From A Place Behind The Smile

Hollow Puppet

Dancing like a marionette.

My body, but someone else's tune.

Longing to escape the bindings.

Being trapped, I've been finding,

Weakness leads to bleakness.

No longer wanting to regress.

If it's not meant to help me grow,

The answer is no.

Falling into old patterns,

When it comes to loving you.

I'm failing me.

You're failing to see,

That our hearts had a chance,

But my greatest strength is my greatest vulnerability,

I see potential, so I let love take control of me.

You act like love is so hard to feel,

It's as natural as breathing when the feeling is real.

As I start building up,

One by one, the strings are cut.

Feeling an impending escape from a self-induced prison.

Well, you see me when I'm gone, or will the act be unforgiven?

Loss is all it takes,

For a heart to lose its way,

But I'd rather be alone, lost, and wandering through the dark,

Then, to force the flames of passion from a non-commital spark.

Leaving means grieving,

But the grief stems more from believing ,

That there's ever a chance to make things grow from our magic.

You sought out a real fairytale,

Which makes our parting twice as tragic,

I'd have given so much to make your dreams all come true.

But now I'm leaving you behind to find my dreams and see them through.