MELANIE MARTINEZ - CAROUSEL

CAROUSEL

MELANIE MARTINEZ

SONGWRITERS: JEREMY DUSSOLLIET; MELANIE MARTINEZ & TIMOTHY SOMMERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CRY BABY

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE POP

YEAR: 2014

 

           Melanie Adele Martinez(born April 28, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, director, photographer, screenwriter, and visual artist. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to prominence in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show The Voice. Following the show, she released her debut single "Dollhouse", followed by her debut EP of the same name(2014), through Atlantic Records.

        Martinez later released her debut studio album, Cry Baby(2015), which went on to be certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Martinez's songs "Sippy Cup", "Mad Hatter", "Mrs. Potato Head", "Cry Baby", "Pacify Her" and "Soap", were all certified gold in the U.S., and her songs "Dollhouse" and "Pity Party" received platinum certification from the RIAA.

              Martinez released her second studio album, K-12(2019), alongside its accompanying film, as a follow up to the storyline of Cry Baby. Her EP was released a year later in 2020, called After School.

        "Carousel" is a song by American recording artist Melanie Martinez. The song was featured on Martinez's debut EP, Dollhouse(2014) and her debut studio album, Cry Baby(2015). "Carousel" was released on September 1, 2014, as the second single from Dollhouse. A music video accompanying the song was released on October 15, 2014. The song was used in the trailer for the fourth season of the horror anthology television series American Horror Story.

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 fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

Come, come one, come all

You must be this tall

To ride this ride at the carnival

 

Oh, come, take my hand

And run though playland

So high, too high at the carnival

 

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you've already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

 

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 fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

This horse is too slow

We're always this close

Almost, almost, we're a freakshow

 

Right, right when I'm near

It's like you disappeared

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

 

And it's all fun and games

'Til somebody falls in love

But you've already bought a ticket

And there's no turning back now

 

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 fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

 

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

 

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 fairytale, but I

Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel.