The Grand Illusion — текст песни (styx)

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