Keep pulling my strings
Like I'm a marionette
Like I'm nothing but the toy
You haven't broken... yet

I'm runnin'
I'm runnin' like hell
I'm runnin' like hell away from you

Yeah baby, I refuse to be
Your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh
I've been tearing at these seams
Trying desperately to break free
'Cause no, I won't be
No, I ain't your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh

Keep twisting my nerves
You strung so tight
With those clenched fists
Do they ever get tired?
Pull me across the stage
Until the applause dies
And when you're done
Just drag my remains back inside

I'm cuttin'
I'm cuttin' myself
I'm cuttin' myself loose

Yeah baby, I refuse to be
Your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh
I've been tearing at these seams
Trying desperately to break free
'Cause no, I won't be
No, I ain't your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh

Keep puttin' on that show
'Cause next time that curtain rises
They'll finally know
What it's been hiding

Yeah baby, I refuse to be
Your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh
I've been tearing at these seams
Trying desperately to break free
'Cause no, I won't be
No, I ain't your puppet boy
Ohh-oh, ohh-oh
(x2)

(I'm runnin'
I'm runnin' like hell
I'm runnin' like hell away from you
I'm cuttin'
I'm cuttin' myself
I'm cuttin' myself loose)

Keep pulling my strings
Like I'm a marionette
Like I'm nothing but the toy
You haven't broken... yet