I'm tired of these things coming up from the ground
All this fucking bullshit always seems so profound
No one wants to hear it, but they open up their ears
You know that being older ain't just running down the years
Convince me not to speak out, so we can play these games
It's such a pretty movie, 'cause the parts are all the same
I swear that it's so crazy, how these things all fade in time
If I could buy your innocence, would it give you peace of mind?
Here they fight their battles behind some smoke and mirrors
Where there's nothing that's worth losing and nothing left but fear
You'd better watch your back before the words all disappear
When you're fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
Somewhere in the distance, your past will live to say
It tells you what you want to hear, but you know you can't escape
Even when it shelters all the plans for your demise
You find it hard to concentrate and strain to close your eyes
Maybe you need the guilt to be built with the lies
Maybe you need the guilt to be filled to survive
Here they fight their battles behind some smoke and mirrors
Where there's nothing that's worth losing and nothing left but fear
You'd better watch your back before the words all disappear
When you're fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
In times of your transitions I'm still stuck inside a rut
Yeah the way they've all been speaking makes me feel like I'm the slut
If this is called a living you can take the last words back
Because the time that I've been given is more precious than the past
When there's nothing left to say, then there's nothing to retract
And I'm never gonna be like that, never gonna be like that
Here they fight their battles behind some smoke and mirrors
Where there's nothing that's worth losing and nothing left but fear
You'd better watch your back before the words all disappear
When you're fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting your old battles behind some smoke and mirrors
When there's nothing left to say, then there's nothing to retract
And I'm never gonna be like that, never gonna be like that