I'm tired of these things all coming up from the ground
All this fucking bullshit always seems so damn 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 little 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
But if I baught you some solutions, would they give you peace of mind?
Here we fight our 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 won't tell you what you wanna hear, but your thoughts will fade away
As all your old retractions leave you crouched down on your side
There'll be no one left to talk to as you 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 we fight our 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 we fight our 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