What Are You?

Your call brought me down here

It came from inside

And took over my mind

And all that's left behind is dust

An effigy of empathy and trust

How long have you been down here

Pulling the strings

Mimicking shadows

Now torn at the seems

So now I have to know

What are you

Why are you hiding in my mind

What are you

You are not of my kind

Mimicking, mimicking everything I wanted to see

Mimicking, mimicking everything I hoped this would be

Who's direction did I follow

What's the price and what's the cost

I fell for the trick and I've been swallowed whole

Will I live eternally afraid and lost

I believed in all your lies but now I know just what I saw

Bred to mimic, born to kill

My life was stolen by no flaw

You're the monster in the basement

You've been hiding in the dark

I just want to go home

But I fear I've gone too far

You have stolen my life

You've taken my soul

I'm under the knife

Under your control

Now I'm dead on the run

From fantasy and no fun

The lie is coming undone

The lie is coming undone

Through trial and turmoil I kept an eye on the screen

But you controlled every moment in your perfect machine

Lost in a cave with no exit

A maze with no prize

All that's left is the sight of your two evil eyes

What are you

Why are you hiding in my mind

What are you

You are not of my kind

Mimicking, mimicking everything I wanted to see

Mimicking, mimicking everything I hoped this would be

What are you

Why are you hiding in my mind

What are you

You are not of my kind

Mimicking, mimicking everything I hoped this would be