Rubber Cement

Puppets? Did we become so willingly
Hang our heads and ourselves attach these strings
Did we hollow out our spines
'Cause I can almost feel the hand behind this mouth of mine
These words are not my own
And neither are these new and strangely jointed bones

With all you’ve lost in the midst of this
Wonder how they all act like it’s victimless
The bodies pile high in the corners of your mind
Ensnared, enraptured by the serpent’s kiss
If they dusted this room for fingerprints
Can you tell me now, how many would they find?

Did you assume that they couldn’t lie
With those shaking hands and adulterous eyes
Till the cycle repeats and you’re the one left holding the gun
Now you talk as if there’s no one left to trust
Your castle crumbling down into the dust
Where you try to hide when there's nowhere left to run

You have everything, or at least that’s the way it seems
Chasing singularly after a brokenhearted dream
Even with everything, you still haven’t found just what you mean
When you say you’re looking for something more
‘Cause your mind is a maze that keeps on changing
And your heart is a crime scene behind a closed door

So put on your show
They'll never know
That it's not really you
Who pulls the strings
Who does a thing
All those pretty, empty things you do

So put on your mask
And we’ll all forget to ask
What’s really going on
Do you remember what it’s like to feel
When your real self’s been concealed
And calloused from wearin’ that armor for so long