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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alicia Keys
Background Vocals
Mark Batson
Keyboards
Musicman Ty
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alicia Keys
Songwriter
Mark Batson
Songwriter
Kasseem Dean
Songwriter
Harold Lilly
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alicia Keys
Producer
Mark Batson
Producer
The Il'Luminaries
Producer
Ann Mincieli
Recording Engineer
Val Brathwaite
Assistant Engineer
Ramon Rivas
Assistant Engineer
Brendan Morawski
Assistant Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
John Cranfield
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Kevin Peterson
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Kez Khou
Assistant Engineer
Swizz Beatz
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
You know, right now
I met someone that I love, or fell in love with
I don't wanna cry or nothin', but
I'ma just get straight to the story
I'm a 29-year-old addict
[Verse 1]
What would you know?
What would you do?
If you had no control
Over what you pursue
[Verse 2]
Talk yourself, tell yourself, baby
"You better than this"
All that I'm fighting
I don't wanna resist
[Chorus]
And so I persist
A bottomless kiss
An illusion of bliss
An illusion of bliss
[Chorus]
And so I persist
Like a bottomless kiss
An illusion of bliss
An illusion of bliss
[Verse 3]
Hey
Live in a prison
Of blood and flesh
An easy way out
Is this high, I confess
[Verse 4]
So what you lookin' at?
What you wanna say?
You can't save me, baby
I don't want it, no way
[Chorus]
And so I persist
Like a bottomless kiss
An illusion of bliss
An illusion of bliss
[Chorus]
And so I persist
Like a bottomless kiss
An illusion of bliss, oh!
[Verse 5]
Ain't easy, my life
Ain't no easy road
I don't know which way to go
Won't somebody see me when I can't see myself?
Won't somebody listen before I need help?
I'm sick of being judged
Sick of being sick
Oh, where's the love?
Tired of being tricked
Sick of being high
Sick of being low
Sick of all the lyin'
Put it on a shrine
[Chorus]
And so it persists
And so it persists
Like a bottomless kiss
An illusion of bliss
An illusion of bliss
[Outro]
I, I
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
I, I
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
Don't say I'm gone, gone
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
Don't say I'm lost, lost
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
Don't say I'm gone, gone
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
Don't say I'm lost, lost
I don't wanna be a fallen angel
Written by: Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Mark Batson, Swizz Beatz