I'm up on the tightwire  one side's ice and one is fire  its a circus game with you and me  I'm up on the tightrope  one side's hate and one is hope  but the tophat on my head is all you see  And the wire seems to be   the only place for me  a comedy of errors  and I'm falling    **Chorus**  Like a rubber-neck giraffe   you look into my past  well maybe you're just to blind to - see  I'm up in the spotlight  ohh does it feel right  ohh the altitude   seems to get to me    I'm up on the tightwire  flanked by life and the funeral pyre  putting on a show   for you to see    **Chorus**  Like a rubber-neck giraffe   you look into my past   well maybe you're just too blind to - see  I'm up in the spotlight   ohh does it feel right  ohh the altitude  really gets to get to me    I'm up on the tightwire  flanked by life and the funeral pyre  putting on a show for you to see