Released: September 1, 2014

Songwriter: Kinetics One Love Melanie Martinez

Producer: One Love

[Chorus]
'Round and around like a horse on a carousel
We go, will I catch up to love? I can never tell
I know chasing after you is like a fairytale
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 playland
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 around like a horse on a carousel
We go, will I catch up to love? I can never tell
I know chasing after you is like a fairytale
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 freak show

[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 around like a horse on a carousel
We go, will I catch up to love? I can never tell
I know chasing after you is like a fairytale
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, oh, I'm stuck
Riding, riding, riding

[Chorus]
'Round and around like a horse on a carousel
We go, will I catch up to love? I can never tell
I know chasing after you is like a fairytale
But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

Melanie Martinez

Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter born in Astoria, Queens and raised in Baldwin, New York.

Born to Dominican and Puerto Rican parents, Melanie first rose to fame on the Emmy Award-winning TV show The Voice USA at the age of 17. Although she did not win, Melanie was inspired to produce her first single “Carousel”, which was used in promos for American Horror Freak Show.

Starting her independent career, Melanie signed with Atlantic Records. In 2014, Melanie would release her debut EP Dollhouse, which introduced her alter-ego Cry Baby and would lay the foundation for her first studio album Cry Baby, which debuted August 14, 2015 and featured Kinetics and One Love as its producers.