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