Smoke & Mirrors Lyrics

In the alleys of the city where the shadows whisper tales

Concrete jungles camouflage the truths with fabricated veils

They sow the seeds of venom in every crack they find

Bitter roots take hold in the crevices of the mind

Smoke and mirrors hide the hands that steer

Fueling fires stoking age-old fears

Underneath the theater the puppeteers delight

Turning kin to foes in the dwindling of the light

Hear the cacophony the clamor that divides

Brother against brother each other's despised guide

Whispers turn to roars in the chambers of the night

The stage is set the actors made to fight

Smoke and mirrors hide the hands that steer

Fueling fires stoking age-old fears

Underneath the theater the puppeteers delight

Turning kin to foes in the dwindling of the light

In the echoes of the alleyways beneath the urban blight

Lies the craft of division veiled by the fight

They break us to reshape us in images of disdain

While they barter with our futures our losses their gains

Watch the towers crumble under weights they create

Distractions manifold debates that incinerate

But look behind the curtain where the truths are sold and bought

In the silence of the aftermath the lessons dearly taught

Smoke and mirrors hide the hands that steer

Fueling fires stoking age-old fears

Underneath the theater the puppeteers delight

Turning kin to foes in the dwindling of the light

So question the narratives the tales that divide

In the unity of shadows we might yet turn the tide

For in the darkness binding us a new dawn we could engineer

If we look past the smoke and see the mirrors clear