Showing you the smoke machine And going on about how it runs Words were fading in and out 'Cause it was holding you like a socket holds the plug Breathe slow There were rooms like this in grandmother's house They let you on the stage so you could see the workings of the show All the little bits of tape And the plywood backs to flat, unbroken homes Lights low and it was all wrapped in the steam scenery It couldn't get you But didn't seem impossible It made you feel so alive and of a lifetime The lie wasn't the lie And all barriers were curtains to see behind It really isn't so broke when it's all wrapped in the steam scenery It couldn't get you But didn't seem impossible It made you feel so alive and of a lifetime The lie wasn't the lie And all barriers were curtains It made you feel so alive and of a lifetime The lie wasn't the lie And all barriers And all barriers were curtains to see behind