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[Stream of Consciousness Lyrics] Great Delusion

Written while listening to Bon Ivers' For Emma, Forever Ago

I'd imagine it with a similar tune:

 

 

Great Delusion

 

By:Yisselakh

 

Verse 1:

 

I tried standing in the rain

Like an indie movie scene

Even cliches have their meaning

As the film grain begins melting

Did you also think

Sink in that wishful thinking

Our great delusion

 

Chorus 1:

 

That if things had been

What they could have been

We would have been

Ceaselessly happy

Happy

Happy

 

Verse 2:

 

Now think

What would we have been

Seeking

If that mundane

Had been the state of things

 

Bridge:

 

Would you think

Would you think

Would you think

Then

 

Chorus 2:

 

That if things hadn't been

What they would have been

We would have been

Boundlessly Happy

Happy

Happy

 

 

CODA:

 

That's our Great Delusion

So probably it's better to let it be

That regret silently gnawing

Let's not rush back in

Shattering that good old dream

And leave us nothing

Nothing

Nothing

But the Great Numbing

Of the loss of wishful thinking

 

That we could have been

Happy, happy, happy

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Yitkbel
33 / Toronto
Published
Oct 1, 2025
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