Puppeteer

This is our show for you,
you thought those ideals were true
I let you get away with things,
you just don't realize / I have you on strings

You wonder if I can't get enough,
I wonder if you'll ever give up
It's just enough evidence / to prove in the game
that, oh sweetie, you are so vain

This affliation is giving the crowd so much
even though we were together, we were so out of touch
Were the costumes on too tight?
Because the strings are wearing thin
The games can last all night,
but you'll never ever win

I tried to help you
I even let you be free
The gifts I've tried to give
guidance, life's philosophy
you kept me in chains
reason why I drifted away,
we kept a lot of pain
I just wanted to play..

I shared with you the secrets of the world,
and you used them for your puppet show.
Those dolls you carry, all made of plastic
shows you as weak: all fake and drastic

There's no other apology,
why should I say sorry?
There is nothing to regret
It's hard to interpret
I have to confess,
there's nothing left to do,
I'm happier like this
because I'm not like you.