Have you ever been sittin´ at home watchin´ television
and suddenly something comes on the TV and you say to yourself,
"Hey, how come my life ain´t like that?"
Or maybe you´re sittin´ lookin´ in a magazine,
you see some pictures, some advertising, you says,
"Man, I must really suck because my life sure ain´t like that."
Did you ever feel that way? Yeah-
Well, you wanna know why your life isn´t like what you see on TV
and in movies, in magazines and such, you wanna know why?
´Cause that´s all bullshit! That´s right-
Don´t you go believing movies and TV and rock videos and all that crap, come on, I mean-
All that is is somebody else´s fantasy, you know what I´m sayin´ to you?
In fact, all it is is really more like a "Grand Illusion."
Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see what´s happenin´
Pay the price get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playin´
Suddenly your heart is pounding
You´re wishing secretly you were a star
But don´t be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazine
They´ll show you photographs
Of how your life should be
But they´re just someone else´s fantasies
So if you think your life is complete confusion
´Cause 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
´Cause your neighbor´s got it made
Just remember that it´s a grand illusion
Deep inside we´re all the same
America spells competition
Join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
But someday soon we´ll start to ponder
What on earth is this spell we´re under
We made the grade and still we wonder
Who the hell we are