String Theory

[Verse 1]
Countless eyes, they litter the hallways
Faces mirror my gaze
Around we go, our path predetermined
And functions etched into skin

[Pre-Chorus]
Hearts like clockwork
Tick by tick
Devoted to her
For that is what's written
These wants and dreams
They're worthless to me
What more could we possibly need?

[Chorus]
Then who am I?
An imperfect design?
An exception defined
Do words I sing even mean anything?
My existence, attached to a string
Then who is she?
Who sits on ivory?
The one they call eighty-three
It's all we know, under your control
Will my purpose forever be bound to yours?
To yours?

[Verse 2]
Children born of power unspoken
Now defiant they stand
Ungrateful things, defective & broken
Shall meet their untimely end

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Round and round the ring we go
A carousel of dreams
Empty vessels line the scene
Held up by a string
(Ein, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Fünf, Sechs)

[Chorus]
Then who am I?
A shell of your design?
Shackled by your desire
How should I feel, just a cog in a wheel?
Fabrication, a birth of a lie
With hands that feel, they ache but never heal
Fragile figures of steel (Fragile figures of steel)
The parts we play, will they end in decay? (All decayed)
Am I destined to dance on a stage again? (Stuck in a cycle of madness)
Am I destined to dance on a stage again?
Again