Illusions for the King - Mani, The Jokerr

It was just another show

There in the front row sat a girl

Young and fair with a stare through her hair

Of old fashioned curls

But through the spectacle in all of its grandeur

I watched her from the stage

She never cracked a smile

Just held her that cold warning gaze

As if to say…

Sing me another song Cinderella’s gone

And she’s not coming back so long

Let her go on, she’s gone

Bring me another day

Then send me along my merry way

Illusions for the King

Don’t work on me at all

When I saw her in that hall

Her image burned a hole in my mind

I tried so hard to find her

But from everyone to whom she was described

I was told she had long ago died

But when the crowd rose

And when the curtains closed

She was sitting there alone

And oh, I was terrified

When she said…

Sing me another song Cinderella’s gone

And she’s not coming back so long

Let her go on, go on

She’s gone

Bring me another day

Then send me along my merry way

Illusions for the King

Don’t work on me at all

Now here in my cage

I can see how we’ve all bought the lie

A promise of solace

That only exists in our minds

For love is just apathy

Disguised as a stranger in need

And now the ghost of that woman

Is the mother of the anger in me