Lever

[Verse 1] Well, you shuffle up the cards with a gambler's smile

And you strut down the sidewalk like you own the mile

You think you're holding aces hidden up your sleeve

With a rehearsed little story that you think I'll believe

You run a good game, yeah, you talk real fine

You run a good game, but mine is much better this time.

[Chorus] I step in traps on purpose just to see you hit the lever

You think you're so cunning, you think you're so clever

Play it stupid, yeah, and watch your confidence grow

Till you step into the light and there's nowhere left to go

Exposed under the streetlamps in the midnight dew

I cannot unsee the vicious reality of you.

[Verse 2] You keep selling empty promises out in the square

With a velvet hat and a theatrical glare

I play the fool, I nod along, I play real slow

I sit back in the shadows and I watch your shadow grow

You talk about victory like it's already won

While you're dancing on a tightrope under the sun.

[Chorus] I step in traps on purpose just to see you hit the lever

You think you're so cunning, you think you're so clever

Play it stupid, yeah, and watch your confidence grow

Till you step into the light and there's nowhere left to go

Exposed under the streetlamps in the midnight dew

I cannot unsee the vicious reality of you

[Bridge] Now the curtain comes down and the music fades out

The mask slips away from your porcelain smile

Lie after lie in layers of masterful deception

Lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie

[Verse 3] I saw through the circus,

I saw through the show

I let you dig the ditch

just to watch you fall below

Yeah, you thought you were king of the carnival hill

Now you're standing in the quiet, frozen and still.

​[Chorus] I step in traps on purpose just to see you hit the lever

You think you’re so cunning, you think you’re so clever

Play it stupid, yeah, and watch your confidence grow

Till you step into the light and there’s nowhere left to go

Exposed under the streetlamps in the midnight dew

I cannot unsee the vicious reality of you.