Perfect Illusion

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Prompt / Lyrics
[INTRO]
“This was all part of my plan” 

[Verse 1 - Calm]  
Tell me… what did you think you saw?  
Was it truth… or a beautiful flaw?  
Every step that you took, every move that you made,  
was a path I designed… a decision I gave.  
You believed in your sight, in the world that you knew,  
but perception is fragile… and so are you.  
From the moment we met, from the second you chose—  
you were already mine… you just didn’t know.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Close your eyes…  
does it change what is real…?  
Or reveal… how little you feel…?

[Chorus]  
PERFECT ILLUSION—everything you perceive,  
every truth that you hold… is a lie you believe.  
You can fight, you can break, you can try to escape,  
but you’re lost in a world that I perfectly shape.

[Verse 2]  
You trusted your senses, your instincts, your will,  
but I rewrote them all… and I’m doing it still.  
Every ally you know, every enemy near,  
just reflections I place to control what you fear.  
You reach for control—but it slips through your hands,  
like a dream you can’t wake from, a fate you can’t stand.  
You thought you were free? That’s the greatest disguise—  
I don’t need chains… when I control your eyes.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Look around…  
tell me what you can trust…  
when your reality bends into dust…

[Chorus]  
PERFECT ILLUSION—nothing here is your own,  
every thought, every choice… overthrown.  
You can scream, you can doubt, you can try to resist,  
but the world that you know… doesn’t even exist.

[Bridge / Rap - Cold]  
Yeah—what you see ain’t real, what you feel ain’t true,  
every version of the world is a version I choose.  
You swing at shadows, you fight what I show,  
but the truth disappeared long ago.  
No escape, no break, no way to defend,  
I decide where it starts, I decide where it ends.  
You were never a player—you’re part of the scene,  
just a piece in a world that I’ve already seen.

[Breakdown - Whispered]  
Did you think…  
you were fighting me…?  
…or something I let you see…?

[Final Chorus]  
PERFECT ILLUSION—now the truth is revealed,  
there was never a world… only what I concealed.  
You can fall, you can fade, you can question it all…  
but you were never awake… not at all.

[Outro - Soft / Calm]  
…open your eyes…  
if you still believe they’re yours…