This is a cancer that I cannot stop
You could dance
Yes, you could dance well
If you didn't trip and stumble
My lovely drunken puppet
I can't look you in the eyes
I've tried - I've tried
I've held back the tears
Till I'm all alone
So you can't see or hear
Or even know
But silence is not the answer
This is a cancer that I cannot stop
You could dance
Yes, you could dance well
You could dance through anything
If you didn't trip over your strings
These lips are so often biting
These hands tremble now while writing
What I try to ignore
I try to ignore
But ignorance is no excuse
These are all abuses of life
And you know
You know damn well what you do
So no more excuses
I don't want to hear it from you
And if one more sip
Of love can make you see
Well let this be the drip
That makes you want to heal
I want you to dance
Don't want you to die
Don't want you to stumble
Like a drunken puppet
I don't know how to talk
But silence is not the answer
And this is a cancer I wish I could stop
Cause you could dance
Yes, you could dance well
If you didn't trip and stumble
If you weren't a drunken puppet
If you weren't a drunken puppet
My lovely marionette