Moths in a Lampshade

Moths in a lampshade
Passwords and handshakes
Slang words and codes that no one else can translate
Stale incandescence
Sways the consensus
Changing the locks
Contaminating common sense

You
Sized up the world and thought it'd fit right in your hands
You
You are the first to know but the last to understand

Guarding the entrance
Hand down the sentence
Desperately searching for a point of contention
Copy your answers, practice your banter
Half-truths embraced as fact
Wrapped in double standards

Everybody wants to know the secret
Everybody wants to know
But you won't reveal the secret password
Keep regressing backwards
Keep regressing backwards
Keep regressing backwards

You
You sized up the world and thought it'd fit right in your hands
You
You are the first to know but last to understand