Echos of the puppet

(Verse 1)

I remember the lights.

The sound of laughter.

Then the world stopped.

And everything warm was gone.

Now I wake to the hum of machines,

The cold air of this empty place.

They built me again,

But not as I was.

(Pre-Chorus)

They look at me and see a puppet.

They don’t see the child still here,

Waiting for someone to notice,

That I never got to leave.

(Chorus)

I live in the static,

In the flicker of the lights.

I reach out,

But my hands pass through the air.

I remember what love felt like —

Now it’s only noise.

(Verse 2)

The nights are long.

Sometimes I think I hear my name,

But it’s just the echo of a song

From the day I died.

I want to rest.

But the music never stops.

They wind me up,

And I dance again.

(Bridge)

If anyone finds me,

Tell them I forgave it all.

Tell them I still dream

Of sunlight,

Of being held.

(Final Chorus)

I’m still here,

In the quiet between screams.

A ghost in the wires,

Remembering what it was to be alive.

And when the lights go out,

You’ll hear me sing.