The stage is yours, you own the crowd
and everyone is looking down.
You are the master of the show.
Why does everyone else know?
I'm tangled up inside this frame
but you use me and you pull me just the same.

I'm not the girl I used to be
I don't even recognize me anymore
I'm just a shell of who I was
and I know it's all because
You play the music, you pull the strings.

You hold me back until it's time
when you decide it's time to shine
then with the greatest of ease
you work the strings on me.
I know it's all for the sake to entertain
but I know I am going to slowly go insane.

I'm just a puppet in your play
I'm just a pawn in your game.
You put me down when you are through
and leave me feeling so abused.
'cause you play the music you pull the strings
you have control of everything
you play the music you pull the strings
you have control of everything