The Puppet and the Puppeteer

I was elsewhere as usual minding my own again

News that the king set alight to his throne again

Holding his wrists to the flames to be whole again

And asking for me

Somehow, he thought he could dream his way out of here

Saying goodbye in his blood as he disappeared

Ah, but what would I do without you, my puppeteer?

You don't wanna know

I need a rethink

Part of the same curse

I know you took it all, a great deal worse

Go and tell father

I know you can't lie

Thinking that you're needed out

As am I, yeah

I want you to know that I'm fully responsible

It was I had the life that made you so uncomfortable

I was the one with the out-looking point of view

Traveling alone

Selfishly, I thought that you had forgotten me

That was the fuel for my drunken apology

Riding the wave of a blissful autonomy

I call it my own

I need a rethink

Part of the same curse

I know you took it all, a great deal worse

Go and tell father

I know you can't lie

Thinking that you're needed out

As am I

It's the end of the line, and no wonder I never knew

Got that gold bayonet handed down by a saint to you

Well, forgive me for thinking it was mine to take from you

Blind, now I see

I need a rethink

Part of the same curse

I know you took it all, a great deal worse

Go and tell father

I know you can't lie

Thinking that you're needed out

As am I

As am I

Take cover

We never could lie

Just like father

As am I