Keep your head up, your eyes clear, your chest proud and strong
Slender shoulders to manage the weight of it all
It's a delicate balance
For the porcelain doll

Keep your nose to the grindstone, the job's never done
Burn both ends of the candle, then light the next one
It's a delicate balance
To not come undone

I'm up on the high wire, stealing the show
I make it look easy from way down below
Up on a high wire, the world seems so small
Craving that sweet flying feeling of freefall

It was easy at first when I made my debut
The performance was flawless, the critics all knew
It's a delicate balance
With a limited view

It was tragic to stumble in front of the king
Yeah, 'cause I lost my lustre, and skinned up my knees
It's a delicate balance
Asking caged birds to sing

I'm up on the high wire, stealing the show
I make it look easy from way down below
Up on a high wire, the world seems so small
Craving that sweet flying feeling of freefall
Freefall

Yeah, the marquis is flashing along with the crowd
What a shame that they gave in to gravity now
You're our stalwart performer
The show must go on

Oh, but for one night only, a new act's in town
What a spectacle to witness when I hit the ground
If my shattering's lovely
You'll all still applaud

I'm up on the high wire, stealing the show
I make it look easy from way down below
I'm up on a high wire, the world seems so small
Craving that sweet flying feeling of freefall
Freefall
Freefall