It's alone on the stage,
A breaking sound they cannot fathom
We are wind up dolls built to please them,
Breaking out of the story
Hey,
Why don't you act right all the time,
How come you hate us,
And when did you realize you're in a cage?

[tigers in the zoo]

A lie on the page,
Brush strokes stealing her soul
And with every cut, you become that sound,
That dream you thought was worth it.

[blue demons]

The bird on my back you chased forever,
Why did you scar yourself that way?

[no]

I don't want to sing about it,
The things you make me do
Not one day in the future,
Maybe to inspire some girl to leave
Some boy, some woman, man,
Just leave.

[run far away]

There is a loyalty in my heart,
A dying wish that feels succeeded
And if you knew that I could suffer,
You never tried to help me.

[servitude]

I reach out and breathe for what I know,
Holding on and always questioned
Everything they said to me,
And all of it was lies.

[keeper]

With lines to sing, I still despair,
Of the mute boy trapped backstage.

[songbird]

The drumbeat to my execution,
Is it an end or the beginning?
With warm memories of your arms,
I walk with the grit of years alone
Your kindness and words of wisdom,
I think these things have shaped me.

[bass]

There must be something better,
And fireflies blink as you go on
About all the worlds you dream of,
About our lives some years from now
We don't have too long to live, you know
I think you know too well.

[dealt]