The All-American Rejects - Real World lyrics

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
And you can't see the things 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 youth
Am I the only one who thinks it's tragic?
'Cause I know this can't be
The real world now oh no oh, oh no oh 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
She passed sound asleep when
The blood is stain but blood is pain

Somewhere I know that I'm not all alone
With 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 youth
Am I the only one who thinks it's tragic?
'Cause I know this can't be the real world
Now oh no oh, oh no oh oh
This can't be the real world, now
Oh no oh, oh no oh oh

Just as soon as we see
Every flaw and every need, we'll understand
And for the first time (Time)
A child to a man says only
Pure words that he can
And he's too late, this man, he knows it
He said
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 youth
Am I the only one who thinks it's tragic?
'Cause I know this can't be the real world
Now oh no oh, oh no oh oh
This can't be the real world, now
Oh no oh, oh no oh oh
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh, oh no oh oh