Name: Just An Illusion
Duration: P00H02M21S
Description: This song was written and recorded at 5 am or so upon waking up from a dream about a recent lover. The song is meant to capture the fleeting nature of both dreams and relationships, and to communicate my sadness in realization of that fleeting nature.

Just An Illusion

by Tanner Mackey

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This song was written and recorded at 5 am or so upon waking up from a dream about a recent lover. The song is meant to capture the fleeting nature of both dreams and relationships, and to communicate my sadness in realization of that fleeting nature.

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Maybe you see me and maybe you don't
maybe you see me for who i am, and
maybe you see me and maybe you are real,
and maybe I wish I could hold you close.

It was just an illusion, you see
It was just an illusion, to me
It was just an illusion, you see
It was just an illusion.

Maybe you see me and maybe you don't
maybe you think of me when you wake up, and
maybe i do the same maybe I don't.
Maybe i dreamt of you gnawing my throat.

It was just an illusion, you see
It was just an illusion, to me
It was just an illusion, you see
It was just an illusion. A dream.

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released January 25, 2017

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