Album: Reckoning Night

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet

So many years ago many more than I'd Even care to bare in my mind
From the darkest of all places
I found you

All the limbs in their right places
And a heart made of real gold
Sell me your little doll,
Oh sir, I ask you kind!

Every night I returned to watch them
The master and the puppet in the show
He said, oh no, I cannot sell him
Priceless he is, masterpiece of mine!

Please sell me your puppet, sir
Name your price, oh please
Whatever you may ask,
Tenfold the price I pay

Did I not make it clear?
This debate is over I will never part
From this puppet, my son

With hungry eyes I followed them all night
The blind master and the puppet he had made
No sir, to sell is not my will
The doll is mine, even if I have to kill!

So it shall be, if this is what it takes
Greed is truly blinder than me
Heart of gold is what you wish for?
So this little boy... wants to be... a puppet... for real...

So I have the golden heart
Now only needing the voice of the master
Never feel hunger, never grow older
My dream was to be a star in a real puppet show

It's so hard to remember my life
The times before the show
Can I ever cut off the strings?
Take a bow, now dance and sing (Sing!)

Would you turn me into a child again?
No, never, I am your guide
You can see a small grin on the face
Of the master when the puppet's in his place

Be careful now what you wish for
Wishes might come alive!
The twines are pulling me every day and night
The show, the glitter and all the fame
I'd give away for a life
Some things can end with a word, they say
This only ends with a sharp knife (Knife!)