From the recording Feast
All songs copyright Eliza Delf (2025). All rights reserved.
Performed by Eliza Delf & The Wilderness:
Eliza Delf – Vocals & Piano
Eva Wright – Cello & Vocals
Tim Skinner – Drums & Percussion
Jacob Browne – Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Vocals
Recorded at the Boathouse Studio on the Shotley peninsula, Suffolk, UK.
Audio engineer: Adam Bowers.
Mixing: Adam Bowers.
Mastering: Mike Curtis.
Self-released through Peace in the Head Records (2025).
Management:
Simon Delf
music@elizadelf.com
Lyrics
Merry-Go-Round
Begin the concerto
All aboard, we race in a circle
Led by the hand to my steed
Then abandoned amongst the stampede
Smoke in a dark room
All aboard, we race in the gloom
Call me a gambling woman
Searching for something I shouldn’t
Chorus
On a merry-go-round
And around, round and around
Round and around
Round and around
On a merry-go-round
And around, round and around
Round and around
On a merry-go-round
And around, round and around
Round and around
On a merry-go-round
And around, round and around
Round and around
Teaching myself how to barter
Swap yours for gold while looking starward
Can’t you see that I’m trying
Locked in by land and smiling
You think I’m screaming faster
Little miss disaster
The wind whips through my hair and pulls
The skin and sinew from my skull
On a merry-go…
Don’t try to escort me off
Bare bones in the air
Like nectar for the gods
Round and round and round some more
Coins in a hand keep my feet off the floor
Keep my feet off the floor
Chorus
Teaching myself how to barter
Swap yours for gold while looking starward
Can’t you see that I’m trying
Locked in by land and smiling
You think I’m screaming faster
Little miss disaster
The wind whips through my hair and pulls
The skin and sinew from my skull
The skin and sinew from my skull