Smoke & Mirrors Lyrics

I find the calculus behind your frequent change of style

Consistent with the mindset of a misfit juvenile

Your protest was a great success, everybody showed

I asked you what your grievance was, you said, like you don't know

I thought I finally figured out a way to make you smile

Till I heard your friend behind me say, this one's going on the profile

We organized a search party to find your self esteem

And found it on a market shelf behind the magazines

With smoke and mirrors

We'll make the world envy our perfect life together

With light and magic

We'll tune this static into a laser beam

The likes of which they've never seen

The fashion watch you wear is too abstract to tell the time

You couldn't start your car last night so I said let's take mine

We missed half the movie but the plot was understood

The actress they cast in the lead was like a block of wood

I found out you had modeled for that art class at the mall

When I saw your naked portrait hanging on the wall

Now every time I see you there's an inkling in my mind

To ask you if that tattoo is a lightbulb or a nine

With smoke and mirrors

We'll make the world envy our perfect life together

With light and magic

We'll tune this static into a laser beam

The likes of which they've never seen

We'll take our new act on the town

Laugh while the world's burning down

And run out the clock

Playing our twelve-tone rock

The content of your resume had them all impressed

Until you came in for the interview and they saw how you dressed

You've always been unstable on those stilts that you call shoes

I'm not surprised you tripped and fell, it's not exactly news

I know you've got some issues that I'll never understand

Your therapist was quick to write a script for Diazepam

I used to be embarrassed when you did that thing you do

But somehow I've learned to live with that essential part of you

With smoke and mirrors

We'll make the world envy our perfect life together

With light and magic

We'll tune this static into a laser beam

The likes of which they've never seen