-list.

After the EP was scrapped the song was rewritten and rerecorded as a single idea but the song would be scrapped.

## Theme

The song is about how love is like a ride and a balancing game. It compares love to carnival rides and shows how complicated love can be.

## Lyrics

* 2013 version
* Single version

[Verse 1]

Come, Come all!

Let's ride the carousel,

Oh carousel,

Ivory horse spinning the threads of love,

Oh carousel,

[Chorus]

Sweet tart cotton candy,

On the ferris wheel,

Spins around love,

Cooties all over this ferris wheel,

Starstruck with disease,

Ah, oh, ah, oh,

Starstruck with disease,

But I don't care,

I just want you to be with me,

[Verse 2]

On tea cup ride,

Lets drink a warm tea in the night sky,

The stars are so bright,

They illuminate your porcelain skin,

[Chorus]

Sweet tart cotton candy,

On the ferris wheel,

Spins around love,

Cooties all over this ferris wheel,

Starstruck with disease,

Ah, oh, ah, oh,

Starstruck with disease,

But I don't care,

I just want you to be with me,

[Bridge]

Let me win you like a prize,

Darn my arrow on the bullet point,

Let get the score

**[Chorus]**

'Round and 'round like a horse on a carousel we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairy tale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

**[Verse 1]**

Come, come one, come all

You must be this tall

To ride this ride at the carnival

Oh, come take my hand

And run through play land

So high, too high at the carnival

**[Pre-chorus]**

And it's all fun and games

Till somebody falls in love

But you already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

**[Chorus]**

'Round and 'round like a horse on a carousel we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairy tale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

**[Verse 2]**

This horse is too slow

We're always this close

Almost, almost we're a freak show

Right, right when I'm near

It's like you disappear

Where'd you go? Mr. Houdini, you're a freakshow

**[Pre-chorus]**

And it's all fun and games

Till somebody falls in love

But you already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

**[Chorus]**

'Round and 'round like a horse on a carousel we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairy tale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

**[Bridge]**

Why did you steal my cotton candy heart?

You threw it in this damn coin slot

And now I'm stuck, I'm stuck

Riding, riding, riding

**[Chorus]**

'Round and 'round like a horse on a carousel we go

Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know

Chasing after you is like a fairy tale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

## Trivia

* The the word "cooties" is also mentioned in "Cooties".