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