Happiness is just an illusion

You call me up in the middle of the night

Saying something don't feel right

Like a movie that you've seen before

But the ending's different every time

We dance in the glow of a cigarette light

Talking in circles till morning arrives

You say that you're happy but I see your eyes

Flickering flickering baby they lie

Happiness is just an illusion

Another trick of the light a delusion

You say you're fine but you're faking the motion

Lost in the waves of a pointless devotion

Oh oh oh it's just a dream we keep chasing

Oh oh oh but we're forever mistaken

Fast cars and late night highs

Empty love and hollow times

But tell me does it feel like home

Or just another place to hide

We build it up just to tear it down

It's just smoke and mirrors but we dance around

You say you feel it but can you tell me how

Or is it fading now

Happiness is just an illusion

Another trick of the light a delusion

You say you're fine but you're faking the motion

Lost in the waves of a pointless devotion