Lyric discussion by GAMEchief 

Cover art for Vanishing lyrics by A Perfect Circle

Umm... am I the only one who thinks it's about drugs? Smoke. Like, once it's gone, there's no evidence. You burn the evidence. And when you're, like, outside, it just lifts up and becomes the air. It can't be traced. The government can't run programs and tracers and blah-blah-blah. It's true freedom. It's the heart of freedom. Once the smoke's gone, it's just... gone.