I woke up on this side; I thought it was a dream
At first we learn to walk, then learn to scream
You can't understand when you're fed from a TV screen
And you can't see the things that I can't see

But I forget
That you think I'm afraid
Some things just never stay
And we'll all just slip away

This can be the real world now
I don't believe it when I can't see the truth
Welcome to the real world now
When all I carry in just to poison youth
And I
You're the only one who thinks it's tragic
'Cause I know
This can be the real world now
No no
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
The blood is pain

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

This can be the real world now
I don't believe it when I can't see the truth
Welcome to the real world now
When all I carry in just to poison youth
And I
You're the only one who thinks it's tragic
'Cause I know
This can be the real world now
No no
No oh

Just as soon as we see
Every flaw in every need
We'll understand it for the first time
A child to a man says only pure words that he can
He's too late
This man, he knows and he said with all emotion set aside
In a whisper say goodbye

This can be the real world now
I don't believe it when I can't see the truth
Welcome to the real world now
When all I carry in just to poison youth
And I
You're the only one who thinks it's tragic
'Cause I know
This can be the real world now
No no
No oh