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