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