Dance of the Marionette - After The Fire

Who’s that talking?

I heard someone speak to me

It came from within, a voice that’s crying to be free

But I’m a puppet and that is all

My life’s the strings and that’s all

Free me

I want to live my life as it was planned

I want to take my Father’s hand

And I want to know forgiveness

I want to start again

Oh take away these strings

And set me free

How can this be, tell me what is happening

'Cause I’m just a puppet, I tied myself into these strings

That weave their silk around my life

And lead me on, and that is all

Free me

I want to live my life as it was planned

I want to take my Father’s hand

And I want to know forgiveness

I want to start again

Oh take away these strings

And set me free

But if I cut my strings surely I’ll only fall down

What manner of joke’s this, a puppet changed into a clown?

Don’t jest with me I know my place and here I’ll stay

To strings I’m tied therefore a puppet I must be

I’ll only move when my strings pull that part of me

And that is all

Free me

I want to live my life as it was planned

I want to take my Father’s hand

Step into the promised land

I want to learn to dance, yes I do

Happy ever after is the way I’m going to be

When I let your love come into me

The masks of grief and laughter you’ll take away from me

And from these strings you’ll forever

Free me

I want to live my life as it was planned

I want to take my Father’s hand

And I want to know forgiveness

I want to start again

Oh take away these strings

Free me, I want to live my as it was planned

And so that I can stand

I want to take my Fathers hand

And step into the promised land

I’m going to learn to dance, yes I am