Broken Marionette

Twist me and turn me
in the strings, I am ensnared 
I've become undone at the seams
Unraveled layer by sorrowful layer 

Spark the gift of life in me
Yet you control me every day
I will never truly be set free
Lips stitched shut, nothing to say 
Whatever it is to me you may

Falling apart, tangled in the broken shards 
Masqueraded in shadow
You manipulate a broken marionette, until there's nothing left but a broken heart 
If only you should know 

Playing a game on a melancholy stage
Until even my mind is not my own
My thoughts slowly fade
My tears turn to stone 

My painted features flake away
Until I'm not as pretty as you wish I was
You'll forget I was here, lock me away in the dark one day
I'll become just an old doll you never thought much of

So twist and turn me
At least just for now
Until the day you won't need me to be
Until the day you've grown tired of me somehow