I should have seen it coming,
should have known you by your vulpine smile
I was caught up in your fiction
Turned a blind eye to your blatant guile

So you thought you caught me napping
Thought you'd stumbled on an easy mark
Well the sleeper has awakened
and it's time to blow your game apart

chorus:
Your pretty story only takes you so far
Your empty words will leave you cold
Your crude deception will expose who you are
Your fate is written in the sand
Doomed to be struck down
by your Sleight Of Hand

For a while I played the pigeon
half-believing your seductive tale
But the truth has cleared my vision,
Clawed away at the obscuring veil

Pretty lies have bought you moments
but you know your time has just run out
Be prepared to pay the piper
Cause the debt you owe will wipe you out

chorus:
Your pretty story only takes you so far
Your empty words will leave you cold
Your crude deception will expose who you are
Your fate is written in the sand
Doomed to be struck down
by your Sleight Of Hand