Like dead leaves floating on
Black river water
Voices carried by the current under the surface

It holds the whispers down until it
Suffocates the sound
Of any voice of reason

You're not even listening

You're chasing fool's gold

Chasing fool's gold

Everybody knows that illusion is a prison

Leave it underground
Where you found it
Fool's gold, leave it alone


Like looking for the morning water's reflection
Looking for the truth in a holy translation

When the moonlight is shining in the sky
The keys hide behind your eye
You reach out through smoke, you try to hold

To a broken mirror
It disappears


It's a fool's gold
Chasing fool's gold
Leave it alone


What you do with you time
It screams so loud

I can't hear a single word come out of your mouth

You can't see that hook hiding under the shining of--


You're chasing fool's gold
Chasing fool's gold

Chasing--
Keep on searching
One day you'll be free

Keep on searching
One day you'll be free