DELUSIONAL – English Lyrics

• By: Kesha
• Album: Gag Order

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kesha's "DELUSIONAL," an emotionally charged pop power ballad that perfectly encapsulates English for confrontation, self-affirmation, and moving on with powerful confidence. You can learn vocabulary for expressing dismissal, defiance, and independence, particularly in common conversational and slang contexts. The song is special as it heralds her new era as an independent artist, making it a powerful statement of her creative freedom and rebirth.

[English]

[Music]

you're so lucky I was jealous now you're

just another song on my set list now

you're just another charm on this

neacklace the KE all

night you should pay me for all the

hours that I let you in the presence of

my power you have potential but

potential doesn't matter I'm already

long going P to my suitcase I TI it one

way no tears on my face not even thanks

for the Heartbreak it gets my bills paid

you just keep chasing the sun baby

you're

delusional thinking you could ever fight

something that is

beautiful someone with a love like m we

sick of the fighting sick of the

climbing you made me hate this town baby

you're

delusion thinking you can find someone

better now you

[Music]

[Music]

you I've been living the goddamn dream

my time expensive and you're just too

cheap the way I'm single do it so s

watch me getting hotter on your cheap TV

I'm in the heavens I'm on 11 you're like

a four but who's keep it SC live for the

Heartbreak get my bills PID thank God

you walked out that door baby you're

delusional thinking you could ever find

something that just

beautiful someone with the love like

mine sick of the fighting sick of the

climing you made me hate this town baby

[Music]

delusion thinking you can find someone

better now think you can

[Music]

find so

delusional giving you a godamn chance

you didn't have to lose it all if you

acted like a man look at me shining my

stars are lighting you thought you'd

bring me down baby you're

[Music]

delusional wow baby you're

delusional baby you're delusional

oh sick of the fighting sick of the

climate look at me

Runing baby

[Music]

delion thinking you could find someone

better now

Key Grammar Structures

• you just keep chasing the sun, baby

  ➔ Present simple progressive (verb + -ing) for repeated actions

  ➔ The verb "keep" is followed by the gerund "chasing" to show a continuous, habitual action.

• I’ve been living the goddamn dream

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + -ing) for an action that started in the past and continues to the present

  ➔ "I’ve been" contracts "I have been," followed by the gerund "living" indicating an ongoing state.

• you’re delusional thinking you could ever find something beautiful

  ➔ Present simple + present participle clause (thinking…) to express a mental state or opinion

  ➔ The participle "thinking" functions like a reduced clause meaning "who thinks".

• you have potential but potential doesn’t matter

  ➔ Contrast using conjunction "but" to link two independent clauses

  ➔ "But" introduces a contrast: the first clause acknowledges "potential" while the second dismisses its importance.

• you should pay me for all the hours that I let you in the presence of my power

  ➔ Modal verb "should" + base verb for advice; relative clause "that I let you…"

  ➔ "Should" expresses a strong suggestion, and the relative clause "that I let you…" specifies the condition.

• look at me shining, my stars are lighting you

  ➔ Present continuous "shining" used as participle clause; present simple "are lighting" for current action

  ➔ "shining" modifies "me" like an adjective, while "are lighting" is a regular present‑simple verb phrase.

• I’m on 11, you’re like a four but you keep it SC live

  ➔ Comparative structure "like a four" and idiomatic expression "keep it ..."; present simple for contrast

  ➔ "like a four" compares the listener’s level to a low rating; "keep it SC live" uses "keep it" + adjective/adverb to describe a state.

• you didn’t have to lose it all if you acted like a man

  ➔ Mixed conditional: past perfect "didn’t have to" + simple past "acted" for unreal past condition

  ➔ "Didn’t have to" conveys an unnecessary past action, while "if you acted" sets a hypothetical past condition.