Lyric discussion by crystalla 

Cover art for Blue lyrics by A Perfect Circle

I just want to clear up the "smoke" thing. It seems fairly clear to me that "smoke" refers to "smoke and mirrors" (a figure of speech used to describe illusionary tactics) and the line "ignore the smoke" to me basically means to CHOOSE to be ignorant to what's going on around you. I don't yet have a comment on the rest of the song.

@crystalla Puscifer came out with a song called "smoke and mirrors" spot on