And you say it's all pretending

Just an image on the screen

A vision of what cannot be

Something never really seen

The great depression, impression

An impact of questions and pain

The pit is deep, the walls so high

In the darkness - insane

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there

And you say it's all pretending

Just an image on the screen

A movie played out for no one

Something never really seen

And you say there is no understanding

No way to really know

It's a prison that confines us

Of words - from not so long ago

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there

And you say it's all pretending

Just an image on the wall

An exercise in illusion

Really nothing there at all

The castle crumbles at our feet

The world collapses all around

The flowers wither away and die

Loving hold - no, tightly bound

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there

And you say it's all pretending

Just a reflection in a pool

And now there's no pretending

Who is the standing fool?

Who is the standing fool - crying fool?

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there

Spiral down

Falling - falling

Hold on - no - nothing there