It's An Illusion Lyrics - Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Hum mmm oh, hum mm oh yehum 

It's an illusion! 

Once again my wings on fire 

Flapping round your deadly flames 

Walking on the old high wire 

Trying to keep myself away 

You come walking down your marble stairs 

Throwing back your yellow hair 

And I want you and I need you 

But every time you let me near 

You leave me feeling such sweet despair 

Going to keep away, keep away 

It's an illusion 

To think I can keep away from you 

It's an illusion 

Like eskimoes in Mogadishu 

It's an illusion 

This state of independence I'm in 

It's an illusion 

Like polar bears in Berlin 

When I feel happy, you feel deep 

You always go out when I want to sleep 

Fire, water, sun and rain 

War and peace and night and day 

Who can understand 

Love's magic incompatibilities? 

Going to keep away, keep away 

It's an illusion 

It's just a cheap masquerade 

It's an illusion 

Hiding this love I can't evade 

It's an illusion 

Can't you see through the camouflage? 

It's an illusion 

Without you life is a mirage 

I'm a foot without a shoe, I'm the fuzz without a clue 

I'm a ship without a crew, I'm lost without you 

One and one that can't make two, carrots looking for some stew 

A lawyer with no one to sue, I'm lost without you 

I'm the sky that's lost it's blue, I'm the beer that just won't brew 

I'm a stamp that has no glue, I'm lost without you 

A hound with no fox to pursue, I'm a cat that's lost it's mew 

A star without an interview, I'm lost without you