[Verse 1] Born under smoke and pine A grin with a knife inside You change your face like rain Slip through every iron chain Fox in the thicket Seal on the shore A beggar in the doorway Then you’re somebody more [Pre-Chorus] You know the weak spots You know the seams One blink, one lie And you’re back between [Chorus] Loki, master of deception Loki, master of deception You wear a hundred names And leave a thousand questions (Deception) Loki, master of deception [Verse 2] You walk as friend and flame Then vanish out of sight A wolf at the banquet A spark in the night You fathered the storm things The bite and the cold Fenrir in the darkness Jormungandr in gold [Pre-Chorus] Hel in the underworld Hel in the bone Three sharp shadows From a reckless throne [Chorus] Loki, master of deception Loki, master of deception You wear a hundred names And leave a thousand questions (Deception) Loki, master of deception [Bridge] You laugh when the halls go still When kings begin to fear You made a world of trouble Then turned and disappeared No cage can keep you No oath can hold Fire in your fingertips And ice in your soul [Final Chorus] Loki, master of deception Loki, master of deception You wear a hundred names And leave a thousand questions (Deception) Loki, master of deception Loki, master of deception
