Boy On A String Lyrics by Jars Of Clay

Boy On A String Lyrics

    The marionetter has your number
    Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own
    Dragging your conscience on the stage
    and your heart gets rearranged
    and you cannot tell your mentor from your Maker
    Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter
    Over the way you entertain at beckon call
    They don't see behind the lights, or the painted backgrounds
    They just like to see you fall

    But you don't really mind
    Cause you're just wasting time
    You can't feel anything
    You're a boy on a string

    I feel a sadness like Gapetto
    watching the life that he created run away
    Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion,
    and holding the remains of puppets that had rotted away
    One day the curtain will not open
    And all of the crowds will go away
    Someday those strings will choke you, but until that day

    But you don't really mind
    Cause you're just wasting time
    You can't feel anything
    You're a boy on a string

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