PUPPET STRINGS Lyrics

I've been sold a very certain dream

Kind of dream you don't wake up from easily

I've been pulled on stretched-thin puppet strings

I've been given the runaround

Can I just sleep?

Seems like it'd be easier to drift away, drift away

Can I just be

Without having to be

Forced to be another way?

Why should my existence be policed like a protest?

Why should I hear your comments?

I can hear your comments

Why the fuck should it matter with whom I get undressed?

Yeah, I can hear you callin'

I can hear you callin'

Release my puppet strings

You don't know what it feels like

Sure, you're the queens and kings

And I think you think that you're right

You're shooting like a comet

At those who are more calm

And more mature

Baby, what for?

Release my puppet strings

You're wasting precious air when you

Huff and puff and blow the house down

When no one's there

You're firing like a squadron

And yet you think your God will love you more

Baby, are you sure?

Can I just leave?

Seems like it'd be easier to fly away to outer space

Left the galaxy, drifting places, run away

We're not at liberty apparently

Keep the schools so clean

So don't say it

Don't say it

Accusations are the most telling

When they reveal those innermost feelings

Can't pray it away

Can't pray it, can't pray it, can't pray it

'Cause at the end of the day

We're all just flesh and bone

Release my puppet strings

You don't know what it feels like

Sure, you're the queens and kings

And I think you think that you're right

You're shooting like a comet

At those who are more calm

And more mature

Baby, what for?

Release my puppet strings

You're wasting precious air when you

Huff and puff and blow the house down

When no one's there

You're firing like a squadron

And yet you think your God will love you more

Baby, are you sure?

(Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?)