Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I've been sneaking glances and writing lines about you.
What you think you can take back are the things that are going to haunt you.
This time won't be the last time
That I'm coming straight for your heart,
You know how I move.
And if I must say, I know that I'm worth...
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
I can't begin to explain this infatuation that I've grown with you
And all that has to do with every moment that I'm here and you're not.
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
And I thought that I would make it,
But you escaped it.
And you swore that you would take this somewhere, somewhere.
Now I'm lost and you're just fakin' the way you played this.
The escape game never seemed so cruel when...
[Repeat: x2]
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
What you think you can take back are the things that are going to haunt you.
This time won't be the last time
That I'm coming straight for your heart,
You know how I move.
And if I must say, I know that I'm worth...
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
I can't begin to explain this infatuation that I've grown with you
And all that has to do with every moment that I'm here and you're not.
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
And I thought that I would make it,
But you escaped it.
And you swore that you would take this somewhere, somewhere.
Now I'm lost and you're just fakin' the way you played this.
The escape game never seemed so cruel when...
[Repeat: x2]
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
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Smoke and Mirrors Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Seth James Johnson
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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