I'm A Marionette
Infestissumam
2013
Duration: 4:53
Track number: 12
Times played live: 0
Writers
Lyrics by: ABBA
Music by: ABBA
Theme
A cover of ABBA's 'I'm a Marionette,' Ghost transforms the disco track into a declaration of puppet-like subservience. The lyrics take on new meaning within Ghost's context: humanity as marionettes controlled by dark forces, dancing to demonic strings. Even ABBA members reportedly 'loved' Ghost's version, appreciating how it recontextualized their pop anthem.
Lyrics
“You're so free,” that's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
Something's wrong, got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I had come from outer space, out of place, like King Kong
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
Like a doll, like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody told me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall
Can't complain, I've got no-one but myself to blame
Something's happening I can't control, lost my hold, is it safe?
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
“Look this way, just a little smile,” is what they say
“You look better on the photograph if you laugh, that's okay”
“You're so free,” that's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
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