Smoke & Mirrors Lyrics

When I look back on the songs I wrote

They were mainly dreams and mostly smoke

Like looking through a tainted glass

Their memories have long since passed

And now I don't know if I can

Be your singing guitar man

But try I must or not succeed

Within this new reality

It was all just smoke and mirrors

I couldn't make it out so clear

And now that I've grown older now

I will treat you better dear

Treat you better dear

'Cause it was all just smoke and mirrors

And I count the days and bide my time

It's hard to leave those friends behind

For every day feels like a year

Without that smoke or sip of beer

But as I stare into the sun

I think back on when I was young

That if there was another path

A way to make those memories last

It was all just smoke and mirrors

I couldn't make it out so clear

And now that I've grown older now

I will treat you better dear

Treat you better dear

'Cause it was all just smoke and mirrors

And now it's been a year since then

I've learned to breath and smile again

Depression had its hooks in me

But now I've found the light to see

And I won't go back to that crutch

Embrace the poison in its touch

For I am free of its demands

I will sit when I can stand

It was all just smoke and mirrors

I couldn't make it out so clear

And now that I've grown older now

I will treat you better dear

It was all just smoke and mirrors

I couldn't make it out so clear

And now that I've grown older now

I will treat you better dear

Treat you better dear

'Cause it was all just smoke and mirrors