Perfect Illusion
Lady GaGa Lyrics

Tryin' to get control
Trying to gain some control over the situation

Pressure's takin' its toll
The pressure is causing stress and anxiety

Stuck in the middle zone
Feeling stuck in between two different emotional states

I just want you alone
Wishing to spend time alone with a specific person

My guessing game is strong
Being skilled at guessing, able to read the situation well

Way too real to be wrong
The situation is so real that it can't possibly be wrong

Caught up in your show
Feeling involved and invested in someone's drama and theatrics

Yeah, at least now I know
Feeling like they have learned something from the situation, even if it wasn't pleasant

It wasn't love, it wasn't love
Realizing that the feelings they thought were love were actually something else

It was a perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
The situation seemed perfect, but it was all just an illusion

Mistaken for love, it wasn't love
Mistaking strong feelings for someone as love, but realizing later that it was something different

You were a perfect illusion
The person they had feelings for seemed perfect, but it was all an illusion

I don't need eyes to see
Feeling so strongly that they don't even need to see the other person to know they're there

I felt you touchin' me
Feeling a physical connection with the other person without them actually touching them

High like amphetamine
Feeling a high that is similar to the use of amphetamines

Maybe you're just a dream
Thinking that the other person could just be a dream or a figment of their imagination

That's what it means to crush
Understanding what it feels like to have a crush on someone

Now that I'm wakin' up
Realizing that what they thought was real was actually just a dream

I still feel the blow
Even though they know the truth now, they still feel the emotional impact

(Where are you, 'cause I can't see you)
Feeling like they're looking for the other person, even though they're not actually there

It was a perfect illusion (but I feel you watchin' me
Feeling like the illusion is still there despite knowing the truth

Dilated, falling free
Falling free in a dilated, altered state

In a modern ecstasy)
Feeling a sense of ecstasy in the modern world

Mistaken for love (where are you 'cause I can't see)
Mistaking their strong emotions for love, and feeling like they're still searching for the other person

(But I feel you watchin' me)
Feeling like the other person is still watching them even though they're not there

Illusion (but I feel you watchin' me)
Feeling like the illusion is still there, despite the truth

Mistaken for love
Realizing that their emotions were not actually love

In a modern ecstasy
Feeling a sense of ecstatic joy in the modern world

I'm over the show
Being done with the dramatic situation, and wanting to move on

(Aah) you were a perfect illusion
Feeling like the other person was too good to be true

(Aah) it was a perfect illusion
Realizing that the perfect situation was all just an illusion

Somewhere in all the confusion
Feeling overwhelmed by the situation and not sure what is real

It was a perfect illusion, illusion (illusion)
Feeling like the situation was perfect, even though it was all just an illusion