Cirque Dans La Rue

Take me to the big show, Take me anywhere but here Put me in the front row Make my problems disappear

Trapeze high wire Without a safety net For the price of admission I wanna witness life or death

All the pretty girls get cut in half, While the sad clowns make us laugh.

I wanna make friends with the freaks, I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet I wanna have a party in the middle of the street I wanna have a party in the middle of the street

I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers All the people just like me

Are you ready to risk it all And be a human cannon ball? Sharpen up those knives and throw 'Em at the fool against the wall. We're all against that wall.

I want to make friends with the freaks I want to throw it down with the clowns that I meet I wanna have a party in the middle of the street

I wanna have a party in the middle of the street I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers All the people just like me

[spoken] Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Come one, come all To the Cirque Dans La Rue! Check your troubles at the door, You don't need them anymore! Leave reality outside, And come along for the ride. But just remember, While you're watching us Do the things that we do, We're watching you.

All the pretty girls get cut in half, While the sad clowns make us laugh All the pretty girls get cut in half, While the sad clowns make us laugh

I want to make friends with the freaks I want to throw it down with the clowns that I meet I wanna have a party in the middle of the street

I wanna have a party in the middle of the street I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers All the people just like me Just like me

I wanna have a party in the middle of the street I wanna have a party in the middle of the street I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers All the people just like me

All the pretty girls get cut in half While the sad clowns make us laugh

It sounds like some sort of parody on life.

Trapeze high wire Without a safety net For the price of admission I wanna witness life or death

It's kind of sadistic....

All the pretty girls get cut in half, While the sad clowns make us laugh All the pretty girls get cut in half, While the sad clowns make us laugh

It's about not caring what other people think

want to make friends with the freaks I want to throw it down with the clowns that I meet I wanna have a party in the middle of the street

It's about embracing the wild, crazy side, loving adrenaline and the way our society is messed up, if you ask me.

And the gravely "we're watching you" made me laugh.

I think the guy thinks hes a nobody and fits in with the carnies, like in

"I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers all the people just like me"

And then when he says

"Check your troubles at the door, You don't need them anymore! Leave reality outside, And come along for the ride."

I think he is saying to forget your problems and start over in life, be different.

And FYI Cirque Dans La Rue means Circus on the Street.

BTW LOL at "We're Watching You"