Suno song

Merrily We Go!

by TheloniousPunkd · 5:15 · 391 plays · 82 likes · published October 8, 2026 · v6

gothic punkgarage

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Style

Gothic punk, raw garage production with a claustrophobic circular groove and abrupt stops; nervous melodic bass, dirty jagged guitar, punchy primitive drums, distorted piano, warped carousel organ and fairground textures; male baritone storyteller, almost whispered dry conversational verses building into a ragged melodic hook and feral final chant.

Lyrics

Intro — warped carousel organ, slow creaking rotation

Step up, step up

Pick your horse

One ride only

No refunds, of course

Children, distant

Merrily we go...

Verse 1

There was a boy named Henry

With a hole in his shoe

He climbed on the black horse

Like a brave boy would do

He wanted to be older

He wanted to be tall

He wanted his father's coat

He wanted it all

The bell gave a shiver

The horses took flight

Henry laughed once

Then vanished from sight

When the ride came around

There stood a man

Six feet tall

With a cigarette in his hand

His mother screamed

"Henry, come home!"

He looked at her face

Like he'd never known

Chorus

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

Round and round

Watch the years roll

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

What you wish for

Is what you owe

Verse 2

Then there was Mrs. Bell

With the silver in her hair

She climbed on the white horse

And whispered a prayer

"Make me young again

Make me seventeen

Give me back the face

I had in my dreams"

The music got faster

The lights turned blue

Her wrinkles disappeared

One by one, two by two

Her hands became smooth

Her eyes became bright

Her dress fit her body

Like it did that night

She stepped off smiling

A beautiful girl

Then she saw her husband

And didn't know the world

He was seventy years old.

She was seventeen.

Chorus

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

Round and round

Watch the years roll

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

You can have yesterday

But yesterday takes its toll

Verse 3

A father climbed aboard

With his son at his side

Said, "Just one more turn, boy

Enjoy the ride"

The son wanted manhood

The father wanted youth

The carnival listened

And gave them both truth

The boy grew older

His shoulders grew wide

His father's face softened

His teeth fell aside

Round and round

The horses flew

The boy became thirty.

The father became two.

Band drops

The father started crying.

The son didn't know why.

He picked up the child

And carried him home

While the carousel laughed

All alone.

Children, whispering

Merrily we go...

Verse 4

Then the people got greedy

And lined up in rows

"I'll take ten years."

"I'll take twenty."

"How much for my soul?"

The carnival keeper

Just smiled at the crowd

"Age is a number."

"Say it out loud."

They climbed on the horses

They pulled on the reins

They came off different

But nobody complained

One came off handsome

One came off thin

One came off beautiful

One came off young again

One came off laughing.

One came off dead.

One came off crying,

"Put me back instead."

Chorus — darker, faster

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

Round and round

Watch the years roll

Merrily we go

Merrily we go

You get what you wanted

You just don't get to choose

Bridge — carousel slows

The horses don't stop.

The horses don't sleep.

The horses remember

The promises you keep.

You wanted tomorrow.

You wanted before.

You wanted the person

You weren't anymore.

Male lead, almost whispered

And every time around...

you leave something behind.

Carousel accelerates

Final Chorus — manic

MERRILY WE GO!

MERRILY WE GO!

ROUND AND ROUND!

WATCH THE YEARS ROLL!

MERRILY WE GO!

MERRILY WE GO!

YOUNG GET OLDER!

OLD GET YOUNG!

MERRILY WE GO!

MERRILY WE GO!

WHO ARE YOU NOW?

WHO ARE YOU NOW?

MERRILY WE GO!

MERRILY WE GO!

Music suddenly cuts

Silence

Small child's voice

Daddy?

Pause

Daddy, why don't you know me?

Carousel begins turning again

Children, very softly

Merrily we go...

Merrily we go...

Merrily we go...

About this song

“Merrily We Go!” is an AI-generated song by TheloniousPunkd (@theloniouspunkd on Suno). The creator's style prompt lists gothic punk, garage. It was generated with Suno v6, Suno's current model generation (what changed in v6). It runs 5:15 — on the long side for a Suno generation, which usually means an extended or continued clip, and was published on suno.com on October 8, 2026.

The lyric sheet above is the prompt text stored with the song, 144 lines across Intro, Children, Verse, Chorus, Band and Bridge sections. Suno sings what is written, so this is the authoritative text rather than a transcription. The Lyrics (.txt) button saves this lyric sheet together with the Style of Music prompt.

On suno.com it has 391 plays and 82 likes. It reached Suno's public trending feed on October 9, 2026, which is how it earned a page here.

TheloniousPunkd has 4 songs on record here; the artist page lists them all with plays and lyrics.

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