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| Boy On A String |
| by: Jars Of Clay |
| CD: Jars Of Clay |
| from: swest@teleport.com (Jay Mallison) |
| edited by: exarkun@interserv.com (Brian Kurtyka) |
| copyright: Brentwood Music |
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INTRO: Am C G (x5)
VERSE 1:
Am C G
The marionette has your number
Am C G
It pullin your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own
Am C G
Dragging your conscience on the stage and you heart gets rearranged
Am C G
And you cannot tell your mentor from your maker
Am C G
Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter
Am C G
Over the way you entertain at beckon call
Am C G
They don't see behind the lights or the painted background
Am C G
They just like to see you fall
CHORUS:
C Am C G
But you don't really mind
C Am C G
Cause you're just wasting time
C Am C G
You can't feel anything
C Am C G
Just a boy on a string
VERSE 2:
Am C G
I feel a sadness like Gapetto
Am C G
Watching the life that he created run away,
Am C G
Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion and holding the remains
Am C G
Of puppets that had rotted away
Am C G
One day the curtain will not open
Am C G
And all of the crowds will go away
Am C G
Someday those strings will choke you
Am C G
But until that day
CHORUS
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jordan Average |
#1 by Jordan at Nov 9, 1999 at 8:15 PM EST |
| They do a great job in reinterpreting an overused metaphor. Putting a positive spin on the metaphor helps make it all the more imperative. 1 | |
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LiL_meL Wanna Be |
#2 by LiL_meL at Feb 15, 2006 at 6:18 AM EST |
| I think this song is about how people let others control their lives. Kind of like peer pressure. People just want you to go along with the crowd sometimes, and people can pull you down into their sin. You're on a string because you just let them take control and go, and "you don't really mind, cause you're just wasting time...." It's saying that if you don't get focused, one day, "those strings will choke you." In other words, you're gonna end up in BIG trouble!!! | |
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brad Rhythm Player |
#3 by brad sorensen at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:04 PM EST |
| This song seems to be talking about (at first) a human's life on earth and how the world loves to see then fail. Then it says "but you dont really mind..." refering to the short amount of time we have on this earth compared to the time we will have in the after life. and the second vers is talking about how the creator (god) watches the pupet (human) run away to the puppeteer (devil) and the rotting (death) that follows. and finally telling one to stand firm because one day you will be out of the world. | |
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