Master of Illusion

from Old Habits by Charlie Weber

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You were a force to be reckoned with
I was the boy on the viewing bridge
you were the cold night stars, under the bright lights

Your voice was the siren’s song
I was singing the words as you lead me into the the rocks
memories of heart break and ecstasy all but faded away

Yeah where a quarter will steal you a kiss
down on the pier with our faces into the wind
it was a fixed game, but I took my chance anyway...

But I got caught buying into the lights and sounds
with foreign words you had underneath your spell
mirrors pointed back at me as you backed away…

Oh, yeah I’ve been falling for it
the pictures of ghosts and the hands that you’ve slighted
It’s in my throat, with the cancer that’s beside it
and when the smoke is gone, you can’t keep hiding

So sing me a song about your victory bonds, while you’re grinding your teeth. You’ve got the heart of an artist but a mind for the streets,
but the pictures you paint aren’t very clear.

Cos it’s the words that you’re telling me that are falling apart,
you’re the master of illusion but you can’t read the cards
is it the curtains that called you here?

Oh, yeah I’ve been falling for it
the pictures of ghosts and the hands that you’ve slighted
It’s in my throat, with the cancer that’s beside it
and when the smoke is gone, you can’t keep hiding
now the smoke is gone but you keep on hiding.

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from Old Habits, released October 13, 2018

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Charlie Weber & The Glorious Failures. "Award Losing" Emo-Americana from London Ontario.

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