[Intro]Listen close, before the lights come onEvery move already planned, every actor already drawn
[Verse]They drew the borders, wrote the script, and cast the partsWorld leaders reading lines while the real hand stays in the darkOne desk decides who's the villain, who's the friendNew face, same puppet, story never gonna endFollow the money, not the headlines on your phoneCentral banks printing chains and calling it a loanEvery war's a loan too, someone's getting paidWhile we bury sons and daughters that the news won't name
[Chorus]We dancing on the strings, dancing on the stringsSomebody up above just laughing at the little thingsCut the strings, wake up, see the frameSame old circus, they just change the name
[Verse]They'll build the crisis, then sell you the cureManufacture the fear so the vote stays sureHistory's rewritten every time the wind blowsYesterday's excuse becomes tomorrow's shadowLook at the towers falling, look who profits from the dustLook at the oil fields, tell me who you really trustThey don't need to hide it, we're too tired to askToo busy with the phone screen, too deep behind the mask
[Verse]Every company's a flag, every flag's a brandCoca in your cup and a logo in your handThey sell you the sneakers, sell you the beatSell you a rebellion wrapped in a bittersweetTurn the channel, it's the same five facesDifferent studios, identical pacesThey script the outrage, they script the calmThey script the whole damn world like a psalm
[Chorus]We dancing on the strings, dancing on the stringsSomebody up above just laughing at the little thingsCut the strings, wake up, see the frameSame old circus, they just change the name
[Verse]They took the village, sold it debt by debtTold 'em it's aid but it's a permanent regretFactories built on backs that never see the sunCounting up the profit while the damage never doneMeanwhile the culture gets sold in a boxMusic with no message, just the rhythm and the shockFeed the youth a mirror with no truth insideKeep 'em looking outward so they never look inside
[Bridge]I'm not asking you to trust me blindJust open up your eyes and use your mindQuestion the story before you make it yoursEvery locked door was opened once before
[Verse]They don't fear the loud ones shouting in the streetThey fear the quiet one who's thinking on his feetKnowledge was the weapon before they took the penNow they hand you noise so you don't ask againBut a string can only pull if you don't know they're thereOnce you see the puppet, you can cut it in the airStand up on your own legs, plant your feet in the groundThat's the only step that never made a sound
[Verse]Watch how they trade the truth for a headline insteadWatch how the quiet grows louder inside your headEvery empire built the same, on the same designTake the labor, keep the profit, draw the same fine lineBut a mirror doesn't lie the way a screen can lieLook a little longer, watch the pattern clarifyOnce the pattern's seen, it can never go unseenThat's the only kind of freedom this machine can't clean
[Bridge]Silence... then they break itStrings pulled tight, watch 'em shake itEvery system, every setupBuilt to keep us looking upLook down. Look in. Look around.Truth was never lost, it's just been drowned outCut it. Cut it. Cut the strings now!
[Chorus]We ain't dancing on the strings no more, strings no moreWide awake now, walking out the doorCut the strings, we see the frameSame old circus, not playing their game
[Outro]Strings cut, still standing, still my ownWhatever they scripted, this ain't how it's shown