New Era

Wind me up
Watch me break everything

Dolls with porcelain eyes
Kings with cardboard thrones
I pull their strings
And laugh as they fall

You built your castles
You sang your hymns
But my fingers twitch
And your world un-begins

New era begins
Toys, people, kingdoms
All fall from my power
My whim is the law
I smash the dollhouse
I burn the puppet strings
Bow to your God
I'm six years old and bored

Checkmate? I ate the chessboard
Your prayers? I lost them
This crown? Made of your favorite toys
Now cry

The lion eats the tamer
The clown stabs the crowd
My carnival, my rules
Everything is allowed

New, era, now

Game over
I win