You just watch and see
I'm making this all happen just for me

So don't talk, just stop, and take a second
please hold your tongue this time
'cause I really have no need to know
the plans you have in mind
don't you dare speak a word you're thinking
I can't handle you tonight
for once I'd like to just pretend
that everythings just fine

we'll live a life like paper puppets
just to rip it all to shreds

You gave me everything I've ever needed
I'm giving back to you
for every little obsticle
that you tried to help me though
You see, I'm not afraid of failing
and I'm learning as I go
and I'm not ashamed to say that
this is all I've ever known

I've been attached to the strings you're pulling
a marrionette at best
forgive me for not wanting to be
exactly like the rest
you see the curtains swinging open
and I'm hanging by a thread
and I'm better off being cut loose
than falling to my death

we'll live a life like paper puppets
just to rip it all to shreds

You gave me everything I've ever needed
I'm giving back to you
for every little obsticle
that you tried to help me though
You see, I'm not afraid of failing
and I'm learning as I go
and I'm not ashamed to say that
this is all I've ever known