You think you've got me on a string
You think for you that I'd do anything
But who's the master in control?

For you I threw this masquerade
You've only seen what I've portrayed
I'm an actor in a complex role

Your silent silhouette
Dances behind a marionette
You feel independent with your own command
But can I show you who's a pendant hanging from my hand

I set up this stage
Wrote the lines on this page
Tell me, who's the puppeteer
I got you hooked on my drug
Predictably smug
Tell me, who's the puppet here

What I show is what you see
I let you in--so you believe
But you have yet to meet my soul

Hypnotized you fall asleep,
Can you hear your shadow speak.
Free thought is what I stole.

Your silent silhouette
Dances behind a marionette
You feel independent with your own command
But can I show you who's a pendant hanging from my hand

I set up this stage
Wrote the lines on this page
Tell me, who's the puppeteer
I got you hooked on my drug
Predictably smug
Tell me, who's the puppet here

I like to play this little game
Where you take a soul and make it tame
Knowing all along that it will never be the same.

I set up this stage
Wrote the lines on this page
Tell me, who's the puppeteer
I got you hooked on my drug
Predictably smug
Tell me, who's the puppet here
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