You really thought I'd just believe You're the person you pretend to be Those new friends they cannot see You've been slowly unraveling How do you do it? Swallow your feelings? How do you do it? Lie through your teeth How do you do it? Live like a puppet on a string? It's all a mask of deceptive perfection It gets harder to remove All the years now it's glued Old friend, what can I do? There once was more to those dead eyes But over time the light has died Forgot your roots Got lost in the lies How do How do you do it Chorus Laugh with the players? How do you do it? Look good on paper Live like a puppet on a string? It's all a mask of deceptive perfection It gets harder to remove All the years now it's glued Old friend, what can I do? I wanna see and I wanna know you I am sincere when I ask How are you How are you How do you do it? Swallow your feelings? How do you do it? Lie through your teeth How do you do it? Live like a puppet on a string? It's all a mask of deceptive perfection It gets harder to remove All the years now it's glued Old friend, what can I do? There once was more to those dead eyes But over time the light has died What they get is not what I see I don't know why you keep hiding deceptive perfection