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