SHAPING SMOKE Lyrics

Took a look behind the curtain

I saw afternoons wasted

I saw suffocated Fred Douglass quotes better left unsaid

I saw nothing shocking anyone

And every wire had been tripped

I saw Sunday's best on Mondays

And only wine being sipped

Simply coin a phrase - believe it true

And embrace the hypnotist's point of view

Shaping Smoke

I took another look behind the curtain

I moved it like I was shaping smoke

I saw mirrors with no reflections

And another new modern times revoked

I saw neon lights they were blaring"Let's get tribal up in here!"

I heard echo chamber danger

Pumping the mules with fear

Simply coin a phrase - believe it true

And embrace the hypnotist's point of view

Bare witness to every foot being charged for rent

And decisions made with a gambler's intent

And new frontiers being tagged insignificant

And the sight of joy in it's last instant

Shaping Smoke