Puppet Parade....

Silk suits stitched with secrets Silver tongues that never bleed Smiling for the cameras While they sharpen what we’ll need Whispers in the back rooms Deals you’ll never see Sign your name in silence Sell your soul politely Welcome to the puppet parade Strings on our wrists, debts unpaid Dancing while the truth decays We cheer as the world’s betrayed Paint it gold, call it fate Smile while they orchestrate Every lie we celebrate In the puppet parade Headlines drip like poison Truth gets buried in the feed Voices drowned in static While they profit off the bleed Every vote’s a whisper Lost inside the machine Freedom’s just a slogan Printed clean and unseen Welcome to the puppet parade… Pull the strings a little tighter Watch them dance into the fire No one asks, no one sees Who’s behind the curtain strings Welcome to the puppet parade Watch as the empire fades We were never meant to stay Just numbers they can replace