Oh, when the curtains rise You cannot hide nor flee You are trapped here like the rest Inside this tragicomedy Eternally damned The world is a stage and we are but actors Playing our parts Seven the acts; the ages of man So it shall be And so we dance and sing In the theatre of life But if you're out of tune You'll never be a star We live and we die, we laugh and we cry A wonderful show How did it begin? How will it end? No one knows And so we dance and sing In the theatre of life But if you're out of tune You'll never be a star Oh, when the curtains rise You cannot hide nor flee You are trapped here like the rest Inside this tragicomedy Eternally damned When the time has come for the final act Will you go offstage and face the lights? And so we dance and sing In the theatre of life But if you're out of tune You'll never be a star Oh, when the curtains rise You cannot hide nor flee You are trapped here like the rest Inside this tragicomedy Eternally damned