The Hand You Held

You spoke in silver, moved in smoke Every promise perfectly composed I memorized the lines you wrote Never knowing they were code And I was standing in the fire Calling it the light Burning for a stranger Dressed up as my life The hand you held was pulling strings The kiss goodbye already knew the end You played the angel while you clipped my wings The hand you held was never mine, my friend The room goes quiet, the glass is raised A hundred faces, but only yours has changed Behind the smile, behind the grace A loaded weapon in an embrace And I was reading every signal wrong Trusting every word Loyal to a shadow That I never deserved The hand you held was pulling strings The kiss goodbye already knew the end You played the angel while you clipped my wings The hand you held was never mine, my friend So let the curtain fall Let the whole world see The spy was never me It was always… you The hand you held was pulling strings The kiss goodbye already knew the end You played the angel while you clipped my wings The hand you held Was the hand that did me in