Name: A Useful Delusion by Phrases and Phases Publishing
Duration: 3 min 6 s
Description: A soft-spoken existential hymn—a song about survival through selective belief. It sounds cheerful until you listen to the words, built on poetic denial and emotional stagecraft, like someone wallpapering over a crack because they have to keep living in the room. The lyrics drift between acceptance and self-deception, and it’s devastating in the most graceful way possible.

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A soft-spoken existential hymn—a song about survival through selective belief. It sounds cheerful until you listen to the words, built on poetic denial and emotional stagecraft, like someone wallpapering over a crack because they have to keep living in the room. The lyrics drift between acceptance and self-deception, and it’s devastating in the most graceful way possible.

A Useful Delusion

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