[Verse 1]

Your existence is a script

Life for you is a performance

Play out the leading role

Directing and premeditating every move

That creates the act of manipulation

[Chorus]

Mastering the art of deception

That increases your sick addiction

It's an overactive imagination

That enslaves your empty shell

[Guitar Solo: Chuck Schuldiner]

[Bridge]

Existing in dimensions of addictive obsession

[Guitar Solo: Andy LaRocque]

[Verse 2]

Your script will run short of ideas

The story will soon end itself

People to trust come short in number

Like a plague your lies spread

Fast across the world

[Chorus]

Mastering the art of deception

That increases your sick addiction

It's an overactive imagination

That enslaves your empty shell