She's the trapeze artist The dancer in the dark Like a fallen angel With the purest of all hearts Times of endless stories Say when she was born Was left to her luck In the streets with no remorse (la la la) Then came a ringmaster Saw her there alone Picked from the cold And then raised her as his own In the years that followed She grew to be a doll A beautiful and shy girl She was like no other one Travelled with the circus From one place to the next Conquered every heart That would see her in the air (la la la) Every night the circus Called her name to all She would take the stage To a thunderous applause She was like an angel She was paradise Sadness is her lips And the beauty of her eyes Fallen from the heavens Untouched by men's lies She was not of earth But a spirit from the skies But what no one noticed What they never saw Truly that the artist Wanted to let her life go So one night this angel Stood above and high Her hands took the rings And her body touched the sky Once more Screams filled all the tent as Everyone would cry All of the performers Felt the tears had left their eyes Spread against the shadows Dead upon the floor Just as she had wanted She had finally left the world (ahh)