High Wire lyrics

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