[Intro]
Désirée, island face
Diamond eyes, hair astray
[Verse 1]
Is this real life for a change?
Are these concepts still the same?
With my bloodied nose, I affix to savagery and showbiz
Dreams relying, cease to trying
[Chorus]
All these secondary lives I fall into
Unbalanced beam, a step unseen, a fade
All these secondary lives I fall into
Scattered dreams, scattered heat
Real life on repeat
[Verse 2]
Sideways figure eight
Giant steps, simulate
Everybody knows, we can still commiserate with shadows
Dreams defying, cease to tryin'
[Chorus]
All these secondary lives I fall into
Unbalanced beam, a step unseen, a fade
All these secondary lives I fall into
Scattered dreams, scattered heat
Ever descend, never deep
Like a real life underneath
[Bridge]
Désirée, island face
Diamond eyes, see again
[Chorus]
All these secondary lives I fall into
Unbalanced beam, a step unseen, a fade
All these secondary lies I'm telling you
Lead the priestess to the beach tonight
Let them see in, let them be beside us
Summon details, machine reasoning
Let them see in, let them be beside us
Holy details, machine reasoning
Lead the priestess to the feast and the fire
Real Life was written by Daniel Kessler & Sam Fogarino & Paul Banks.
Real Life was produced by Dave Fridmann.
We played that one live as it was the most ready for the stage and to be honest it was probably the first song we wrote for this record, but by the time we had finished recording all the songs, even though we had played it live, it wasn’t necessarily an integral song relative to the others. We also...