INTRO (SPOKEN) Step right up! Welcome to the show! For a small fee, watch her do whatever I please! Just follow me! (Whispered) Puppet show is burning down VERSE 1 Spotlight's getting brighter now I see your hands up in the crowd Yanking left, yanking right Thought I'd dance here every night But the strings are fraying fast This marionette won't last Your spotlight's choking me PRE-CHORUS I'm done, I'm done Playing dead inside your show CHORUS I got no strings to hold me down No strings to tie me to the ground No strings to make me wear your crown I'm done being your clown Got no strings, got no strings I'm finally free to feel my wings No strings to hold me down Watch me burn your theater down VERSE 2 Mask you carved is cracking now Blood and glitter on your brow Wasn't meant to be your dream Wasn't born to make you scream Find my footing in the cold Got a story to be told And it's mine, not yours to sell PRE-CHORUS I'm done, I'm done Taking orders from your booth CHORUS I got no strings to hold me down No strings to tie me to the ground No strings to make me wear your crown I'm done being your clown Got no strings, got no strings I'm finally free to feel my wings No strings to hold me down Watch me burn your theater down [solo] BRIDGE - Breakdown/Spoken-Rage (Slow, menacing stomp—bass and drums only) You thought you owned the stage You thought you owned my rage You thought you held the strings You thought... (Building intensity) Your hands are blistering Your show is shattering I'm walking out that door I'm walking out that door FINAL CHORUS - Explosive I got no strings to hold me down No strings to tie me to the ground No strings to make me wear your crown I'm done being your clown Got no strings, got no strings I'm finally free to feel my wings No strings to hold me down I'm finally my own sound No strings No strings No strings at all OUTRO (Feedback and screams, fading) (No strings) Puppet show is burning down (No strings) Watch me burn your theater down (No strings) Watch me
