Fata Morgana Lyrics in English Nina Chuba

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I see you before me, Fata Morgana

I look into the eyes that were never there for me

A little too cold and too pretty for the truth

You're a lie, they warned me

I'm waiting for a voice, I'm waiting for an answer

Can't find you anymore, unknown location

I'm stumbling in the dark, somehow feels familiar

Sometimes one tiny spark is enough, yours leaves a burn hole

There's still light in your place, I walk past it by chance

For the perfect illusion you like to steal my time

Even though I know we're not real

I fall asleep next to you tonight

And I see you before me, Fata Morgana

I look into the eyes that were never there for me

A little too cold and too pretty for the truth

You're a lie, they warned me

And I see you before me, Fata Morgana

I look into the eyes that were never there for me

A little too cold and too pretty for the truth

You're a lie, they warned me

There're a hundred red flags and you dance with 'em in the wind

I love to look at you till everything around you blurs

And you push it so far till you don't know what we still are

I'll keep dancing till there's really nothing left

There's still light in your place, I just walk on by

The perfect illusion just wasn't enough for me

I'm finally not lying next to you anymore

But I don't fall asleep anymore either

I'm scared of dreaming about you

And I see you before me, Fata Morgana

I look into the eyes that were never there for me

A little too cold and too pretty for the truth

You're a lie, they warned me

And I see you before me, Fata Morgana

I look into the eyes that were never there for me

A little too cold and too pretty for the truth

You're a lie, they warned me

They warned me

You're a lie

They warned me

You're a lie

You're a—

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SONG MEANING

Imagine spotting shimmering water on the horizon, only to discover it is nothing but hot air. That is the feeling Nina Chuba captures in Fata Morgana. The German singer paints her love interest as a dazzling mirage: beautiful, icy, and always just out of reach. She stares into eyes that were never really there for her, chasing a vision that disappears the moment she tries to touch it. The title itself refers to a type of optical illusion, setting the stage for a story where reality warps and trust melts away in the heat.

Throughout the song she battles between head and heart. Hundred red flags flap in the wind, yet the illusion still tempts her to dance a little longer. Each spark the mirage leaves behind burns holes in her world, making it harder to sleep, harder to move on. In the end Nina resolves to walk past the lit-up apartment and break the spell, but the ghost of that perfect illusion lingers in her dreams. Fata Morgana is a catchy reminder that some people are simply too perfect to be true—and learning to spot the mirage is the first step toward freedom.

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