Smoke and Mirrors

[Verse 1]
Smoke and mirrors
You move like static in the air
Silver tongue
Velvet terror
Tracing circles in my hair
Your motives are a mystery to me
Every word a locked-up key
I see your eyes watching as I sleep
In the dark
You crawl in deep
[Pre-Chorus]
Glass in your grin
Sugar on the blade
Pulling every string
Like I’m already made
Shadow on my chest
Breathing in my ear
Say my name again
Turn it into fear
[Chorus]
Smoke and mirrors
Poisoning my dreams (my dreams)
This beauty is only skin deep
You sink teeth in me
Feel like somebody is watching me
From the corner of the ceiling
Where I can’t quite see
Smoke and mirrors
Crawling through my veins (my veins)
You’re the portrait that is perfect but it hides the flames
Feel like somebody is watching me
And the closer that you get
The less I can breathe
[Verse 2]
Cold glass roses
Blooming black along the floor
Sweet halo
Cracked composure
You’re the crack behind the door
You taste like comfort laced with doubt
You hold me up
Then pull me down
You paint my sins in neon gold
Then whisper secrets I’ve been told
[Pre-Chorus]
Hand on my throat
Gentle like a prayer
Saying I’m your cure
But you were never there
Footsteps in the hall
Walls begin to creep
Every little creak
Says I’m yours to keep
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Are you in my head
Or in the vents above
Are you twisted care
Or a hollow kind of love
[distorted vocal]
“I’m right here
Right here
Right here”
Spinning in my skull like a siren in the fog
[crescendo
Screamed backing]
Tear off the mask
I still see your grin
You live in the cracks
Under my skin
[Chorus]

metal, Dark pop meets J-pop tension with glitchy dubstep drops and metal guitars. Male vocals start hushed over pulsing synths; pre-chorus adds stacked harmonies and tom build, chorus explodes with distorted chugs, growling bass, and chopped vocal FX. Second half brings harsher screams under the lead, ending on a stuttered, filtered hook that cuts to silence., deep, pop, dubstep, j-pop, sleep