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Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

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Ini lagu pertama milik eyang Joni Mitchell yang merasuk ke telingaku. Aku ingat sekali, dini hari saat mendengarkan playlist secara acak, lagu ini berhasil membuatku berhenti dan menyelami musik dan liriknya. Aku adalah tipikal orang yang menyukai lagu karena makna liriknya yang bagus. Masalah nada, aku akan jatuh cinta bersamaan dengan lirik yang indah.

Tapi lagu The Circle Game ini punya keduanya! Alunannya indah, liriknya dalam.

Bagiku yang menyukai poetic-song, karya eyang Joni punya energi yang kuat untukku menikmati hidup.  Untuk larut dalam "permainan melingkar" haha. The Circle Game ini menerangkan banyak hal. Tapi satu hal yang kupetik: semakin kita tumbuh, mimpi-mimpi atas hidup semakin mengikis. Kita berjalan terus dalam sebuah siklus. Dalam setiap perjalanan, mimpi selalu lenyap dan datang lagi, lenyap datang lagi... seperti musim. Kita melalui banyak masa.

We're captive on the carousel of time. Kita tak dapat kembali ke belakang dan mengulang yang telah lalu. Kita telah terjebak dalam korsel waktu. Kita hanya mampu hidup dengan kenangan untuk sekedar ditengok. Kita hanya punya harapan untuk korsel waktu seterusnya...