The Road to Shangri-La

We face a lost horizon The end of all we know The dogma all pervasive flow The haste and all the restraint Riding for a fall The shallowness has kept us small We're all in dire need Of help to come Back to affinity To finally come undone The powers of perception Have often gone astray A down-right shame, the price to pay A storm so punishing here Will bring the about-turn To go the distance and return We came from miles around With hopes that never died Closely guarded secrets In mystery they're attired The road to Shangri-La The last realm of the soul is a mystery The spell of Shangri-la An arcadian dream can be our treasury The road to Shangri-la The last realm of the soul is a mystery The spell of Shangri-la An arcadian dream can be our treasury (The road to Shangri-la) The road to Shangri-la (The land behind the times is a mystery) Time is a mystery here (The peace of Shangri-la) Shangri-la (Is a mental gem of men without boundaries) Shangri-la, woo