Hanging Marionette

The Appleseed Cast

The stripes on fire
These hands are tired
Making plans to drink away
All these words I can't escape
I have to try to make you stay

Cause I'm alone
Stay with me this time 
Stay with me this time

Cause what I'm feeling inside
I'm troubled or maybe I'm blind
But I just can't see
How this is helping me

The stars are burning bright
Like the light that lights your eyes
Why couldn't I see
That you were leaving'

Cause I'm alone
I need someone, someone to be my friend
But I can't take anyone
Who can't stay until the end

Cause I'm alone
Stay with me this time 
Stay with me this time

And the stars are burning bright
The smoke is rising high
The stripes are on the stream
From the mountain to the sea

But friend you've done me wrong
Left the spoils to the strong
And prey upon the weak
There's an end to you and me

Because a friend can understand
That there's no trust to be had
You're just bouncing off the streams
A puppet on a screen

I'm not sure when you left
But it started with that theft
It seems it's been so long