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Circus Of Death (Fast Version)

This version of Circus Of Death (Fast Version) was released by The Human League in 1979.

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This is a song called The Circus Of Death.
It tells the true story of a circus we met.
The first two verses concern the actual arrival at Heathrow Airport of Commissioner Steve McGarrett.
The third emotionally describes a map showing the range of the circus.
The fourth and fifth were extracted from an article in the Guardian of March the 19th, 1962.
The last is a short wave radio message from the last man on Earth.

Nine o’clock flight from Hawaii
The Trident is just touching down
We’re waiting here on the tarmac
McGarrett is wearing a frown

He’s here to help with a problem
A blood-spattered curse on our land
Please cast your eye over this map, sir
This business is quite out of hand

The circus of death is approaching
Its pathway is painted in red
Before it the frightened and helpless
Behind it a trail of the dead

The narcotic that forges their union
Is a substance known only to one
To the clown it is known as dominion
It’s a secret that he’ll give to none

The drug which gives the clown power
Means the circus can never be stopped
And his dream can go on unhindered
‘Til the last human being has dropped

Spare me and my family
I’ve done you no wrong
Go away, please let us be
I’ve known you for too long

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The lyrics for Circus Of Death (Fast Version) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by The Human League. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Circus Of Death (Fast Version) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Circus Of Death (Fast Version) - The Human League and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Circus Of Death (Fast Version) by The Human League in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Circus Of Death (Fast Version)" means the words set to the music of Circus Of Death (Fast Version), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Human League. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Circus Of Death (Fast Version) and the lyrics to Circus Of Death (Fast Version) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Human League who came here looking just for the lyrics to Circus Of Death (Fast Version), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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