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