Michael Carlson - Marionettes Despair lyrics

By some other being not yourself. As if the world is some theater, a simple clown, held aloft by threads. Destined to dance to the nod of others, A red flushed smile inscribed upon its face, and limbs dancing, in a moment of blissful, emptiness. Yet when you gaze into those eyes, these eyes, You gaze upon an abyss, set afire With the pain the hopelessness