A tower of power
That reached into the skies
Arms raised in victory, you were a god
To our young unwavering eyes
I heard that you died
In the middle of the night
You stepped off of the stage, gave up your spot
But you couldn't shake the light
But the show must go on
The show must go on
Even when time takes what you love
The show must go on
They hooked you to the harness
But the harness wouldn't hold
And you fell from the sky like rays of the sun
Into the darkness and the cold
Now everybody wants to blame
To try to cover up their scars
And it hurts us every day that we'll never see your name
Written out among the stars
But the show must go on
The show must go on
Even when pain takes what you love
The show must go on
The best in the world
But we didn't read the signs
And the pills and the falls you took every night
They tore apart your mind
And now you're a monster
And nobody says your name
And where once there was pride, where once there was love
There now is only shame
But the show must go on
The show must go on
Even when madness takes what you love
The show must go on