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A Bm F F#m
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
A Bm F F#m
As masked invaders climb the walls
Bm D F#m
Or spreading fires or rising floods
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Sometimes it dies within
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The king and queen, they go to bed
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On years of quiet neglect
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To find the coffers bare but with
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The musk of arrogance
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The musk of arrogance
A E F#m D
With me, you're making the same mistakes I made
A E F#m D
With you I couldn't convey I felt the same
A E F#m D
It's true, we're marionettes, But we pull the strings
A E F#m D
And here as we dance, we tangle
A E F#m D
I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound
A E F#m Dm
We're marionettes, We're marionettes
A Bm F F#m 2x
A Bm F F#m
There's comfort in a holding hand
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A schedule on which you depend
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A cage in which you're snugly penned
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That's what we have become
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A cyclone in a glass of wine
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We both have wishbones for a spine.
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But how long will we play this record's tattered side
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Afraid to change the song?
Bm F#m D A
Afraid to change the song?
A E F#m D
With me, you're making the same mistakes I made
A E F#m D
With you I couldn't convey I felt the same
A E F#m D
It's true, we're marionettes, But we pull the strings
A E F#m D
And here as we dance, we tangle
A E F#m D
I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound
A E F#m D
We're marionettes, We're marionettes
A E F#m D
We're marionettes, But we pull the strings
A E F#m D
And here as we dance, we tangle
A E F#m D
I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound
A E F#m Dm
We're marionettes, We're marionettes
A Bm F F#m 2x
