The Wrong Song

A twist in the plot, a sleight of hand
 spin you around, start over again
 a scent in the air, the faintest trace
 of a strange affair in a familiar place
 I don't know what it is that you want me to say
 I don't know why I am dressed this way
 I don't know why we have cocktails in hand
 when we're standing in quicksand
 To open that door's like turning a page
 a trick of the light and you're center stage
 but you forgot your lines, you forgot your name
 you can't remember why you even came
 I don't know what it is that you want me to say
 I don't know why I am dressed this way
 I don't know why we have cocktails in hand
 when we're standing in quicksand
 Just when you think
 you know what's going on
 when you know all the words
 but they're playing the wrong song
 when the house lights go up
 and the scenery comes down
 when all you held as true
 comes crashing down to the ground
 It's probably time to make your escape
 it's probably time for you to find your way
 It looks like your life so it probably is
 but it feels like something is slightly amiss
 like someone crept into your home as you dreamed
 and changed all the locks but then left you the keys
 I don't know what it is that you want me to say
 I don't know why I am dressed this way
 I don't know why we have cocktails in hand
 when we're standing in quicksand
 You know all the rules, you can play that game
 but if you're not really you it just isn't the same
 so you wake in the dark just to trip over things
 an exultation of larks, minus the wings
 I don't know what it is that you want me to say
 I don't know why I am dressed this way
 I don't know why we have cocktails in hand
 when we're standing in quicksand
 Just when you think
 you know what's going on
 when you know all the words
 but they're playing the wrong song
 when the house lights go up
 and the scenery comes down
 when all you held as true
 comes crashing down to the ground
 It's probably time to make your escape
 it's probably time for you to find your way
 back out of the woods...