You are a monster in the night
You are a shadow on the stair-
In the mirror’s morning light
It’s your face and not mine there-
Whispering darkly in my head
Turning dreamland ‘round and ‘round
You raise me far up off my bed
Watch me plummet to the ground!
Tell me what do you need?
Why don’t you leave me alone?
You’re not a different breed
You are a making of my own!
I hear you calling, hear you cry
Feel you rattle in your cage-
If I don’t feed you, you will die
A hungry child that will not age-
Hold me tightly in your hand
Wrap me ‘round your finger-
You are the leader of the band
I am just your singer!
Tell me what do you need?
Why don’t you leave me alone?
You’re not a different breed
You are a making of my own!
I try to break this bond of steel
But we never seem to part-
I wonder which of us is real?
Which is fabric from the start?
When I finally push you down
Seems you stay there far too long-
I feel my spirit start to drown
‘Cause there’s something very wrong!
[Fiddle Solo]
I call myself a slave to you
Yet it’s my foot that is free-
I’m always wanting something new
Still you give it all to me-
I think I understand the truth
Though the thought of it is strange-
Choice was made back in our youth
‘Cause we felt we couldn’t change!
Tell me what do you need?
Please don’t you leave me alone!
To you I will concede
I am the flesh and you the bone-
Tell me what do you need
To overcome the fear that’s grown?
I'll follow where you lead
I am a making of your own!
A making of your own!