Marionette Waltz (Circus of No Return)

─ Left, right, twirl and spin… ─ let the show tonight begin! 🎵 Marionette Waltz (Part 6 of 8) Strings tighten, joints stiffen, and suddenly, your feet move on their own. You’ve become a performer now—just another puppet in the Ringmaster’s collection. ──────────────────── [Verse 1] Tick… tock… hear the sound, Little feet upon the ground. Wooden hands and hollow eyes, Dancing under velvet skies. Spinning, spinning—can’t break free, Who’s the puppeteer? Is it me? Tangled ribbons, hands so tight, Welcome to the waltz tonight. [Pre-Chorus] One… two… three… take my hand, Round we go—can’t you stand? Smile wide, don’t make a scene, Dance, my dear, like a machine. [Chorus] Left, right, twirl and spin, Let the show tonight begin. Strings will pull, you’ll obey, Step in time—don’t run away. Click, snap, bend and sway, Move until your mind decays. Round and round, dance for me, You’ll be mine eternally… [Verse 2] Paint is cracking, joints are sore, Yet you dance forevermore. Curtains rise, the crowd delights, Marionettes don’t get a choice. Shadows stretch along the wall, Silent laughter as you fall. Pull the thread, make you grin, Wind you up and start again. [Bridge] Puppet strings wrapped around, Hush now dear, don’t make a sound. Let the music take your mind, Lose yourself in perfect time. No more thoughts, no more fight, Just a doll in painted light. Once you step inside this hall, You're a toy—that's all. [Final Chorus] Left, right, twirl and spin, Let the show tonight begin. Strings will pull, you’ll obey, Step in time—don’t run away. Click, snap, bend and sway, Move until your mind decays. Round and round, dance for me, You’ll be mine eternally… [Outro] (Music box slowly winding down, voices whispering, clockwork ticking slowing to silence.) Tick… tock… Wind… you… up… D a n c e . . .