Name: Elegant Mirage
Duration: P00H04M09S
Description: Fake news is old news. What do you need to watch out for now? The fakes are getting more and more sophisticated. Can you tell what's real? The elegiac ELEGANT MIRAGE takes you on a slow dance through the phoneys and illusions that distract you from reality.

Elegant Mirage

from Brighter Light (2023) by Benjamin Russell and Rob Stuart

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Fake news is old news. What do you need to watch out for now? The fakes are getting more and more sophisticated. Can you tell what's real? The elegiac ELEGANT MIRAGE takes you on a slow dance through the phoneys and illusions that distract you from reality.

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ELEGANT MIRAGE - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell

Hollow, phoney - what a fraud
Pretending, a facade
Egos rise to the top
Things are breaking down
Pressure non stop
Brotherhood
What happened to the good?

Let's dance on the bones of this elegant mirage

I'm so tired of the lies
False prophets, all the guys
With their smiles and smirks
Things are breaking down
And nothing works
As it should
What happened to the good?

Fake it untill you make it
Make it, make it, make it
Stop

Chorus...

Now it's all just goodbyes
Quiet quitting, no one tries
Without a backward glance
Things are breaking down
And no one thinks
There's a chance
Now who will take a stance?

Outro
Let's dance on the bones of this elegant mirage

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from Brighter Light (2023), released December 6, 2023

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Benjamin Russell Montreal, Québec

Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.

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