Uriah Heep - Illusion/Masquerade lyrics

--- Illusion --- In a forest known as heartbreak In a clearing in the wood 'Cross a pathway called confusion Toward the garden of delight You'll reach the river of desire And meekly try and cross it While the valley of love Keeps avoiding you because It's only an illusion It's only an illusion Upon the hill of high ideals You begin to wonder if it's real You are reaching sleep's oasis You begin to wonder how you feel But it happens so quickly It doesn't fit into your schemes Tossin' and turnin' The star of so many scenes It's only an illusion It's only an illusion --- Masquerade --- A masquerade of dancing shadows Appear before me Through my mystic window And soon to be seen I saw presented Became a vision that I saw resented I stood and watched Its image changing The unseen hand was rearranging And all the time I wondered How did it wind Slowly, surely it unfolded Its simple lines just as A pole wind told it A temporary revolution My problems rose and fell With absolution My mind was telling me, don't fight it It's just a hazard in the night Don't do those Who've lost their way It's a masquerade Slowly, surely it unfolded Its simple lines just as A pole wind told it A temporary revolution My problems rose and fell With absolution My mind was telling me, don't fight it It's just a hazard in the night Don't do those Who've lost their way It's a masquerade Masquerade, it's a masquerade...