"Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh band rock Amerika, R.E.M. Lagu ini, dirilis sebagai bagian dari album mereka tahun 1985, "Fables of the Reconstruction," memadukan lirik puitis dengan instrumental yang memikat. Lagu ini menyoroti tema keterasingan, kesepian, dan kepergian, yang tercermin dalam penggunaan simbolisme dan metafora yang rumit. "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" telah menjadi salah satu lagu R.E.M. yang paling terkenal dan dipuji secara kritis, dan telah ditafsirkan dengan berbagai cara oleh pendengarnya.
Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) Lyrics
R.E.M.
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
Gentlemen don't get caught
Box cars are pulling out of town
Box cars are pulling out of town
Box cars are pulling out of town
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
There's a secret stigma reaping wheel
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Diminish, stranger
Boxcars are pulling a carnival of sorts
Out of town, out of town
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
Gentlemen don't get caught
Box cars are pulling out of town
Box cars are pulling out of town
Box cars are pulling out of town
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
There's a secret stigma reaping wheel
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Diminish, stranger
Boxcars are pulling a carnival of sorts
Out of town, out of town
