Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?

 Am văzut feţele actorilor în jocul lor, 

după ce le-am smuls cu abilitate, măştile, 

la apogeul mizerabilului joc al infatuării lor...

Carnival - Natalie Merchant 

I've walked these streets 
a virtual stage 
it seemed to me 
make up on their faces 
actors took their 
places next to me 

I've walked these streets 
in a carnival 
of sights to see 
all the cheap thrill seekers 
the vendors and the dealers 
they crowded around me 

have I been blind 
have I been lost 
inside my self and 
my own mind 
hypnotized 
mesmerized 
by what my eyes have seen? 

I've walked these streets 
in a spectacle of wealth and poverty 
in the diamond markets 
the scarlet welcome carpet 
that they just rolled out for me 

I've walked these streets 
in the mad house asylum 
they can be 
where a wild eyed misfit prophet 
on a traffic island stopped 
and he raved of saving me 

have I been blind 
have I been lost 
inside my self and 
my own mind 
hypnotized 
mesmerized 
by what my eyes have seen? 

have I been wrong 
have I been wise 
to shut my eyes 
and play along 
hypnotized 
paralyzed 
by what my eyes have found 
by what my eyes have seen 
what they have seen? 

have I been blind 
have I been lost 
inside my self and 
my own mind 
hypnotized 
mesmerized 
by what my eyes have found 
in that great street carnival 
in that carnival?