Real Life/Alibis
capo 3rd
Intro:
Verse 1:
Saturday morning a while before daylight Iâm
Lying here hoping for rain
By tomorrow I could be anywhere
Passing streetcars alive without breathing
Iâm lost in the city again
Without a purpose I canât believe anything
Pre-Chorus:
And I know itâs not my place
To be asking these questions
but I canât just chase
every world that I see because
Chorus:
This isnât real life
This isnât happening
Seems so believable
But itâs not the real thing
This isnât real life
Itâs just some enormous lie
And I know Iâll be fine this isnât real life
Verse 2: (see above chords)
Such a mystery
Am I supposed to believe these illusions are real
Out of focus, step out of character
Into a world I can feel
Maybe itâs only a sense of propriety
Keeping us grounded at all
Or weâd run screaming
Into the morning and out of control
Pre-Chorus 2:
Maybe I can find some piece of a world I can handle
Or a common line, any one sign
All a part of me
Chorus 2:
This isnât real life
This isnât happening
Seems so believable
But itâs not the real thing
This isnât real life
Itâs just an enormous lie
And weâll be fine if we can find a real life
Outro:
Intro:
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Bagpipes:
x2
Verse 1:
Listen
The world is listening in
Every name and number
Suddenly I canât believe my eyes
Weâre gonna need those alibis
Hoping it all just fades away
Maybe theyâre all just paper
Airplanes and imaginary cries
Theyâre not your neighbour
Chorus:
We all have our alibis
Weâve got our reasons and our reasonable words
But we all just hide our eyes and make believe we never heard
And when the sirens rise
Weâre gonna need those alibis
Bagpipes 2:
Vs. 2
Helpless and hopeless on the screen
Maybe another channel
Might change the dialogue
To talk about it doesnât hurt at all
Chorus:
We all have our alibis
Weâve got our reasons and our reasonable words
We talk and talk as though thereâs nothing to it
We can change it all
As long as we donât have to do it
We all have our alibis
Weâve got our reasons and we
Lie and lie and lie
We all have our alibis
Weâve got our reasons
Weâve got our reasons
And if weâre not afraid to fall
Weâre not listening at all
And when the silence fills the sky
We re gonna need those alibis
Outro:
What does it matter if they re all lies