Wire And Strings

Lyrics

Intro
arcade announcer voice
Round one
Face in the mask
Face in the mask

ticket wheel spinning, crowd murmur

Chorus
Step right up to the freak show fight
Strings and wires in the ultraviolet light
8-bit blood on the cracked screen glow
You vs me in a kill-screen show
Who’s pulling who when the curtains part?
You got code, I got a haunted heart
Glitch in the dark or a child that sings
Let’s see who wins
Wire or strings

[Verse 1 – Puppet (female, possessed, cold)]
I was born in a box out back of the rain
Heard a child choke on a promise and pain
They locked me up, now I lock you in
I’m the first deep cut, you’re the bargain bin
I cradle corpses like dolls in my chest
You stitch survivors, I bury the rest
You’re a clown suit, patchwork trash in a can
I’m the one who hands out justice by hand

Gift and a curse, that’s the mask on my face
You’re a rewired joke, I’m the ghost in the place
I watched your little circus burn to the floor
I was there when the crying hit the front door
You call it “fun time,” I call it a crime
Children’s names carved on the gears of time
You’re the aftermath, I’m the reason they scream
I’m the first lost soul that invented this dream

Chorus
Step right up to the freak show fight
Strings and wires in the ultraviolet light
8-bit blood on the cracked screen glow
You vs me in a kill-screen show
Who’s pulling who when the curtains part?
You got code, I got a haunted heart
Glitch in the dark or a child that sings
Let’s see who wins
Wire or strings

[Verse 2 – Ennard (male, glitchy, distorted)]
(Heh)
Clang in the vents, feel the metal scrape teeth
I’m the wet red stain underneath your belief
You’re a sad thin toy on a music box spin
I’m a hundred dead hands crawling under your skin
I took a suit, took a man, wore his face like a prize
Took his job, took his walk, took his blue-suit lies
You’re stuck in a closet with your lullaby tone
I walked out the front door, made the world my home

You babysit brats in a grease-stained hall
I turned their dad to a hollow-eyed thrall
You’re one little martyr in a puppet booth
I’m the tangled proof that the horror’s the truth
I’m the wires in the pizzeria, rust in the air
I’m the mask in the mirror when you’re gasping for air
You keep one spirit in a fragile frame
I’m a hive of hate with a stolen name

Pre-Chorus – Puppet
You took his skin, that’s cute, that’s quaint
You’re a meat suit thief with a sinner’s paint

Pre-Chorus – Ennard
You took one kid, called it “holy art”
I’m the scrapyard choir, ripping out hearts

Chorus
Step right up to the freak show fight
Strings and wires in the ultraviolet light
8-bit blood on the cracked screen glow
You vs me in a kill-screen show
Who’s pulling who when the curtains part?
You got code, I got a haunted heart
Glitch in the dark or a child that sings
Let’s see who wins
Wire or strings

Verse 3 – Puppet
I remember rain on a concrete lot
He didn’t even look when he fired that shot
I hit the ground, and the world went thin
Now every poor kid’s got a voice in my grin
I gave them masks, gave them teeth for their rage
You gave a corpse a temporary stage
You’re a parasite stuck in a dad on the run
I’m the first black tear rolling down on the sun

You hid in a vent with your tangled crowd
Scared of the light, but your laugh’s too loud
I’m the quiet in the room when the night shift starts
Screens go black, I’m the beat of their hearts
You ride rides, clown show in a rented wing
I’m