This flickering hope
Is a slippery slope
Beset before the notes
In pictures of you
Pushed too hard to know
Pushed the envelope
And I got what I required
But not what I desired
Not what I desired

[Pre-Chrous]
I’m a puppet of desire
Master of denial
But you asked me with a smile
Just to wait a while
But I pushed too hard to know
Pushed the envelope
Your patience growing cold
I’m a puppet of desire
Master of denial
But you asked me with a smile
Just be patient, child
But I pushed too hard to know
I pushed to let it go

[Chorus]
When you said to take it slow
All I heard was "I still love you"
When you said "You’re too close"
All I heard was "I still want you"
And when you said you'd go
All I heard was "I still love you"
You seem to be getting through my skull
In loss and leaving
It's not easy

[Pre-Chrous]
I’m a puppet of desire
Master of denial
But you asked me with a smile
Just to wait a while
But I pushed too hard to know
My patience growing cold
I’m a puppet of desire
Master of denial
But you asked me with a smile
Just be patient, child
But I pushed too hard to know
I pushed to let it go

[Chorus]
When you said to take it slow
All I heard was "I still love you"
When you said "You’re too close"
All I heard was "I still want you"
And when you said you'd go
All I heard was "I still love you"
Couldn't seem to get it through my skull
‘Cause I’m a puppet of desire
Caught inside the wire
I’m a puppet of desire
I’m a master of denial
I’m a puppet of desire
Caught inside the fire
I’m a master of your own
I pushed and let you go