If you don't mind we would like to take a moment
To invite youto an ongoing performance
In a hall of tragedies to watch the circus of the dead

Feel the spotlight fading we can't do this alone
Need an audience so we can play out our roles
Got a front seat that's so close it's like you're part of the show

There's a place in the dark
Horror stories go to hide
Buried deep underground 
Pain and torment mechanized
Whoa... on a lit up stage
Whoa... Terror's on display

There's a place in the dark 
Horror stories go to hide
Buried deep underground 
Pain and torment mechanized
Whoa... on a lit up stage
Terror's on display

The show must go on
Hit the lights we're 
Going till there's no pulse left
This masquerade of souls
Needs a victim 
Won't you be our hopeless guest?

But if it helps you can pretend
It's make believe inside your head
This nightmare's as real as it gets
In the circus of the
In the circus of the
In the circus of the dead

Good you got here just in time you better hurry
It's our show but you're the star destined for glory
Here performing death defying acts that we can't wait to see

Body count as the tight rope will you make it?
Zero safety nets the tension is electric
Tonight you're the one that jumps through hoops we're going off the script

There's a place in the dark 
Horror stories go to hide
Buried deep underground 
Pain and torment mechanized
Woah... on a lit up stage
Woah... terror's on display

There's a place in the dark 
Horror stories go to hide
Buried deep underground 
Pain and torment mechanized
Woah... on a lit up stage
Terror's on display

The show must go on
Hit the lights we're 
Going till there's no pulse left
This masquerade of souls
Needs a victim 
Won't you be our hopeless guest

But if it helps you can pretend
It's make believe inside your head
This nightmare's as real as it gets
In the circus of the
In the circus of the
In the circus of the dead

It's where [bad word] to life
Know you never stood a chance
As you gasp for breath
Here on the stage
You [bad word] you can hide
Feel the cold steel on your hands
Crawling to your death
There's no escape

It's a spectacle that drags down you six feet below
So you should have stayed and just enjoyed some time at home

Encore
Now the [bad word] for you
It's the grand finale
It'll all be over soon

In the circus of the
In the circus of the
In the circus of the

In the circus of the
In the circus of the
In the circus of the

Pretend
It's make believe inside your head
This nightmare's as real as it gets
In the circus of the
In the circus of the
In the circus of the dead