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Someone else's world goes by
As my train runs through this night
Someone else's rain comes down
But no rain can touch me now
Smoke and mirrors, special effects
A little fear, a little sex
That's all love is behind the tears
Smoke and mirrors
We were foolish, you and I
But there's no reason to cry
We put on a lovely show, but that's all
I had to go
I don't know the stations' names
I'll spend my life on this train
Fumee et miroirs, effets speciaux
Un pue de peur, un peu de sexe
Sous les larmes l'amour n'est que sa de
La fumee et des miroirs
As my train runs through this night
Someone else's rain comes down
But no rain can touch me now
Smoke and mirrors, special effects
A little fear, a little sex
That's all love is behind the tears
Smoke and mirrors
We were foolish, you and I
But there's no reason to cry
We put on a lovely show, but that's all
I had to go
I don't know the stations' names
I'll spend my life on this train
Fumee et miroirs, effets speciaux
Un pue de peur, un peu de sexe
Sous les larmes l'amour n'est que sa de
La fumee et des miroirs
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I feel like he was referring to the relationship through the symbolism of a nightclub. Although it seemed glorious, it was dirty, and just a show.
Written at the end of a five-year relationship, "Smoke and Mirrors" combines the new-wave classic "Fade to Grey" (youtube.com/watch) with my perennial endless-travel motif. I think travel is a natural subject for songs because that's really what music is: mysterious movement.
taken from: rollingstone.com/music/lists/stephin-merritt-my-life-in-15-songs-20151030/smoke-and-mirrors-20151023