The Devil’s Carnival Sentence Meme
tw suicide, adjust pronouns as needed
Heaven’s All Around ❝ Who did I adjourn? ❞ ❝ Heaven’s all around you. ❞ ❝ I’ll be dreaming pieces of you. ❞ ❝ Cast my reverie back into the sea. ❞ ❝ All my little troubles haven’t got a prayer. ❞ ❝ Underneath my pillow is where it’s meant to be. ❞ ❝ Heaven’s all around you when you haven’t got a care. ❞ ❝ All that I can say, all that I can know, Is that I’ll be dreaming pieces of you. ❞
The Devil’s Carnival ❝ You can’t help but fall. ❞ ❝ Use discretion, stay alert. ❞ ❝ Get your tickets, form a line. ❞ ❝ You’re in the devil’s carnival! ❞ ❝ Come one, come two, come all! ❞ ❝ Welcome to my gates, you gay, and lucky souls. ❞ ❝ Welcome to eternity, now eat your just desserts. ❞ ❝ We’ve got your ordinary sinners and extraordinary ones. ❞ ❝ Keep your hands, and arms, and legs, and head about you at all times. ❞ ❝ Run little blind mice, scurry down the trail. Chop goes the farmer’s knife coming for your tail. ❞ ❝ How they end depend on how you play your part. Unfortunately, how you played your part has got you here. ❞
666 ❝ All 666 rules are policed. ❞ ❝ Each cog is well aligned. ❞ ❝ Breaking rules, it just won’t do ❞ ❝ Our carnival here’s a well-oiled machine. ❞ ❝ It’s my duty to advise you of the ordinance in place. ❞ ❝ There’s a chaos that rests at the heart of this beast. ❞ ❝ As you’ll note, the rules are clearly stated, even illustrated, and enumerated. ❞ ❝ As keeper, it’s my humble pleasure to first castigate and then admonish you. ❞ ❝ There are consequences, morbid consequences, crueler than ever imagined. ❞ ❝ There are consequences, bloody consequences when you don’t follow the rules. ❞
Kiss The Girls ❝ Kiss the girls! ❞ ❝ Where are the bees? ❞ ❝ Missed me, missed me, now you have to kiss the girls! ❞ ❝ One for the priest, two for the dame, three for the sweet little boy lost in the rain. ❞
Beautiful Stranger ❝ Let’s burn one another. ❞ ❝ Now, let’s play a game. ❞ ❝ Don’t pussyfoot. Shoot! ❞ ❝ My, what a strange duet. ❞ ❝ Hello, Beautiful Stranger. ❞ ❝ It’s the shadow’s domain. ❞ ❝ Shadow takes all, my pet. ❞ ❝ Three chances to claim her. ❞ ❝ Three clicks in the chamber. ❞ ❝ You’re my beautiful stranger. ❞ ❝ We’re like moths to the flame. ❞ ❝ The knife in my back, it reminds me of you. ❞ ❝ I could say that I’m hurt but it wouldn’t be true. ❞ ❝ How familiar the danger, slipping into the shadows. ❞ ❝ High stakes, three shakes, no breaks. Triple the wager. ❞
A Penny For A Tale ❝ God rest her soul. ❞ ❝ Bleed for a sinner. ❞ ❝ She’d kill for a bite. ❞ ❝ A penny for a tale? ❞ ❝ I just might well up. ❞ ❝ Oh, how they teased. ❞ ❝ These are difficult times. ❞ ❝ Lord, that greed, it’ll kill you. ❞ ❝ Thank you, sirs, you’re too kind. ❞ ❝ I just need a few pennies more! ❞ ❝ Lord, go on, pass the hat, will you? ❞ ❝ A penny for an old beggarman’s story. ❞ ❝ I heard from a birdy it doesn’t end purdy. ❞ ❝ It doesn’t end well. No, it never ends well. ❞ ❝ Your purse strings are tight. Bleed for a sinner. ❞ ❝ Lord, would it not be a sin for you to deny yourselves a tale? ❞ ❝ I’ll continue my rhyme for a dime or a penny is fine, these are difficult times. ❞ ❝ Let me tell you a tale for a penny, one that you can not hear anywhere else. ❞
