Puppets - Aidan Barzee

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop And an illustrated book about birds You see a lot up there but don't be scared Who needs action when you got words When you've finished with the mop then you can stop And look at what you've done The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen And the work it was fun Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop And an illustrated book about birds You see a lot up there but don't be scared Who needs action when you got words Many hands began to scan around for the next plateau Some say it was Greenland and some say Mexico Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could

When you first saw You should've known There was no more Than what was shown The way the flowers Will bloom at night The fancy thinkin' That makes it right What you see is what I am Take a look, at the invisible man Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed When you don't know just what you see From purple flowers Shoot silver sparks In solid air They make their mark Across the room Before they fall Through the eyes Of antique dolls Take a look at what I am You're looking through an invisible man Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed When you don't know just what you see The dusty book That no one reads The pages torn The letters read Upon the cover These words are penned Please go away Don't come again Oh what you see is what I am You're looking through an invisible man Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed When you don't know just what you see So take a look at what I am You're looking through an invisible man Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed When you don't know just what you see So take a look at what I am You're looking through an invisible man Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed When you don't know just what you see

And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face There's a blood that's flowin' through the feeling With a knife to open up the sky's veins Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling There is something that will never change And when I shoulda been gone a long time Laughs and says, I find ways Just when we're sheltered under paper The rockets come at us sideways Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling There is something that will never change Hey, I'm blind Good, fine Roll the time On whose dime And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face There's a blood that's flowin' through the ceiling With a knife to open up the sky's veins Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling There is something that will never change Some things will never change They stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain They may seem rearranged In the backwater swirling There is something that will never change

Aye Aye, aye, aye, aye Bitch niggas every where, ain't hard to find 'em Niggas ride dick so these niggas can sign 'em You got a whole lot of bitches behind you (Bitch) I got a whole lotta riches behind me (Bitch) Niggas said that they bosses, but really they puppets This rappin' shit got niggas thinkin' they thuggin' He said he my dog, but really is fuck him She think we together, but I just be fuckin' Yo ass is fat, bitch I wish it was ten of you Rapping shit blowin' up they head like a inner tube Seen yo lil comment, but what is you finna do Not with the back and forth shit, I won't mention you You know you a pussy, you gotta be kiddin' (Pussy) That wanna be gangsta shit really is fittin' you It ain't shit, drop a few racks and get rid of you I like a yellow bad bitch, call her pikachu Broke a few hearts, and I never said sorry Can't fuck with these broke boys, like my name was cardi That baby ain't mine better take it to Maury I'm smooth on these bitches, they call me Mike Lowry Brodie hand me a wood, this bitch working my nerve We know what it is, nigga fuck what you heard (Fuck what you heard) I need about 6, lemme know what's the word (What's the word) I get high as fuck and I fly with the birds You suck on these bitches, yo ass a Mclovin' I whip out my dick, and she kiss it and rub it I pulled down her pants, and I slap it and fuck it I'm rolling up Mcdonald's nuggets and burgers If he take more than get, kick his ass to the curb Give me head while I'm driving, bitch making me swerve That shit was fucked up, but it could of been worse Yea I play it cool but it ain't just a purse (Bitch niggas every where, ain't hard to find 'em Niggas ride dick so these niggas can sign 'em You got a whole lot of bitches behind you I got a whole lotta riches behind me Niggas said that they bosses, but really they puppets This rappin' shit got niggas thinkin' they thuggin' He said he my dog, but really is fuck him She think we together, but I just be fuckin') Keep yo hoe from 'round me, that ho getting flipped These niggas lyin', they just good at the lip (They just good at the lip) I stuck with my brothers like Tiny and Tim I'm smokin' good gas, they thought I let it rip Every body smoke nuggets, but look what I started My prices be stuck, I ain't doing no bargains I'm laughin' like I'm at the crib watchin' Martin I point, they attack I ain't doing no bargains Had to run this shit up with my siblings and madre Grew up with no father, grew up with no padre I just got this shit Tuesday, I get it gone Friday All gas no brakes, like I'm on the highway Drop a bag on 'em, but his broke ass can't I promise this shit ain't gon' go like you think Your RX fake, and yo weed don't stank I'm rockin' white tee's on the block like Hank (Bitch niggas every where, ain't hard to find 'em Niggas ride dick so these niggas can sign 'em You got a whole lot of bitches behind you I got a whole lotta riches behind me Niggas said that they bosses, but really they puppets This rappin' shit got niggas thinkin' they thuggin' He said he my dog, but really is fuck him She think we together, but I just be fuckin')

Wonder if it was all a lie If there's still good in our goodbye Or if I could find my peace with what was said Was the melody to your harmony So do I take responsibility For the racing thoughts inside your closed off head I just tell our stories in the songs I sing It's all that we have left for us to bring I bought every single lie that you had ever sold You're the crazy ex in all my ex and o's I think back to the summer nights But I also think back to every fight Our breakup songs hit way too close to home Make you feel like I'm not enough Then you play the victim and say you had a rough I'm better off drunk on the floor alone Despite it all you're still a masterpiece But the masterpiece was just not for me Cause Mona Lisa can't pick up the phone I just tell our stories in the songs I sing It's all that we have left for us to bring I bought every single lie that you had ever sold You're the crazy ex in all my ex and o's I just tell our stories in the songs I sing It's all that we have left for us to bring I bought every single lie that you had ever sold You're the crazy ex in all my ex and o's

I'm a kid from Arizona sun, who lives his life out on the run And questions everything he's taught in church My brain swings like a metronome I scroll through couples on my phone They always make me think through my self-worth She never gave me time of day I march right with the black parade 'Cause something about a trumpet drowns out pain I blame my stupid heartbreak songs on everything that's going wrong I think that's why my drummer hates my name Sober hearts can't keep a beat Hurt too much to end my withdrawal Packed my things and moved to Utah I like to think there's room for change In all my growing pains Wonder if my brother's out there I hate his death, it came out of nowhere I miss him every day since I was 18 I sometimes drive to where he's buried He talks to me, says life's less scary When you come to terms, you're left in grass and green He whispers when I find my wife And find her in a dress of white And build our little house upon a hill To tell her that she's all I have She's all I want and all I am And sing to her and make our time stand still Sober hearts can't keep a beat Hurt too much to end my withdrawal Packed my things and moved to Utah I like to think there's room for change In all my growing pains Funny how life gets you down I know that Jesus lives in New York towns Sober hearts can't keep a beat Hurt too much to end my withdrawal Packed my things and moved to Utah I like to think there's room for change In all my growing pains

Met you in a bookstore in a mall Man, those were days where we had it all Remember when you broke down on the phone I should have held you and said you're not alone Leaving me has finally give you peace So you can stop being heart if it helps you breath Know that I could die a happy man If flowers from my grave were to end up in your hand If I lose my self worth over you If you think of me then know that I think bout you too Tried my best but never could have seen You were always the better half of me Turns out I still love you to your bones And it's a lie that words don't hurt like sticks and stones And one day I'll pack up and leave the town Far away where I can't bring you down As I'm there I think I'm prone to change And what it doesn't is my tears still fall like rain If I lose my self worth only you If you think of me then know that I think bout you too Tried my best but never could have seen You were always the better half of me If all I have of me is the ghost of you If your velvet pink turned to winter shades of blue Or if the best of words are wish you luck Then it's a disrespect to the feelings in my gut If I lose my self-worth over you If you think of me and know that I can vouch for you Tried my best but never could have seen You were always the better half of me