If you are right
This hovers over every human thing
Coloring all of us unnoticed
Still, I'm alive
Stronger than energies
Riding on my back
Anchoring every day to the last
[Chorus]
I know it's real
And it answers me without any sound
Silencing something artificial
It is my companion now
As it all goes down
Hovering only at its limit
And this is all I ask of it
Time amplifies
I'll paint the camouflage
Over all my face
Do you see through the lines
Through the waste
All of my life
I am left fingering
Brittle hearts of bone
Ancestry never leaves us alone
[Chorus]
I know it's real
And it answers me without any sound
Silencing something artificial
It is my companion now
As it all goes down
Think of me
I am not my shadow
And this is all you need to know
I Know It’s Real was written by Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack.
I Know It’s Real was produced by Wye Oak.
Wye Oak released I Know It’s Real on Fri Apr 06 2018.
This song is about the need to find a sense of self, a set of core beliefs that you cling to like a raft and can’t be shaken from. With so much information constantly competing for everyone’s attention, it’s never been more important to find that sense of peace and self-worth inside of yourself, for...