We hide behind the gates

It's daylight when they come

Afraid to test what we've done

Tamed by the fire, they hang on a wire

Tonight, they'll have you bandaged round the eyes

Tonight, they watch from the sides

They sing familiar cries

From the sides

They watch with closed minds

And breathe on every line with impeccable time

They watch from the sides

They watch from the sides

They know we can see right through

Fingers broken and bruised

They speak with frail sighs

And their throats are dry and ravished of greatness

They open their arms with jaws of life

They're bandaged, bandaged round the eyes

And all I can hear are the cries

It haunts me at times

While animatronic puppets sing stupid lullabies

Afraid to test what we've done when they come

Shunned by the light

In awe

They know we can see right through

Fingers broken and bruised

And books deprived and ravished of pages

They're all filled with lies

I feel neglected

Bandaged round the eyes

You do things to me

You do this to me

You pull the strings

You pull the strings

It haunts me at times

It haunts me at times

You pull the strings

You pull the strings

It haunts me at times

It haunts me at times

You pull the strings

You pull the strings

It haunts me at times

It haunts me at times