4/4 unless otherwise stated. ORDER: I V1 INT V2 GS V3 INT V4 FINT O [INTRO] (bass) (add synth) | | | | (drums) | | | | (urgent strings) | | | | [VERSE 1] "You’re so free " that’s what everybody’s tell - ing me 3/4 Yet I feel I’m like an outward-bound pushed around refugee Something’s wrong got a feeling that I don’t belong 3/4 As if I had come from outer space out of place like King Kong [CHORUS] 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette just a marionette pull the string 3/4 2/4 3/4 I’m a marionette everybody’s pet just as long as I sing 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette see my pirouette round and round 3/4 2/4 3/4 -5 | -5/ | -5 | -5 | -5/ | I’m marionette I’m marionette just silly old clown [INTERLUDE] 7/8 4/4 -5 | -9 | [VERSE 2] Like a doll like a puppet with no will at all 3/4 And somebody told me how to talk how to walk how to fall [GUITAR SOLO] / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | [VERSE 3] Can’t complain I’ve got no-one but myself to blame 3/4 Something’s happening I can’t control lost my hold is it safe? [CHORUS] 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette just a marionette pull the string 3/4 2/4 3/4 I’m a marionette everybody’s pet just as long as I sing 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette see my pirouette round and round 3/4 2/4 3/4 -5 | -5/ | -5 | -5 | -5/ | I’m marionette I’m marionette just silly old clown [INTERLUDE] 7/8 4/4 -5 | -9 | [VERSE 4] "Look this way just a little smile " is what they say 3/4 "You look better on the photograph; if you laugh that’s okay" [CHORUS] 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette just a marionette pull the string 3/4 2/4 3/4 I’m a marionette everybody’s pet just as long as I sing 3/4 2/4 4/4 I’m a marionette see my pirouette round and round 3/4 2/4 3/4 -5 | -5/ | -5 | -5 | -5/ | I’m marionette I’m marionette just silly old clown [FINAL INTERLUDE] 7/8 4/4 -5 | -9 | | [OUTRO] - super slowed down and in all 4/4. "You’re so free " that’s what everybody’s tell - ing me Yet I feel I’m like an outward-bound pushed around refugee

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque une sensation de désespoir et de perte de contrôle, où le protagoniste se sent comme une marionnette, manipulée par les attentes des autres. Malgré les apparences de liberté que le monde extérieur semble offrir, il ressent un profond décalage et un manque d'identité, se percevant comme un simple clown destiné à divertir sans vraiment être lui-même. Le contraste entre l'apparente légèreté des interactions sociales et le sentiment d'aliénation souligne une lutte intérieure, liée à la quête de soi et à la pression d'être conforme aux attentes.