Favorite Puppet
Matt Caplan Lyrics

Are we back at the beginning?
Have we returned to the start?

Haven't we been here before?
Didn't we experience this already?

I'm exhausted, you're a little more...
I'm tired, but you're even more so.

I want something you don't have
I desire something that you lack.

I'm a little worried, but I know it still goes on without you here
I'm concerned, but I realize life continues even if you're absent.

I know it still goes on without you here...
I'm aware that things go on without you.

I am through
I'm finished.

Cuz I waited for this all my life and then another day
I've spent my entire life waiting for this moment and even more time on top of that.

Oh, now that you have found another way to use your favorite puppet
Since you've found a new way to manipulate me.

I will dance to please the puppeteer and say...
I'll dance to make you happy and obey your commands.

Make it so...
Do what you want.

Little whispered secret answers
Softly spoken solutions.

To the core of my dismay
Addressing the root of my distress.

Echo in the prayers I never say
Repeat in my unspoken wishes.

I am shattered, you are whole...
I'm broken, but you're complete.

It's a little scary how it all can still go on without you here
It's frightening how life continues without you present.

But I'm sick of telling this story
I'm tired of repeating this tale.

To those who cannot understand
To those who cannot comprehend.

Always a step below glory... in your hands
Always just shy of triumph, in your control.

Now we're back at the beginning
We're starting over again.

I know we've been here before
I know we've already experienced this.

Everyone's afraid of what's in store
Everyone's scared of what's to come.

I know something you don't know...
There's something I'm aware of that you're not.

Oh, I know it still goes on without you here
Oh, I realize life continues even if you're gone.