Joseph Arthur

Puppets

Joseph Arthur


Give less than I take 
Dream you up as anything 
I have no memory 
Every moment, eternally 

I wanna try 
To get away from everybody else 
To get away from everybody else 

I cut myself 
But no blood came 
And no one helped 
Strings that we can't see 
Puppet you 
And puppet me 

I wanna try 
To get away from everybody else 
To get away from everybody else 

And you don't know 
What its like to try 
To change where you go 
And break the lie 
And you never show 
What its like inside 
To raise your (nose?) 
And break your pride 

Hearts crack like canes 
As children break the spider's legs 
Strays out in our yards 
Of buried bones and boulevards 

I wanna try 
To get away from everybody else 
To get away from everybody else