[Intro]
[live crowd roaring]
Circle of life
Under blood-red sky
We were born to roar
Not to crawl and hide (hey!)
[Verse 1]
Drums like thunder
Dust in my teeth
Sun climbs higher
Over dead white trees
I was raised on bones
Of the ones who fell
Every claw mark
Every scar
A spell
[Pre-Chorus]
But I won’t bow to fear
Won’t drown in the drought
If the vultures circle
I’m still breaking out
[Chorus]
This is the circle of life
We rise
We fight
From the cradle to the blazing pyre tonight
If I burn
Then I burn as a blazing sign
In the circle
In the circle
I claim what’s mine (woah)
[Verse 2]
Shadows whisper
“Kid
You’re born to lose”
But I wear my sins
Like a pair of boots
Step on regret
Let the old bones shake
Every heartbreak
Fuelling every quake
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t kneel to doubt
I don’t beg the sky
If the ground splits open
I will learn to fly
[Chorus]
This is the circle of life
We rise
We fight
From the cradle to the blazing pyre tonight
If I burn
Then I burn as a blazing sign
In the circle
In the circle
I claim what’s mine (hey!)
[Bridge]
[breakdown – guitars chug
Crowd claps in unison]
Hakuna Matata?
Scream it louder back
We laugh at the darkness
While it stares in black
No chains
No chaos
Can decide our fate
We tear through the terror
Turn it into grace (woah)
[Chorus]
This is the circle of life
We rise
We fight
From the cradle to the blazing pyre tonight
If I fall
Then I fall as a roaring lion
In the circle
In the circle
I keep on trying
[Outro]
[band cuts
Crowd sings a cappella]
Circle of life
Circle of fire
Circle of life
We only climb higher