The confidence-man Lyrics

Mastered illusions and coming up with excuses

If you can feign some confidence, it'd be useful

Paid attention to detail, faked being well

Sold lies like retail, tricked the meek men

Pulled rabbits out of hats, the classic magician

Manipulated hearts through sustained attrition

Sort of cunning that fleeced wealth and could wreak hell

Yet possessing a weak shell, just a weak man

Elusive again, the confidence man

He jives and he tricks, the confidence man

He breaks and he bends, the confidence man

Time's bound to catch up to the confidence man

I've always admired the quiet beauty of subtlety

Its power to shift the world to what you want it to be

Manipulation's a dark art, to move cunningly

So this my confessional, to clear what weighs down on me

From a young age I been opposed to confrontation

Mixed that in with having to fit in so many places

Coz I moved a lot, created masks to hide my face in

And be liked by everyone, in every kind location

So I developed tools, of manipulation

Without my knowledge, yet my sophistication

And I got really good, balancing the equations

Lost my face in the masks, and forgot where I'm from

I remember sitting with acquaintances later on

Homie called me out on something that I just can't recall

Told me he feeling like stuff I'm doing he not a fan

Told me behind it all he thinks I'm just a con-man, damn

Mastered illusions and coming up with excuses

If you can feign some confidence, it be useful

Paid attention to detail, faked being well

Sold lies like retail, tricked the meek men

Pulled rabbits out of hats, the classic magician

Manipulated hearts through sustained attrition

Sort of cunning that fleeced wealth, and could wreak hell

Yet possessing a weak shell, just a weak man

Elusive again, the con-man

He jives and he tricks, the con-man

He'll break and he'll bend, the con-man

Coz time's about to catch up to the con-man