[Verse 1]
Was it all a dream?
Bringing home the shadows in the dark?
Attractions in a lost amusement park again?
Ghosts in the machine
Contorted spirits in their moving graves
Young futures that will never be the same again

[Pre-Chorus]
For how long must this go on?
'Round, 'round on a carousel
Blood on the conveyor belt
Lost souls away from home
Destroy the nightmare by design
Welcome back, this time to

[Chorus]
Break the cycle, come follow me
I'll cut the strings, 'cause you are not a puppet
Break the cycle, you can be free
Your time is through
Break, break, break, break, break

[Verse 2]
Break it down today
Tear the pieces up and burn the shreds
Lay to rest the circus of the dead, the end
It was a mistake in time
But there's no turning back the clock, and
Now it's me who has to be one to stop it
[Pre-Chorus]
How long must they roam?
With instincts they don't understand
Old lives, they dance to forget
Lost souls, away from home
Destroy the nightmare by design
Welcome back, this time to

[Chorus]
Break the cycle, come follow me
I'll cut the strings, 'cause you are not a puppet
Break the cycle, you can be free
Your time is through
Break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break the cycle

[Bridge]
Toilin', toilin', toil, build the maze
Where daddy's little monsters await
Chasing voices, not seeing the flames
That grow to free their souls from their chains
Break the cycle
Goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]
Break, break, break, break, break, break, break
[Chorus]
Break the cycle, come follow me
I'll cut the strings, 'cause you are not a puppet
Break the cycle, you can be free
Your time is through
Break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break the cycle