Serious Questions Multiply v2.0

Serious questions multiply
How many levels is all of this running on?
Totally confusing & confounding
Each layer of smoke & mirrors
Inpainting the paranoia & illusions
Later finding the perceived threats empty
Yet never knowing my true influence
Persevering day by day
Can the march of autocracy be turned?
Dissolving past illusions into void
Right-sizing self-importance