Once again my wings on fire
flapping round your deadly flames
Walking on the old high wire
trying to keep myself away
You come walking down your marble stairs, throwing back your yellow hair
And I want you, and I need you,
But every time you let me near
you leave me feeling such sweet despair
Going to keep away, keep away
It's an illusion to think I can keep away from you
It's an illusion like eskimoes in Mogadishu
It's an illusion this state of independence I'm in
It's an illusion like polar bears in Berlin
When I feel happy, you feel deep,
you always go out when I want to sleep
Fire, water, sun and rain,
war and peace and night and day
Who can understand
love's magic incompatibilities?
Going to keep away, keep away
It's an illusion, it's just a cheap masquerade
It's an illusion, hiding this love I can't evade
It's an illusion, can't you see through the camouflage?
It's an illusion, without you life is a mirage
I'm a foot without a shoe, I'm the fuzz without a clue,
I'm a ship without a crew, I'm lost without you
One and one that can't make two, carrots looking for some stew,
a lawyer with no one to sue, I'm lost without you
I'm the sky that's lost its blue, I'm the beer that just won't brew,
I'm a stamp that has no glue, I'm lost without you
A hound with no fox to pursue, I'm a cat that's lost its mew,
a star without an interview, I'm lost without you