FC
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
DmA#
ʼcause the hero always gets his way.
FC
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
DmA#
at the end heʼs got a smile on his face.
FC
But when they threw me out to the lions,
D#A#
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
FC
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
D#A#
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
FC
This is real life, this is real love,
DmA#
this is real pain, that much Iʼm sure of.
FCA#C
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I canʼt hide
A#FC
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
DmA#
with an army just to bring you back home.
FC
But Iʼll admit Iʼm scared of dialing your number,
DmA#
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
FC
Why canʼt it be like it is on TV,
D#A#
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
FC
This is real life, this is real love,
DmA#
these are real wounds that Iʼm bleeding from,
GmC
and I realize this is real.
D#GmA#F
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
D#A#GmA#C
God knows that Iʼd never dream in the end it would fail. ʼCause