I’m a marionette on a string,
Dancing to your words,
Watch my jerking movements as I attempt to walk towards you,
Always drooping downwards,
Let me crumple to the floor when you’re tired of watching me dance,
Walk away and don’t look back,
I can only live under your hand.

I can dream of becoming a “real” girl,
But there is no fairy to grant my wish.
You turn… and stare… I wish I could speak,
Tell you I love you, tell you I need you!
With your backward glance you take another piece of my heart,
Never to return it,
But I don’t want it back.

Pick me up and make me dance and sway,
Once again I’m a puppet on your string,
You promise you love me and say you’ll never to break my heart,
But then you place me down again,
And thus I am forgotten,
Feeling my heart dieing,
You said you wouldn’t break it,
You never lied,
You killed it.

Years go bye you don’t have the time to take a second glance,
And never remember my existence,
But I still hope,
One day you will find me,
One day you will save me,
One day you will resurrect my dead heart.


Hark what is this?
You’ve stopped,
Your turning,
Have I been remembered?
You see me,
Your eyes light up with forgotten memories,
And with that sweet, sweet smile,
You pick me up and I begin to dance.

You are my fairy
And you have granted my wish,
For in your eyes I am the real girl I dreamt to be,
And with your magic,
My old wooden dust covered body has come to life,
Discarding its hard shell as soft skin replaces old wood,
I am reborn,
Never to be forgotten,
My heart is alive freshly revived.

Your face is so shocked,
Yet I am here,
I can no longer dance on strings to your words,
But I can ask you to dance with me,
Will you?
Holding out my empty hand,
Waiting for you to fill it with yours.

You smile,
And take my hand,
To dance from the heart,
And not on command,
Is how we live for forever onwards.

Never forget me,
For now I am real,
And will be forever,
As I will be forever living by your magic,
And if you forget me it will be undone,
And I will return,
Return to being a piteous marionette,
Dancing to your words,
Controlled your stings.