I see you smiling and my knees go weak
I see you and I can't even speak
I see you and I'm all better now
I know nothing can take my happiness away
I know everything's okay
I know and yet...
I know it's not
It's really not
Because I know I'm lying to myself
Because I know it's all a pretty lie in an ugly world
Because I know and yet I pretend
I always pretend
Lost in an illusion,
That never seems to fade
Everything else is lost and dismayed
Forgotten and placed high upon a shelf,
That's the way I lie to myself
When I close my eyes I see you
When I open them,
You're gone.
