Marionette (Picture 1)

When you look in the mirror

You see a stranger staring back

You want to get out, go home

But you've never had one

The hands are not your own

The wrists are stained blue

Stardust is the iron

That flows through your wound

But you are not your own person

You are tied by strings

A marionette with controlled limbs

You have a mind, you have a soul

Your heart doesn't pump anymore

Layer by layer, you'll peel off your skin

To find someone who is you, within

You mainline on grief and pain

While others wonder what happened

To a face that always smiled

If only you could do

The things that they wouldn't allow

But they pull the strings

And you don't approve

You want to break out

To cut the strings and beat your heart

To a rhythm that has been

Yours from the start

So hold a rebellion, run free

The sky is azure and the fields, green

Find a home in your skin

The face is not a mask,

It is you, for eternity