Something’s changed in your face I notice
A different sparkle in those crazy eyes
Your unmistakable charade I know it
Always tricks me every time.

A million tears, A trillion times
I've seen that glaze and glitch in your eyes.

This is a trick
Hello, hello, I know
What this really is
I know hello, hello, hello

What’s the matter with the transformation?
What you've been practicing for days and nights.
While I'm watching the creation of this awful creature that no one likes.

A million tears, A trillion times
I've seen that glaze and glitch in your eyes.

This is a trick
Hello, hello, I know
What this really is
I know hello, hello
This is a trick
Hello, hello, I know
What this really is
I know hello, hello.

I'm so excited I can hardly take it.

This is a trick
Hello, hello, I know
What it really is
I know hello, hello,

It's just a trick
Hello, hello, I know
What it really is
I know hello, hello


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    I think it's about a someone who's changed into "this awful creature that no one likes". He knows it's not who they really are ("This is a trick... I know, what this really is"), but he still gets sucked in my the "unmistakable charade, i know it, always tricks me every time".

    bernafuveon August 31, 2011   Link

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