G# D#
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
Fm C#
'cause the hero always gets his way.
G# D#
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
Fm C#
at the end he's 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,
Fm C#
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
G# D# C# D#
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- C# ~ ~ G# D#
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
Fm C#
with an army just to bring you back home.
G# D#
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
Fm C#
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
G# D#
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
F# C#
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
G# D#
This is real life, this is real love,
Fm C#
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
A#m D#
and I realize this is real.
F# A#m C# G#
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
F# C# A#m - C# D# D#7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause