SMOKE & MIRRORS
By
Demi Lovato
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Standing on the front lines
Staring at the sun rise over the hills
Waiting for the kill
Sweet anticipation, never conversation
Tears in our eyes from holding too tight
Waiting till the demons come
Wait for us to see them run in our direction
Now they’re staring at us through the trees
Got us falling to our knees to teach us a lesson
So tell me
Did you ever really love me?
Did you ever really want me?
Now that I see you clearer
I wonder was I ever really happy
Didn’t get the chance to ask me
Now that I see you clearer
Was it just smoke and mirrors?
Was it just smoke and mirrors?
Holding onto tables, pulling out the staples
Keeping you close, now we’re not afloat
Point me in the right direction, answer me one question
‘Cause I could’ve sworn that I wasn’t wrong
Waiting till the demons come
Wait for us to see them run in our direction
Now they’re staring at us through the trees
Got us falling to our knees to teach us a lesson (teach us a lesson)
So tell me
Did you ever really love me?
Did you ever really want me?
Now that I see you clearer
I wonder was I ever really happy
Didn’t get the chance to ask me
Now that I see you clearer
Was it just smoke and mirrors?
Ooh, was it just smoke and mirrors?
Darling I have been afraid
I could only call your name
Thank the heavens that you stayed
But if I’m telling you the truth
When I cut the tether loose
It was me, saving you
So tell me
Did you ever really love me?
Did you ever really want me?
Now that I see you clearer
I wonder was I ever really happy
Didn’t get the chance to ask me
Now that I see you clearer
Was it just smoke and mirrors?
Was it just smoke and mirrors?
CRY BABY
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All I ever really wanted was someone to love me this good
You love me so good
Everybody knows I’m capable of breaking hearts like I’ve done
I’ve scarred more than one
I, I, I
You and I
Get along like thunder and the rain
You, you, you
Make me feel everything even when it’s pain
Congratulations, celebration
‘Cause my heart is the hardest to break
Break up to make up
Just to wake up with mascara all over my face
And I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry lately
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby, cry baby
Congratulations, celebration
‘Cause my heart is the hardest to break
Break up to make up
Just to wake up with mascara all over my face
And I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry lately
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby, cry baby
I’m a big girl, but you got me acting childish right now
Gotta scream and shout, just to let this all out
I’m a big girl, but you got me acting childish right now
Gotta scream and shout, got me screamin’
Congratulations, celebration
‘Cause my heart is the hardest to break
Congratulations, celebration
‘Cause my heart is the hardest to break
Break up to make up
Just to wake up with mascara all over my face
And I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry lately
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby
I’m no cry baby, but you make me cry baby, cry baby
YOU DON’T DO IT FOR ME ANYMORE
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I see the future without you
The hell was I doing in the past
Now that I’ve learned all about you
A love just like ours wouldn’t last
I won’t fall for your games
So don’t hate me when I say
That you don’t do it for me anymore
No, you don’t do it for me anymore
Money won’t pay for your problems
You gotta fix them yourself
Vices and pity won’t soft them
Stop feeling bad for yourself
I won’t fall for your games
So don’t hate me when I say
That you don’t do it for me anymore
No, you don’t do it for me anymore
I’m sorry for honesty
I could not bare to lie to you, to lie with you
I’m sorry for honesty
I’m well aware I lie to you when I lie with you
You don’t do it for me anymore
No, you don’t do it for me, don’t do it for me
No, you don’t do it for me anymore
No, you don’t do it for me anymore
DADDY ISSUES
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(Go)
I call you too much
You never pick up
Except when you wanna fuck
And I can’t get enough
You’re the man of my dreams
‘Cause you know how to leave
But I really believe that you’d change it for me
You’re unavailable
(You’re unavailable)
I’m insatiable
Lucky for you, I got all these daddy issues
What can I do?
I’m going crazy when I’m with you
Forget all the therapy that I’ve been through
Lucky for you
I got all these daddy issues
(All these daddy issues)
Daddy issues (daddy issues, uh)
Don’t know how to commit
But I might want your kid
And after our first kiss
Got your name on my wrist
Yeah, I get a little obsessive
A little aggressive, a little bit too invested
And whatever you want, whenever you want
That’s what you get ’cause
You’re unavailable
(You’re unavailable)
I’m insatiable
Lucky for you
I got all these daddy issues
What can I do?
I’m going crazy when I’m with you
Forget all the therapy that I’ve been through
Lucky for you, I got all these daddy issues
(All these daddy issues)
Daddy issues
(Daddy issues, uh)
Never enough
Addicted to love with the wrong one
Lucky for you, I got all these daddy issues
What can I do?
I’m going crazy when I’m with you
Forget all the therapy that I’ve been through
Lucky for you, I got all these daddy issues
(All these daddy issues)
Daddy issues
(All these daddy issues)
Daddy issues
(All these daddy issues)
Daddy issues, daddy issues
CONFIDENT
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Are you ready?
It’s time for me to take it
I’m the boss right now
Not gonna fake it
Not when you go down
Cause this is my game
And you better come to play
I used to hold my freak back
Now I’m letting go
I make my own choice
[Clean version:] Yeah I run this show
[Explicit version:] Bitch, I run this show
So leave the lights on
No, you can’t make me behave
So you say I’m complicated
That I must be outta my mind
But you had me underrated
Rated, rated, rated
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
It’s time to get the chains out
Is your tongue tied up?
Cause this is my ground
And I’m dangerous
And you can get out
But it’s all about me tonight
So you say I’m complicated
That I must be outta my mind
But you had me underrated
Rated, rated, rated
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
So you say I’m complicated
But you’ve had me underrated
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being
What’s wrong with being confident?
LONELY (FEAT. LIL WAYNE)
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[YG:]
Mustard on the beat ho!
[Demi Lovato:]
He felt just like you
His arms, his lips
His promises were just as smooth
His grip, it fit though I’ll admit that
Only you could make me feel the way you do
Though you know love is blind
And he just caught my eye
You know me, and honestly I’m better without ya
Don’t you got me checking on my phone by the hour
Baby, I’m hoping and praying
My knees weak, I’m shaking
‘Cause you know that I always needed saving
Now I’m fucking lonely, and you didn’t want me
Trying to show me that you didn’t own me
But all you do is leave me, fucking lonely
Knees on the concrete, cut up and bleeding
For no Goddamn reason, but all you do is leave me
Fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
The month was June
The smoky sun, our fatal run
It ended too soon
With tears and proof, ’cause all the carpets stained with juice
Blood on my shoes and you know love is blind
I can see it in your eyes
You know me, and honestly I’m better without ya
Don’t you got me checking on my phone by the hour
Baby, I’m hoping and praying
My knees weak, I’m shaking
‘Cause you know that I always needed saving
Now I’m fucking lonely, and you didn’t want me
Trying to show me that you didn’t own me
But all you do is leave me, fucking lonely
Knees on the concrete, cut up and bleeding
For no Goddamn reason, but all you do is leave me
Fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
[Lil Wayne:]
Bitch can’t even say I miss you back over the fuckin’ text
Every time you slept over my pad, you over fuckin’ slept
Toni Braxton told me to breathe again, don’t hold no fuckin’ breath
Gave your ass directions to my heart, and your ass busted left
Climbin’ up the money tree, the tree without the lover’s nest
‘Cause lovebirds are some busy bees
You fuck around, you stung again
And you didn’t leave in your underwear
‘Cause she didn’t arrive in no underwear
Look baby, even lovers burn to nothin’, that be clear
I can’t see the forest from the tree, the water from the sea
And I was starting to believe, but it’s a forest full of dreams
I smoke bars full of weed, and call it what I see
And when you leave, I hope you know you bring
The forest to his leaves, I’m fucking lonely
[Demi Lovato:]
Now I’m fucking lonely, and you didn’t want me
Trying to show me that you didn’t own me
But all you do is leave me, fucking lonely
Knees on the concrete, cut up and bleeding
For no Goddamn reason, but all you do is leave me
Fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely
Leave me fucking lonely