Album: When The World Comes Down (2008)
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  • I woke up on this side
    I thought it was a dream
    At first we learned to walk
    Then learned to scream
    You can't understand
    When you're fed from a TV screen
    You can't see the things that I can see (that I can see)

    But I forget that you thank God and pray
    Some things just never stay
    And we all just slip away

    This can't be the real world now
    I don't believe it
    When I can't see the truth
    Welcome to the real world now
    The old are carried in only to poison you
    Am I
    The only one who thinks it's tragic?
    'Cause I know this can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh

    I look for some hope, in every face there's a vacant stare
    The shadows come, but no one seems to care
    The darkness floods every light that could promise change
    The sheep are sound asleep when the blood is stained
    But blood is pain

    Somewhere I know that I'm not all alone
    But this bated breath I hold
    My lungs want to explode

    This can't be the real world now
    I don't believe it
    When I can't see the truth
    Welcome to the real world now
    The old are carried in only to poison you
    Am I
    The only one who thinks it's tragic?
    'Cause I know this can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh
    This can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh

    Just as soon as we see (as soon as we see)
    Every flaw and every need, we'll understand
    (The flaw and every need)
    Before the first time (time)
    A child to a man (a child to a man)
    Says only pure words that he can
    And he's too late, the man, he knows it, he says
    With all emotions set aside
    "In a whisper, say goodbye"

    This can't be the real world now
    I don't believe it
    When I can't see the truth
    Welcome to the real world now
    The old are carried in now just to poison you
    Am I
    The only one who thinks it's tragic?
    'Cause I know this can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh
    This can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh

    This can't be the real world
    This can't be the real world
    This can't be the real world now
    No, oh, uh, no, oh Writer/s: Nick Wheeler, Tyson Ritter
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Kelsey from Rustburg, VaWierd that they used this song to promote the series premere of "The Fashion Show." Pretty good band.
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