Strange Affair

This is a strange affair
 The time has come to travel and
 The road is filled with fear
 This is a strange affair
 My youth has all been wasted and
 I'm bent and grey with years
 And all of my companions are now taken away
 And who will provide for me against my dying day?
 I took my own provisions
 But they fooled me and wasted away
 Oh, where are my companions?
 My mother, father, lover, friend and enemy
 Where are my companions?
 They're prisoners of death now and
 They're taken far from me
 And where are the dreams
 I dreamed in the days of my youth?
 They took me to illusion
 When they promised me the truth
 And what do sleepers need to make them listen?
 Why do they need more proof?
 Won't you give me an answer?
 Why is your heart so hard against the one
 Who loves you best?
 When the one with the answer
 Has wakened you, and warned you
 And brought you to the test
 And wake up from the sleep
 That plays like clouds upon your eyes
 And win back the life you had lived
 Before this dream of lies
 Turn your back on yourself and if you follow through
 You'll win the lover's prize
 This is a strange, a strange affair