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

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

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There's a place in the dark, horror stories go to hide
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Buried deep underground, pain and torment mechanized
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Whoa, on a lit up stage
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Whoa, terror's on display

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There's a place in the dark horror stories go to hide
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Buried deep underground, pain and torment mechanized
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Whoa, on a lit up stage
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Terror's on display!

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The show must go on!
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Hit the lights, we're going 'til there's no pulse left!
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This masquerade of souls!
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Needs a victim, won't you be our hopeless guest?
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But if it helps, you can pretend
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It's make-believe inside your head
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This nightmare's as real as it gets

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In the circus of the-, in the circus of the-
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In the circus of the dead

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

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

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There's a place in the dark, horror stories go to hide
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Buried deep underground, pain and torment mechanized
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Whoa, on a lit-up stage
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Whoa, terror's on display

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There's a place in the dark horror stories go to hide
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Buried deep underground, pain and torment mechanized
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Whoa, on a lit up stage
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Terror's on display!

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The show must go on!
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Hit the lights, we're going 'til there's no pulse left!
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This masquerade of souls!
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Needs a victim, won't you be our hopeless guest?
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But if it helps, you can pretend
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It's make-believe inside your head
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This nightmare's as real as it gets

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In the circus of the-, in the circus of the-
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In the circus of the dead

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It's where fear comes to life, no, you never stood a chance
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As you gasp for breath (here on the stage)
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You can run, you can hide, feel the cold steel on your hands
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Crawling to your death (there's no escape)
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It's a spectacle that drags you down you six feet below
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So you should have stayed and just enjoyed some time at home
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Encore, now the ringmaster comes for you!
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It's the grand finale, it'll all be over soon!

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In the circus of the-, in the circus of the-
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In the circus of-

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In the circus of the-, in the circus of the-
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In the circus of pretend

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