[Verse 1] You had a gift for making every word feel true Every look rehearsed, every exit cue I was in the front row watching you perform Never knew the show had started long before
[Pre-Chorus] I should’ve seen it in the curtain call The way you took your bow for both of us Something practiced in the way you’d never fall Something too convenient in your rush
[Chorus] Smoke and mirrors, that’s all you were Every word a trick, every promise blurred I was reading lines not meant for me
Smoke and mirrors , you put me on the shelf While you built a life I never got to see Smoke and mirrors - and none of it was me
[Verse 2] Two phones, two sets of stories, two goodbyes Two versions of the man I thought I’d find I was the one who thought the act was real Now I’m just a trick you needed to conceal
[Pre-Chorus] I should’ve seen it in the curtain call The way your sleight of hand deceived them all Everyone believing you had me fall Something I realized was not true at all
[Chorus] Smoke and mirrors, that’s all you were Every word a trick, every promise blurred I was reading lines not meant for me
Smoke and mirrors , you put me on the shelf While you built a life I never got to see Smoke and mirrors - and none of it was me
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge] When the curtain drops there’s nothing on the stage Just a hollow set and a turning page You were the magician, I was just the act Now the smoke has cleared - and I want nothing back
[Pre-Chorus] Abacadabra let the curtain fall Hocus pocus I lost my focus Open sesame my eyes are open wide Alakazam should have known this was a lie this whole time -
[Final Chorus - key change, more forceful] (same as chorus, harder) Smoke and mirrors, that’s all you were Every word a trick, every promise blurred I was reading lines you wrote for someone else Smoke and mirrors - you put me on the shelf While you built a life I never got to see Smoke and mirrors - and none of it was me
None of it was me None of it was me