The world is a circus The world is a circus O mundo é um circo Oh, look what they can do Oh, look what they can do Oh, veja o que eles podem fazer To that horse, to that lion To that horse, to that lion Para aquele cavalo, para aquele leão To that tiger and that bear To that tiger and that bear Para aquele tigre e aquele urso The world is an arena The world is an arena O mundo é uma arena And the cage waits in the back And the cage waits in the back E a gaiola espera atrás For that eagle, for that monkey, For that eagle, for that monkey, Para aquela águia, para aquele macaco, For that ape and all of you For that ape and all of you Para esse macaco e todos vocês They applaud, they applaud They applaud, they applaud Eles aplaudem, eles aplaudem To the parody of nature To the parody of nature Para a paródia da natureza It's a fraud, it's a fraud It's a fraud, it's a fraud É uma fraude, é uma fraude It's a consume stimulator It's a consume stimulator É um estimulador de consumo What a show, what a show What a show, what a show Que programa, que programa They present us what they've trained They present us what they've trained Eles nos apresentam o que treinaram With that man, with that woman, With that man, with that woman, Com aquele homem, com aquela mulher, With that child and all of us With that child and all of us Com essa criança e todos nós We consume, we consume We consume, we consume Nós consumimos, nós consumimos We got to work and then we sleep We got to work and then we sleep Chegamos ao trabalho e depois dormimos We buy and then we eat We buy and then we eat Nós compramos e depois comemos When we oppose they shut us up When we oppose they shut us up Quando nos opomos, eles nos calam Make it stop, make it stop Make it stop, make it stop Faça parar, faça parar Before the clowns will eat themselves Before the clowns will eat themselves Antes que os palhaços se comam We gotta leave the circus We gotta leave the circus Temos que sair do circo Cause we want to see the world Cause we want to see the world Porque nós queremos ver o mundo The circus of tears The circus of tears O circo das lágrimas Plays the requiem of life Plays the requiem of life Reproduz o requiem da vida Here we go – here we go Here we go – here we go Aqui vamos nós - aqui vamos nós It's an animal show – to go It's an animal show – to go É um show de animais - para ir