Second Hand Smoke (Arrogant Hearts)

SIDE B EPx3: "Arrogant hearts"

[Verse 1]
Step right up to the mirror maze,
Where charm is cheap and love decays,
They smile so wide while they cut you thin,
Secondhand smoke seeps under your skin.

[Chorus]
No empathy, no remedy,
Entitlement is their melody,
Grandiose ghosts on high ego stage,
Arrogant hearts and their puppets cage.

[Verse 2]
Superficial saints with a selfie crown,
Validation junkies shake you down,
Malice erupts when masks won’t stay,
Gaslight fever keeps truth at bay.

[Bridge]
“Ladies and gents, beware the show!
They’ll promise excellence, deliver shadow.
Communal halos, malignant schemes,
Covert whispers, grandiose dreams!”

[Final Chorus]
Learned helplessness in smoky air,
You breathe their poison unaware,
The crowd applauds, the tyrant grins,
But emptiness echoes where soul cannot sing.