box breathing

(With long and constant practice, anyone can master these tricks
And you must remember that some people use them to cheat)
I step outside to breathe my lines
Carry on, it's a waste of time
I recall something undefined
Oh, your shape interlaced with my dysphagia
Throw a little back
It's not so understated

Hide like Houdini
Pretend you still see the
Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand of a hollow man

Drop a weight just to feel the room
The hands frozen half past noon
Crawl just to make a move
But I'm now way too far dissuaded
Give a little more now
We can tell you're faking

So I hide like Houdini
Pretend you still see the
Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand of a hollow man

Like Houdini
Pretend you still see the
Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand of a hollow man

[Old timey edited recording snippets]

Watching as the crowd is wanting more of me
So I stumble in the dark to make them make-believe
And I try to play the part, but they saw right through the scene
The box still on the stage, not sawn and hardly seen
Watching as the crowd is wanting more of me
So I stumble in the dark to make them make-believe
And I try to play the part, but they saw right through the scene
The greatest trick of all, they were always empty seats

Still see me