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