Pulling My Strings

Stop pulling my strings I’m not me anymore, You reprogrammed me Like I’m your cyborg I’m your marionette You just keep on Pulling my strings Dress me Expect me To be Exactly What you want to see Tell me how to think Did you fall in love with me Or who you planned me to be You just keep on pulling my strings I’m no longer who I used to be You just keep on pulling my strings Let me free, Cut the strings I like who I used to be Just love me for me Your friends aren’t like me From the other side of the tracks They don’t know our suffering They don’t go where I’ve been at Not like us, not like me, I don’t fit naturally So, you change me, rearrange me So, they’ll like what they see But that ain’t me (It ain’t me) I’m just your puppet You’re just pulling my strings You just keep on pulling my strings I’m no longer who I used to be You just keep on pulling my strings Set me free, Cut the strings I like who I used to be Can you just love me for me Did you ever love me Do you even respect me Who I used to be What did you see in me Thought you loved me as art from the first day But you loved me like an artist loves the clay Let me be me, let me be free Cut the strings, stop these things Let me be free, set me free, let me be me Cut the strings, cut the strings, cut the strings You just keep on pulling my strings I’m no longer who I used to be You just keep on pulling my strings Let me free, set me free Cut the strings I like who I used to be Just love me for me Stop pulling my strings