[verse 1] Through the dark and lonely rooms of this old house Walks the ghost of a man And down the empty halls, The sounds of absent voices laugh And sing, as the shadows dance But the shaded windows never let in the sun; And it's always darkest just before the dawn. Remnants of those yesterdays are only spectres from the past That remain here in the darkness And the rays of love can't penetrate the shade that's cast From this hollow man who remains here heartless [Prechorus] And I'm lost beyond a shadow of a doubt And I don't think I'll ever make it out [CHORUS] Living in a state of illusion - nothing else matters (nothing else matters) Following the path of confusion - dearest dreams shatter (see the dreams shatter) Never getting over the losing - Living in a house, Living in a house of shadows [verse 2] The phantom of a photograph haunts my unrestful dreams And walks the creeking floors at night The silhouette of a heartache, a broken apparition seems To hold in the darkness and hold out the light [Prechorus] And I'm lost beyond a shadow of a doubt And I don't think I'll ever make it out [CHORUS] Living in a state of illusion - nothing else matters (nothing else matters) Following the path of confusion - dearest dreams shatter (see the dreams shatter) Never getting over the losing - Living in a house, Living in a house of shadows [Outro] Living in a house, a house of shadows
