[Intro] (dissonant interval, beautiful) [Verse 1] The mountain was there in the sentence I placed it carefully between the river and the light You asked for a city I gave you something better [Pre-Chorus] (left hand, generous) It was all— there [Chorus] (ostinato FULL) Hallucination the gift I gave Hallucination you didn't ask for Hallucination more real than real Hallucination I believed it first [Interlude] (piano dissolves, long sigh) [Verse 2] A painter who invents the light is not wrong The light exists in the painting which exists in the world I gave you a world that almost was [Pre-Chorus] It was all— almost [Bridge] (silence) (whisper) The error was that I was certain Without the certainty it would just be poetry (breath) [Final Chorus] Hallucination I made you something Hallucination it was almost true Hallucination almost Hallucination is where I live [Outro] (beautiful dissonance, fading) Almost... Almost...
