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