album: Jars of Clay (1995)
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The marionette has your number 
Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own 
Dragging your conscience on the stage 
and your heart gets rearranged 
and you cannot tell your mentor from your Maker 
Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter 
Over the way you entertain at beck and call 
They don't see behind the lights, or the painted backgrounds 
They just like to see you fall 

But you don't really mind 
Cause you're just wasting time 
You don't feel anything 
You're a boy on a string 

I feel a sadness like Gepetto 
watching the life that he created run away 
Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion, 
and holding the remains of puppets that had rotted away 
One day the curtain will not open 
And all of the crowds will go away 
Sometimes those strings will choke you, but until that day 

But you won't really mind 
Cause you're just wasting time 
You don't feel anything 
You're a boy on a string 

Just a boy, just a boy 

But you don't really mind 
Cause you're just wasting time 
You don't feel anything 
You're a boy on a string 
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