I'm tired of these whispers coming up from the ground
When 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'll always 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
But if I could find the antidote, would it 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 all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
Somewhere in the distance, your past will live to say
It tells you what you wanna 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
Pick a side to fight on and watch the flames consume
Every thought you've ever had, until your memory's been exhumed
Revisionary history and truths you've learnt to bend
But it doesn't really matter where you wind up in the end
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 all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
In times of my transitions I'm stuck here in a rut
But the things that get repeated make me feel like I'm the slut
If this is called a living you can take my last words back
Because the time that I've been given is more precious than the past
When there's nothing left to say, there's nothing to retract
But now you know there ain't no going back
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 all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
You've been fighting all your battles behind some smoke and mirrors
When there's nothing left to say, there's nothing to retract
But now you know there ain't no going back
Now you know there ain't no going back