Prayers to a gentle guardian echo through the air
I sadly treasure every word
Locked into a narrow lair
As the shepherd of your herd
Dependent souls and wonders to lift them up
I am but the spirit the cause flees with time
Just pull on a string 
Hope, hate, surrender bathing in the twisted splendor 
of another deceived king
Desperate pleas to a savage master dance within the 
wind
Hatred in each clouded stare
Raging of a world that sinned against a load it cannot 
bear
Fallen fools poured their blood on my hand
I was just created to turn the other cheek
Just pull on a string 
Hope, hate, surrender bathing in the twisted splendor 
of another deceived king
Flexible commandments gifts from a hallowed illusion
I am to blame for all cruel fates
I am to praise if fortune smiles
I am the one to bow my head
I am to stand up to all your lies
Forever a king with forced crown
Deliver me from evil
On my throne above the floods
And watching from a lonely sky
I'd gladly give my heart to you
For one unexpected smile
Just pull on a string 
Hope, hate, surrender bathing in the twisted splendor 
of another deceived king
Just pull on a string
Greed, anger, vice bathing in the pure salvation 
raining from my sacrifice