Lyric discussion by ed10733811 

Cover art for You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned lyrics by Alan Parsons Project, The

If there is a larger meaning to the album Eye In The Sky where this song integrates to then I will be missing the boat. Anybody who skimmed through Sun Tze's Art of War knows that all warfare is deception. Deception is all over this song. Just like the quote from the movie Swordfish " Have you ever heard of Harry Houdini? Well he wasn't like today's magicians who are only interested in television ratings. He was an artist. He could make an elephant disappear in the middle of a theater filled with people, and do you know how he did that? Misdirection."

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