Puppeteer's Dance

It's more bitter than sweet
When you lie through your teeth
It puts the frustration right into me
But I know that it's hard
To rip myself apart
From the truth and the way things are
Cuz even if I did find a way
To pull myself away
You would get me to stay
So in the end
I'll never win
Cuz I'm locked in a toxic dungeon

In your hand
I play at your command
A victim of your tricks
A puppeteer's dance
A jewel in the eyes
But poison in your heart
No one sees the violence
Behind our golden arch
The strings that hold me up
Are pulling me apart
Playing out the trauma
Forcing my part
I feel like I'm not
Even myself
Nothings working
Venting helps

I don't know what to do
With someone like you
That can live with themselves
Doing the things you do

Puppeteer's dance
I fall into your hands
Puppeteer's dance
Fall into

Still playing my part
For the ruler of the art
Pressured by silence
Don't let it look stark
I try to get away
But I'm held back by the truth
This can't be what I need
But I'm powerless to you
The extremity of it all
Can't be seen through eyes
Because your control
Derives from your lies
Trapped inside your heart
Is such a lonely place
It's so fucking cold
It's so fucking scathed

I don't know what to do
With someone like you
That can live with themselves
Doing the things you do
Causing hell
The way you do
Making me
Your fucking fool

Puppeteer's dance
I fall into your hands
Puppeteer's dance
Fall into

But in this hell is your life's worth
A worthless creature treating others like dirt
But on these strings a toxic shock
A death drop

You leave me conscious
Hanging by a fucking string
Too scared to kill me yourself
Too scared to die without me

Cut the strings!