Young Writers Society

I used to lose so much sleep, cause losin' you made me feel so weak

Maybe unlike me you weren't a Circus Freak, but bein' up high has gotta be bleak

It's only the real crazy ones that stay true, maybe that's why I lost you

You told me that one day the scars would ache, but thinkin' they ever stopped was your mistake

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You used to be part of the team, then you turned "normal" and broke my dream...

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I hope you know that this ain't over yet

But I'll crawl right back like a broken marionette

Someone we know reached out to see what has changed

I told them you sawed my strings and left me deranged

I like me better this way, I've found a circus in your place

Give me your ticket, the marionette show will be on in a minute

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You never wanted me, I was just a puppet on some strings

But every touch, every word, made me believe

I should have known better to think the anger was real

Why'd you act like I had a heart I could steal?

I'm done tired of flowers, why are they so weak?

I'm scared to know what will happen when my rose won't speak

My circus is downing in numbers one by one

And not one of them ever told me that we were done

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You used to be part of the team, then you turned "normal" and broke my dream...

~

I hope you know that this ain't over yet

But I'll crawl right back like a broken marionette

Someone we know reached out to see what has changed

I told them you sawed my strings and left me deranged

I like me better this way, I've found a circus in your place

Give me your ticket, the marionette show will be on in a minute

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Today while talking to a friend, I saw my old jester, flowers in their hair

The strings rubbed against my skin, all were too painful to bear

Marionette ballerinas, dancing in a row

I found their friend, "he cut my strings" and this I told him so

Do not pity the crushed rose, Thou not knoweth whom thy thorns have snared

the clowns have painted smiles on their faces, as if they ever really cared

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You used to be part of the team, then you turned "normal" and broke my dream...

~

I hope you know that this ain't over yet

But I'll crawl right back like a broken marionette

Someone we know reached out to see what has changed

I told them you sawed my strings and left me deranged

I like me better this way, I've found a circus in your place

Give me your ticket, the marionette show will be on in a minute

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But I'll always be your marionette...