The Master Finds the puppet, or rather, the stalker finds the Master, and sees the puppet.
Driven by greed, the man (first) politely asks the Master if he could buy the Puppet With a Heart of Gold.
When the Master refuses to sell the "perfect puppet", the stalker still sits at every show, waiting for a chance to ask again.
The stalker (narrator) catches up with the Master, and tells him that if the Master would just fork over the puppet, that he'd pay ten times as much as the puppet is actually worth. (A tidbit of Gollum-esque obsession with this puppet's brewing.)
The Master sees selling the puppet (which appears to be unfathomably special to him), like selling his son, and would never for all of the money in the universe. (seeming to become a little peeved that this "stalker" is following him around, prodding at him for the puppet).
After being turned down again, the "stalker" will not stop there, and continues to follow the puppet and the Master into the night. The Master shouts back that he would not sell the puppet, and it is not his will and heart ever to. This infuriates the "stalker" and tests, what appears, to be his very limited patience, and devises a plan to kill the Master if he doesn't get what he wants.
As CaptainEmo stated, I do believe (since this is a Power Metal band/song), that the heart of gold born within the puppet was indeed cursed, and showed the true greed of the stalker for what it was. The Master understood this, and finally gave up the puppet, understanding that the "stalker" would realize his truths in time with the curse set upon him.
"So this little boy... wants to be... a puppet, for real..."
So now the "stalker/narrator" switches places with the puppet, and has HIS heart of gold, at the price of his freedom and -really-, his life as a man. And now, that greed is for naught, because instead of money and gold, all he needs and craves is the voice of the master. As the puppet, he'd never grow older or hungry, and he's empty, his only goal to be in a puppet show.
Now the "stalker/puppet" can no longer seem to recall his life before becoming a puppet, but asks himself if he could ever be free again (secretly craves freedom again), but all that is his reply is commands to "Bow, dance... and sing."
He now wishes to be a child again, and swooning over that heart of gold wasn't worth it. But all that is his reply is the voice of the master suspending this greedy man (obviously the puppet seemed to have switched places with the "stalker/narrator"), and you can tell that the master's enjoying toying with the "stalker", just as the "stalker" toyed with it.
Then there's the "be careful what you wish for", where it blatantly explains that he should've thought it over before pursuing that heart of gold so eagerly, and now all day long for all of his life, he's just performing in a puppet show, suspended by restraining strings. The "stalker" decides that he'd give away any fame as a puppet, and stabs himself to death (through the heart, I suppose, which is the relevance of destroying the greed that bound him to the 'curse') to relieve himself of the pain, and that's the end...
OoC:: That's what I got out of this song. As far as songs go, they can be interpreted in as many ways as poems, sometimes.
The Master Finds the puppet, or rather, the stalker finds the Master, and sees the puppet.
Driven by greed, the man (first) politely asks the Master if he could buy the Puppet With a Heart of Gold.
When the Master refuses to sell the "perfect puppet", the stalker still sits at every show, waiting for a chance to ask again.
The stalker (narrator) catches up with the Master, and tells him that if the Master would just fork over the puppet, that he'd pay ten times as much as the puppet is actually worth. (A tidbit of Gollum-esque obsession with this puppet's brewing.)
The Master sees selling the puppet (which appears to be unfathomably special to him), like selling his son, and would never for all of the money in the universe. (seeming to become a little peeved that this "stalker" is following him around, prodding at him for the puppet).
After being turned down again, the "stalker" will not stop there, and continues to follow the puppet and the Master into the night. The Master shouts back that he would not sell the puppet, and it is not his will and heart ever to. This infuriates the "stalker" and tests, what appears, to be his very limited patience, and devises a plan to kill the Master if he doesn't get what he wants.
As CaptainEmo stated, I do believe (since this is a Power Metal band/song), that the heart of gold born within the puppet was indeed cursed, and showed the true greed of the stalker for what it was. The Master understood this, and finally gave up the puppet, understanding that the "stalker" would realize his truths in time with the curse set upon him. "So this little boy... wants to be... a puppet, for real..."
So now the "stalker/narrator" switches places with the puppet, and has HIS heart of gold, at the price of his freedom and -really-, his life as a man. And now, that greed is for naught, because instead of money and gold, all he needs and craves is the voice of the master. As the puppet, he'd never grow older or hungry, and he's empty, his only goal to be in a puppet show.
Now the "stalker/puppet" can no longer seem to recall his life before becoming a puppet, but asks himself if he could ever be free again (secretly craves freedom again), but all that is his reply is commands to "Bow, dance... and sing."
He now wishes to be a child again, and swooning over that heart of gold wasn't worth it. But all that is his reply is the voice of the master suspending this greedy man (obviously the puppet seemed to have switched places with the "stalker/narrator"), and you can tell that the master's enjoying toying with the "stalker", just as the "stalker" toyed with it.
Then there's the "be careful what you wish for", where it blatantly explains that he should've thought it over before pursuing that heart of gold so eagerly, and now all day long for all of his life, he's just performing in a puppet show, suspended by restraining strings. The "stalker" decides that he'd give away any fame as a puppet, and stabs himself to death (through the heart, I suppose, which is the relevance of destroying the greed that bound him to the 'curse') to relieve himself of the pain, and that's the end...
OoC:: That's what I got out of this song. As far as songs go, they can be interpreted in as many ways as poems, sometimes.