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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Anette Olzon
Anette Olzon
Lead Vocals
Erno Vuorinen
Erno Vuorinen
Guitar
James Shearman
James Shearman
Conductor
Jenny O'Grady
Jenny O'Grady
Choir Director
Jukka Antero Nevalainen
Jukka Antero Nevalainen
Drums
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra
Lynda Richardson
Lynda Richardson
Choir Director
Marko Hietala
Marko Hietala
Vocals
Metro Voices
Metro Voices
Choir
Pip Williams
Pip Williams
Orchestra Director
The Young Musicians London
The Young Musicians London
Children's Choir
Thomas Bowes
Thomas Bowes
First Violin
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Songwriter
Pip Williams
Pip Williams
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Producer

Lyrics

Ring-a-ring-a-roses
A pocket full of posies
Atishoo, atishoo
We all fall down
Once upon a time in a daymare
Dying to meet you, little child
Enter, enter this sideshow
Time for bed, the cradle still rocks
13 chimes on a dead man's clock
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
The bride will lure you, cook you, eat you
Your dear innocence boiled to feed the evil in need of fear
Burning farms and squeeling pigs
A pool of snakes to swim with oh, sweet poison
Bite me, bite me
"Ladies and gentlemen
Be heartlessly welcome!
To Cirque De Morgue
And what a show we have for you tonight!"
Restless souls will put on their dancing shoes
Mindless ghouls with a lot of limbs to lose
Illusionists
Contortionist
Tightrope, walkers tightening the noose
Horde of spiders, closet tentacles
Laughing harpies with their tallons ripping
Sher-chrisss, per-vizz
The pendulum still sways for you
Such are the darks here to show you
Child in a corner
Fallen mirrors, all kingdom in cinders
Written by: Tuomas Holopainen
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