The Wages of Sin / Danse De La Beauté

Lyrics

Time loves a hero Everybody hopes it's a mirror image Did you get the news from across the river? Someone say a prayer for the prince of fools What's it gonna mean in the final hour? What's it gonna be when the bell-ringer's tower comes tumblin' down? Never a moment of kindness Only the laughter, only the anger Under the big top It's a beggar's world, but it's real The holy sidewalks are now the highways And home to the sinners and thieves Beware the eyes of the beholder Watch out, watch out Look over your shoulder Livin' like a storybook gypsy princess Lookin' like an angel in rags Let 'em even try to resist, it can't be done Someone put the chains on the dancer Lock her away, break her spirit Pay her with shame and salvation, the wages of sin Woe to the unholy masses Watch out, you children of Egypt Inside the palace, it's the dealer's game You gotta play There is no justice Only a hangman who patiently waits Beware the eyes of the beholder Watch out, watch out Look over your shoulder Beauty and the Beast again forever Truly the age of the mask Hiding and dying for love, but too frightened to ask Steal her away, be a hero Save her from a fate sure as death Chances are it's only the light of the moment that lasts Never a moment of kindness Only the laughter, only the anger Under the big top It's a beggar's world, but it's real The holy sidewalks are now the highways And home to the sinners and thieves Beware the eyes of the beholder Time loves a hero Everybody hopes it's a mirror image Did you get the news from across the river? Someone say a prayer for the prince of fools What's it gonna mean in the final hour? What's it gonna be when the bell-ringer's tower comes tumblin' down? Just drop the curtain All that you need is a personal ending It's only fiction But it's an age-old, well-known, sold-out show Just take your chances Lay down your hopes on the vanishing line And roll the bones Watch out Look over your shoulder Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Watch out, watch out Look over your shoulder