Make Them Suffer is an Australian symphonic deathcore/metalcore band from P… Read Full Bio ↴Make Them Suffer is an Australian symphonic deathcore/metalcore band from Perth, currently signed to Rise Records. The group is currently made up of: Sean Harmanis (vocals), Nick McLernon (guitar, backing vocals), Jaya Jeffery (bass), Jordan Mather (drums), and Alex Reade (vocals, keyboards).

Their debut album, Neverbloom, peaked at No. 56 on the ARIA Album charts in June 2012, while its follow up, Old Souls, debuted at No. 30 upon release in May 2015. After the band signed with Rise, the label released an expanded version of Old Souls in August 2016, containing also the EP Lord of Woe (originally self-released in 2010) and a new track, "Ether".

On 9 June 2017, it was announced that Chris Arias-Real, Lachlan Monty, and Louisa Burton were no longer in the band. Jaya Jeffery was announced as the new bassist and Booka Nile was announced as keyboardist/clean vocals.

In 2020, keyboardist, clean vocalist Booka Nile took time away from the band during COVID-19 to appear on the eighth season of Married At First Sight Australia.

On February 24th, 2022 the band announced via their Twitter that Booka Nile was no longer a member of the band.

On October 10th 2022, Alex Reade (Drown this City) was announced as the new keyboardist/vocalist.

Marionette
Make Them Suffer Lyrics

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Cheer the sad puppeteer
Who constantly tugs as he snickers and sneers
Frantically wiping his tears

I'm always dancing in tandem with his tear drops so pained
To the weeping; I shamefully lend out my frame
Contortedly pulled to the centre of stage

A re-enactment of his tragedy again and again
Some abstracted form of attraction over and over again

A marionette, I play my part
The crowd have all gone, but the show must go on
I play my part

Dance to the beat of his tears

His story had chilled me, haunting my guilty ways
He wept for days over a picture frame
scrawling to pages, his play

A marionette, I play my part
The crowd have all gone, but the show must go on
I play my part

Dance to the beat of his tears
I watched his comfort turn to pain as he scowled his reflection
How long had he been locked away?
Had it turned him insane?

"Shatter the frame, it mirrors my pain
It's not me it's not me, I say"
A reflection of age, "Watch me shatter and break"

"This world was never meant for me, keep me locked away
This world was never meant for me, the show must go on"

The sad puppeteer he will stay

Overall Meaning

The song "Marionette" by Make Them Suffer discusses the theme of feeling trapped and controlled by an outside force, represented by the image of a marionette. The opening lines encourage the listener to cheer for the "sad puppeteer" who tugs on the strings and controls the marionette's movements, even as he laughs and sneers. The marionette is described as dancing along with the puppeteer's "tear drops so pained" and allowing itself to be contorted into strange positions in the center of the stage.

The lyrics suggest that the marionette has been forced to repeatedly re-enact the puppeteer's "tragedy" and "abstracted form of attraction." The chorus emphasizes the idea of the show always continuing, even when the crowd has left: "The crowd have all gone, but the show must go on." In the second verse, the puppeteer's story of mourning a lost love through writing and weeping over a picture frame is explored, as well as the possibility that he has become trapped and possibly driven insane by his own sorrow. The puppeteer's plea to "shatter the frame" and end the cycle of pain is met with the recognition that he will remain trapped in his own grief: "The sad puppeteer he will stay."

Overall, "Marionette" paints a picture of a dark and twisted world in which individuals can become trapped in cycles of pain and sorrow, unable to escape the forces that control them. The use of the image of the marionette and the puppeteer serves as a powerful metaphor for this idea, conveying the sense of being controlled and manipulated by outside forces.

Line by Line Meaning

Cheer the sad puppeteer
Applaud the manipulator of the marionette who is sadistic and enjoys causing pain

Who constantly tugs as he snickers and sneers
He continuously pulls the strings of the puppet while enjoying the suffering of the marionette and laughing at it

Frantically wiping his tears
The puppeteer wipes his tears with frantic speed after seeing the marionette's weeping

I'm always dancing in tandem with his tear drops so pained
The puppet dances just like the puppeteer's tears, showing how closely the puppet is being controlled

To the weeping; I shamefully lend out my frame
The marionette feels guilty for not being able to stop the weeping and is ashamed to lend out its body to the puppeteer

Contortedly pulled to the centre of stage
The puppet is forcefully dragged to the centre of the stage, showing how helpless it is against the puppeteer's control

A re-enactment of his tragedy again and again
The puppet plays out the same tragic scene over and over again as instructed by the puppeteer

Some abstracted form of attraction over and over again
The puppet is being used as an attraction for the crowd, but it is only a distorted and unnatural version of entertainment

A marionette, I play my part
The marionette is aware that it is just a puppet and plays the role that is given to it by the puppeteer

The crowd have all gone, but the show must go on
Even though the audience has left, the puppeteer still continues to control and manipulate the marionette for his own enjoyment

Dance to the beat of his tears
The marionette dances to the rhythm of the puppeteer's tears, symbolizing how the marionette is being controlled emotionally as well as physically

His story had chilled me, haunting my guilty ways
The marionette is affected by the puppeteer's backstory and feels guilty because it can't stop being used and controlled

He wept for days over a picture frame scrawling to pages, his play
The puppeteer cries for days over a picture and writes a play, which the marionette is then forced to act out

I watched his comfort turn to pain as he scowled his reflection
The marionette sees the puppeteer's transformation from being comfortable to miserable as he looks at himself in the mirror

How long had he been locked away? Had it turned him insane?
The marionette questions how long the puppeteer has been manipulating him and wonders if it has driven him crazy

"Shatter the frame, it mirrors my pain, It's not me it's not me, I say"
The puppeteer orders the marionette to break the picture frame to symbolize his own pain and to disassociate himself from the person in the picture

A reflection of age, "Watch me shatter and break"
The puppeteer sees himself reflected in the picture and asks the marionette to watch as he breaks down as well

"This world was never meant for me, keep me locked away, This world was never meant for me, the show must go on"
The puppeteer feels like he doesn't belong in the world and that he should be locked away, but he continues to control the marionette even though it's not what he truly wants

The sad puppeteer he will stay
The puppeteer will continue to be sad and enjoy manipulating the marionette with no escape from his own pain

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