The Grand Illusion

Nov 4th, 2011 | By | Category: Lightning Strike, Music Therapy

Mental health and happiness are elusive things, especially in a consumer world where there’s always one more thing that we need to get to be happy. Like hamsters we scramble on a treadmill desperate to get our piece of the pie, but we can never have enough. The climb is endless, unless of course you choose to unplug and step off. Something to consider, there’s always somebody who has more, and there’s always higher to climb. So, if comparing yourself to your neighbors is how you try and achieve happiness, good luck with that.


Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung

Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what’s happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But don’t be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they’re just someone else’s fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it’s a Grand illusion
And deep inside we’re all the same.
We’re all the same…

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it’s a Grand illusion
And deep inside we’re all the same.
We’re all the same…

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we’ll stop to ponder what on Earth’s this spell we’re under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are…

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