Puppeteer

[Avalon]
I can feel you
Beating in my chest
Coursing through my veins like a vital force
I don't want to
Need you to be whole
Sometimes I forget what I'm fighting for

All these times that you drove me heaving with my back against the wall
All these thing that amount to everything and nothing all

You bring still bring me comfort like the warmth of a blanket to a little child
You still leave me crumpled to the point where I'll never forget what it felt like

I can taste you
Acid on my tongue
Bury me in all your virtues
Puppeteer me
Keep me on your string
Tell me about all we've been through

All these times that you drove me heaving with my back against the wall
All these things that amount to everything and nothing at all

You bring still bring me comfort like the warmth of a blanket to a little child
You still leave me crumpled to the point where I'll never forget what it felt like

[phone call]
Mom: Hello?
Polly: Mom?
Mom: Yes?
Polly: Uh, we need to start making arrangements for me to come home. I'm sitting here with the team and they are asking me to leave
Mom: I wanna know why?
Polly: Cause I lack integrity
Mom: The things that she did were done weeks ago
Polly: Their issue is that I was given opportunity to confess these things and I didn't
Mom: Please give her another chance, I mean she knows she's wrong, please, there is nothing here to help her. There is no support system for anorexic individuals
Staff: Susan this is-Mom: Please, please, I'm begging you. Please let her stay, and if she does one thing, I'll never say another word. Her dad will not pay it ever again if you send her out. And I can't afford it by myself. This is truly it
Staff: Again, we have to kinda look at where Polly’s at and see what she's willing to do
Polly: I'll do anything!
Staff: Okay but Polly, I think that we’ve been down that road before
Staff: Is it possible Susan to make the discharge plans for Polly. Can we get something set up for Polly to leave tomorrow?
Mom: Oh, I'm sure you want her out as soon as you can get her out
Polly: Mom-
Mom: I am so mad at you all. I know she's made mistakes but you are making a mistake to turn her away
Staff: Certainly we understand your frustration
Mom: No you don't. You don't. You haven't had a daughter in this situation, you do not understand
Staff: I think you and her dad need to talk about it in a different way, is...is that what...it's really not us kicking-
Polly: I'm so sorry mom!

[Avalon]
You bring still bring me comfort like the warmth of a blanket to a little child
You still leave me crumpled to the point where I'll never forget what it felt like