I woke up on this side
I thought it was a dream 
At first we learned to walk then learned to scream 
You can't understand, when you're fed from a TV screen 
You can't see the things that I can see 

But I forget, that you thank God and pray 
Some things just never stay 
And we all just slip away 

Chorus:
This can't be the real world now 
I don't believe it, when I can't see the truth 
Welcome to the real world now 
The old are carried in only to poison youth 
Am I, the only one who thinks it's tragic 
Cause I know 
This can't be the real world now 
No ohoh
No ohoh 

I look for some hope in every face there's a vacant stare 
The shadows come but no one seems to care 
The darkness floods every light that could promise change 
She passed sound asleep when the blood is stain 
But blood is pain 

Somewhere I know, that I'm not all alone 
With this bated breath I hold 
My lungs want to explode 

Chorus

This can't be the real world now 
No ohoh
No ohoh

Just as soon as we see 
Every flaw and every need we'll understand 
And for the first time 
A child to a man says only pure words that he can 
He's too late the man he knows it he said 
With all emotions set aside in a whisper say goodbye 

Chorus

This can't be the real world 
This can't be the real world 
This can't be the real world now 
No ohoh