Pulling Strings

Places everyone
Places please
You're on the ropes
And you 'll be on choke
You pull right 
And you turn left
I'll do the voices
Plentiful disguises 

Places everyone
We're putting on a show
Twenty years of missing kisses
And stealing wishes
Playing the part
To become what I've wanted
Curtain up
(Let it in)
Begin

Places puppets
My plastic puppets
My sweetest darlings
Pull on the strings
Pander to this love of mine
Sugar coat the truth with sweet words and wine

Places everyone
Knot your ties
Feed them
Sustain them
With bloodless lies
Surround them 
Weave trust
Into doubt
And restlessness
Until autonomy dies

Places everyone
Slit your wrists 
And and tangle your ties
Lend your hand
To a drunken
Bloated prize
Stop and freeze
End your life
And take mine
For all it's worth
Nothing to you
Nothing at all

Places now
Splinter and break
Lose your strings
Let go your ties
Let go the puppets
Let go disguise