Trust Me ❝ I’m so sincere. ❞ ❝ Don’t cry, crybaby. ❞ ❝ So trust me, Darling Dear. ❞ ❝ Trust me, just like I trust you. ❞ ❝ You know you never can hide. ❞ ❝ Oh, I was knocked to the floor. ❞ ❝ How many kisses do you need? ❞ ❝ You’re a tough little tadpole to love. ❞ ❝ Babe, you’re a hard game to catch. ❞ ❝ You’re a bad little love and I’m yours. ❞ ❝ I’m so sincere, there’s no need to tear. ❞ ❝ You’re a bad little love and you’re mine. ❞ ❝ You’re an urge that can never be cured. ❞ ❝ Never tasted as sweet a poison as you have. ❞ ❝ One for your tummy, one for your cheek, one for the devil inside of me. ❞
The Scorpion’s Tale ❝ True love can break the spell. ❞ ❝ Come, drink a cup of my scorn! ❞ ❝ Remember that you were warned. ❞ ❝ In their name, let’s drink to true love. ❞ ❝ She pondered if his love was poison. ❞ ❝ Love, it is foolish and green, my love. ❞ ❝ He pricked her so gently she swooned. ❞ ❝ What bitter yet delicious wine, my love. ❞ ❝ How quickly we forget the sting, my love. ❞ ❝ Let me tell you a tale of a love that did fail. ❞ ❝ What a pretty and dangerous line, my love. ❞ ❝ His words poured like wine as their fates intertwined. ❞ ❝ Take heed of the thorns, don’t scream when it stings. ❞
Grief ❝ Where is your little son lost? ❞ ❝ Drown in your beautiful grief. ❞ ❝ Where will your little son sleep? ❞ ❝ Who, then, will tend to the sheep? ❞ ❝ Let me open my teeth and cradle you there. ❞ ❝ Dark are the strangers that sleep on the train. ❞ ❝ Two little hands push the chair from your feet. ❞ ❝ You’re drowning in the grief of Jupiter’s water. ❞ ❝ Orphaned by Heaven where no child is spared. ❞ ❝ There’s a bed for the boy and rope for the father. ❞ ❝ There’s blood on their cots and bones on their plates. ❞ ❝ There’s a bed for the boy and rope for the father, both orphaned by Heaven where no child is spared. ❞
Grace For Sale ❝ It’s off to hell we go. ❞ ❝ Hark, the angels’ wail. ❞ ❝ A sheep has left the fold. ❞ ❝ We’ve got grace for sale. ❞ ❝ We’ve got grace for cheap. ❞ ❝ Count your missing sheep. ❞ ❝ Tongues slither in the mud. ❞ ❝ Fa la la, it’s off to hell we go. ❞ ❝ My fairest wheels are turning. ❞ ❝ Tongues slither in the psalms. ❞ ❝ Cross your heart and hope to die. ❞ ❝ That’s how a carnival grows, my son. ❞ ❝ Spread my filth, my wings, my weeds. ❞ ❝ Plant my hooves, my hooks, my books. ❞ ❝ Lay you down to sleep with wicked little stories. ❞ ❝ I raise my hell, my cane, my stakes, my snakes. ❞ ❝ Cast out for your sin? Come here for redemption. ❞
In All My Dreams I Drown ❝ He said, ‘Now hush, love.’ ❞ ❝ In all my dreams I drown. ❞ ❝ I’m begging you, please wake me up. ❞ ❝ Scold me, hold me, I’ll be yours to keep. ❞ ❝ You haven’t slept in many suns and moons. ❞ ❝ I closed my eyes as the ship was rent and felled. ❞ ❝ I don’t want to go to sleep, in all my dreams I drown. ❞ ❝ The only thing I beg of you, don’t make me go to sleep. ❞ ❝ The curtains ran between my legs as we began to sink. ❞ ❝ A storm is brewing in the South. It’s time you go to sleep. ❞ ❝ Oh, I will sleep when we reach shore and pray we get there soon. ❞ ❝ Like Jonah, we’ll be swallowed whole and spat back teeth and bones. ❞ ❝ Hush, now, hush, love. Here’s your gown, there’s the bed, lanterns down. ❞
