The windows looked out onto a pattern never-ending

Of flowers and trees and little pathways far descending

To the garden far below us

The pavilions in the sunlight

Where the peacocks proudly grace the scene

A vision, a timeless place, another way of living

You moved in so close I really thought that you were giving

I allowed myself a moment

To believe that you could need me

To reflect upon what might have been

The summer sky I saw reflected in the colour of your eyes

But somehow I could never peel away the layers of disguise

I'm drowning now, I'm slowly sinking in a sea of blue and green

Where what you are is never seen

How can anybody know you?

I still hear the ringing of a church bell in the morning

The peacocks still calling out their sad and bitter warning

Beauty's only an illusion

Here your truth is an intrusion

A mirage is all it's ever been

The summer sky I saw reflected in the colour of your eyes

But somehow I could never peel away the layers of disguise

I'm drowning now, I'm slowly sinking in a sea of blue and green

Where what you are is never seen

How can anybody know you?

I still hear the ringing of a church bell in the morning

The peacocks still calling out their sad and bitter warning

Take a final look around you

Hold the memory forever

Find a quiet place inside

Where you can listen to the things your heart is saying

Beauty's only an illusion

Here your truth is an intrusion

A mirage is all it's ever been