[Verse 1]
Stone-cold, in the middle of a circus, but the lights are all on you
Try to fake the smile, but the curtain draws on you
When the crowd begins to cheer
It's a sign that the end is drawing near
Presenting the world when the lights go out
(When the lights go out)

[Verse 2]
The tears fade right before their very eyes
But yours begin to shed
Fake it for a while, but the coursing darkness dreads
For behind each casting art
Is the image of a man who's torn apart!
Escaping the world, as the lights go out

[Chorus]
Fear not, I have descended before you even knew
I only told a minor few
The smile you see, can't comprehend it
For I died too long ago
So every time I start the show, I drop the act and away I go

[Post-Chorus]
(I drop the act and away I go)
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Fear not, I have descended before you even knew
I only told a minor few
The smile you see, can't comprehend it
For I died too long ago
So every time I start the show, I drop the act and away I go!

[Instrumental Break]