Smoke and Mirrors

Verse 1

Seventeen, had it all figured out

Didn’t know the world would play you out

Head in the clouds, boots in the dust

Didn’t know the shine was built to rust

Wore your truth like armor and pride

Never thought it’d split down the side

Pre-Chorus

Didn’t see it coming, moving fast and blind

Thought you held tomorrow by the tail just fine

Chorus

Didn’t know it’s smoke and mirrors

Every promise bends and blurs

What was perfect’s cracked with errors

Truth gets quiet, lies get louder

You swear you’re holding heaven’s rail

But everything you know can fail

Verse 2

You thought you had the dragon by the tail

Didn’t feel the shadow in its scale

Now it’s looming, breathing fire

Burning every named desire

The map you trusted fades to gray

Nothing points the same old way

Pre-Chorus 2

Didn’t hear the warning in the noise

Didn’t listen for the still small voice

Chorus

Didn’t know it’s smoke and mirrors

Built on glass and paper words

What was perfect’s cracked with errors

Every truth is re-disturbed

You swear you’re standing strong and tall

But everything you know can fall

Bridge

Like a whisper riding on the breeze

Rumors dressed up like beliefs

They sound so real, they come with ease

Until they’re all you think you need

But truth don’t shout, it waits its turn

In the quiet where you finally learn

Final Chorus

Yeah, it’s smoke and mirrors

Every mask eventually slips

What was perfect’s full of fractures

Every crown begins to tip

Seventeen thought you knew it all

Now you know how easy we all fall

Outro

Still small voice in the open air

Saying, “You’re not lost… just unaware.”