Reflections of the Marionette

Call the dogs and sound the horns The city key of where I's born's Been stolen By someone I thought I knew She blew in with some angel dust From the southern state where love is lust Yeah, I hope she's gone By the time this song is through Out of morn, the passers-by She wets her lips, sweats her eyes Baits her tongue with pity for her prey (Do your best to look away) And she transcends the avenue A smile for me, a wink for you I guess I'll take my place in yesterday But darlin' I can't wait For you to leave this town You just got here too late And no one wants you 'round With one foot on my back And the other on the rail I don't want to see you fall I want to see you fail And the night is sweet, the night's divine It stains your teeth with blood-red wine And leaves you lyin' In your enemy's arms And while you mumble down the hall Something 'bout a skin-made wall You find you're just A sucker for her charms And the vanity that cakes her face Sucks you in to death's embrace Feel your sense of self just fade away (Spread you ashes in your grave) And see you're just a one man show And once you're done, it's time to go Hear somebody's footsteps down the way But darlin' I can't wait For you to leave this town You just got here too late And no one wants you 'round With one foot on my back And the other on the rail I don't want to see you fall I just want to see you fail And the youth protests the failing light With his shirt sleeves rolled in the humid night He wonders when it was That he went wrong And in denial, while he ascends To a lofty room, all dreams end He watches while his footsteps Lead him on And in the fires, he takes his time The well-worn steps, he slowly climbs The final line of meathooks on display (Did your conscience lose its way?) And in the streets the sirens sing What word they tell, what news they bring The puppet and his cloak of strings obeys That's just bound in suede Hail the death of day But darlin' I can't wait For you to leave this town You just got here too late And no one wants you 'round With one foot on my back And the other on the rail I don't want to see you fall I want to see you fail I don't want to see you fall I want to see you fail