Look around tell me what you see

The sky is blue and the trees are green

But what you see isn't what it seems

It's all part of a cruel scheme



Look closer, you can see the flaws

The holes in the floor and cracks in the walls

That gleam in your eye isn't there at all

It's painted on like a face of a doll



So it begins, fantastic delusion

Time and again, time and again



I see you dancin' as they pull the string

And droolin' when that dinner bell rings

Don't you wish you could stop wishin'

You're not even listenin'



And if what I say is the truth

If the trees aren't green and the sky's not blue

Then I'm not really losin' you

One thing for sure, I'm real confused



So it begins, fantastic delusion

Time and again, time and again



Shuffling back and forth all day

Most people never notice

But I'm not crazy and I know what I say

It's all hocus-pocus



Don't you wish you could stop wishin'

You're not even listenin'

One thing for sure it's real confusin'

Fantastic delusion