This is a strange affair

The time has come to travel but 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 my companions are taken away

And who will provide for me against my dying day

I took my own provision

But it fooled me and wasted away

Oh where are my companions

My father mother lover friend and enemy

Where are my companions

They're prisoners of death now

And 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

This is a strange this is a strange affair

Won't you give me an answer

Why is your heart so hard

Towards the one who loves you best

When the man with the answer

Has wakened you and warned you

And called you to the test

Wake up from your sleep that builds

Like clouds upon your eyes

And win back the life you had

That's now a dream of lies

Turn your back on yourself and if you follow

You'll win the lover's prize

This is a strange this is a strange affair