[Verse 1]
Tryin to get control
試圖找回自我
Pressure s takin its toll
壓力摧毀生活
Stuck in the middle zone
心懸在半空中
I just want you alone
我只要你一個就夠
My guessing game is strong
腦中劇場暴走
Way too real to be wrong
直覺不會有錯
Caught up in your show
被假象迷惑
Yeah, at least now I know
yeah 至少我懂了
[Chorus]
It wasn t love, it wasn t love
這不是愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是完美的幻覺 (完美的幻覺)
Mistaken for love, it wasn t love
被錯認的愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是美好的錯覺 (美好的錯覺)
You were a perfect illusion
你只是完美的假象
[Verse 2]
I don t need eyes to see
我不用睜開眼睛
I felt you touchin me
我用身體感受你
High like amphetamine
興奮如安非他命
Maybe you re just a dream
或許你只活在我夢裡
That s what it means to crush
那就是所謂狂戀
Now that I m wakin up
直到我醒來之後
I still feel the blow
仍有強烈副作用
But at least now I know
但至少我現在懂了
[Chorus]
It wasn t love, it wasn t love
這不是愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是完美的幻覺 (完美的幻覺)
Mistaken for love, it wasn t love
被錯認的愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是美好的錯覺 (美好的錯覺)
[Bridge]
Where are you?
你在哪裡?
Cause I can t see you
我竟然看不見你
But I feel you watchin me (It was a perfect illusion)
但我知道你正注視著我 (這一切只是完美的假象)
Dilated, falling free
瞳孔鎖定 自由陷進
In a modern ecstasy
現代迷幻快感
Where are you?
你在哪裡?
Cause I can t see you (It was a perfect illusion)
我竟然看不見你 (這一切只是完美的假象)
But I feel you watchin me
但我知道你正注視著我
But I feel you watchin me (Illusion)
我感覺到你正注視著我 (幻覺)
But I feel you watchin me (Mistaken for love)
我感覺到你正注視著我 (愛的幻覺)
Where were you?
你在哪裡?
Cause I can t see
我竟然看不見
But I feel you watchin me (Mistaken for love)
但我知道你正注視著我 (愛的幻覺)
Dilated, falling free
瞳孔鎖定 自由陷進
In a modern ecstasy (Mistaken for love)
現代迷幻快感 (愛的幻覺)
In a modern ecstasy
現代眩目狂喜
In a modern ecstasy
現代迷幻快感
I m over the show
我沉浸在其中
Yeah at least now I know
yeah 至少我現在懂
[Chorus]
It wasn t love, it wasn t love
這不是愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是完美的幻覺 (完美的幻覺)
Mistaken for love, it wasn t love
被錯認的愛 這不是愛
It was a perfect illusion (Perfect illusion)
這只是美好的錯覺 (美好的錯覺)
Ah-ah-ah
You were a perfect illusion
你只是完美的假象
Ah-ah-ah
It was a perfect illusion
這只是完美的假象
It was a perfect illusion
這只是美好的錯覺
Somewhere in all the confusion
所有迷亂元素的綜合
It was a perfect illusion, illusion, illusion
一個令我瘋狂的幻覺 幻覺 幻覺
[Outro]
(Where were you cause I can t see it)
(你在哪裡 我竟看不見你)
It was perfect illusion
這是美好的錯覺
(But I feel you watchin me, baby)
(但我能感覺到你的目光 baby)
Somewhere in all the confusion
所有迷亂元素的綜合
(Dilated, fallin free)
(瞳孔鎖定 自由陷進)
You were so perfect
你是如此完美
(In a modern ecstasy)
(現代迷幻快感)
You were a, you were a perfect illusion
你是 你是如此完美的假象
女神卡卡在接受訪問表示,這首歌和現代迷幻有關, "The song is about modern ecstasy. We found our sweet, simple, ragey way of saying it."(我們用一種自己的方式去表達一切美好的、簡單的、憤怒的情感…),連好友Elton John艾爾頓強 和Mark Ronson馬克朗森都在聽完這首單曲後,直呼這是一首「殺手級、令人不敢置信的作品」。
收錄在新專輯《喬安JOANNE》不僅是以女神卡卡自己的本名「Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta」命名,同時也是紀念影響她最深遠的同名姑姑Joanne,再更進一步來說,「Joanne」也象徵了她回歸自我的決心。