From China to Canada everyone thinks we’re terrific
The success of our empire is keeping it all unspecific
Audiences eat up our banquet of dazzling tricks
But it’s harder to swallow than eating a big mac and chips

You saw Saltimbanco you even sat through Allagria
If it made sense to you can you tell us cos we’ve no idea
The left hand is showing you magical wonders divine
The right hand is stuck in your pocket and robbing you blind


Yes tonight there’s no end to the bullshit that you’ll see
You’ll probably beg us for animal cruelty
The only thing light as the show is your wallet when you walk away
Look for some meaning/ you won’t find an answer
We’re more omnipresent than Starbucks and cancer
The beautiful thing’s bullshit’s bullshit no matter what country you play
Cirque Du Soleil!

Maybe we shouldn’t have spent so much time simply wanking
There’s really no time to rehearse once we’ve finished our banking
It’s so pithy, so edgy, so arty, so mainstream, so now
It’s like magic, like dreaming, like childhood, like nothing, like wow

The music suddenly cuts and we hear the following voice over
Before we begin tonight’s performance we would like to acknowledge and thank our corporate partners and sponsors
Big list of corporate sponsors to follow
And now that we have completely destroyed any atmosphere of magic and mystery, sit back and enjoy “Corporationa”

Narrative Schmarrative, who needs a plot?
When you’ve got a world franchise that’s this fucking hot.
There’s a million ideas you’ll project onto it
But I’ll tell you right now the whole thing don’t mean shit
It’s a global phenomenon no one can fight
The ideas are loose but the costumes are tight
And smoke machines cover the fact we’ve got nothing to say
Cirque Du Soleil