Now it floats away just like a leaf
Vanished without a trace like some thief
Then it catches in my eye like a teardrop passing by
A spark that’s left that simply will not die

Where the voices from some yesteryear
Are now calling me and taunting me
With all their long lost schemes

Oh why – oh why – can’t we let sleeping dogs lie
And why on earth – oh why do we still try?

Is it just some fancy trick of light?
Is it just some dancing shadow flight?
Is it just some fancy giving such pain and delight?
Oh is it just some fancy trick of light?

Though we are long since grown apart
These little things still linger in my heart
While a slowly trickling stream
Places Mountains in between
At the crossroads of all time right here it seems

Where the gateway to some future time
Is now calling me and taunting me
With all its hopeless dreams

Oh why – oh why – can’t we let sleeping dogs lie
And why on earth – oh why do we still try?

Is it just some fancy trick of light?
Is it just some dancing shadow flight?
A sunset that is slipping, oh so endlessly from sight
A smiling face glimpsed in some distant light?

Is it just some fancy trick of light?
Is it just some dancing shadow flight?
Is it just some fancy giving such pain and delight?
Oh is it just some fancy trick of light?