But really, they aren't that famous but probably should be. Or at least this one song by them, The Real World. It's creepy in a really, really awesome way, especially if you listen to the lyrics. Our English teacher showed it to us because it relates to the book we're reading so much it's scary. We're reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Yes, we're in seventh grade and rocking the Ray Bradbury. Welcome to Honors English class; aka high expectations; aka too much work for 8 students to handle together but we do it alone anyway; aka the Overachievers Club (school nickname). Okay, just listen to the lyrics of the song, watch the video, and read Fahrenheit 451 if you haven't. As confusing and Ray Bradbury-y it was, I liked it.
The Real World
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
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
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
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
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
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
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
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 now just to poison youth
Am I, the only one who thinks it's tragic
'Cause I know
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
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
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
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
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
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
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
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
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 now just to poison youth
Am I, the only one who thinks it's tragic
'Cause I know
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world
This can't be the real world now
Oh no oh
Oh no oh
"The shadows come but no one seems to care."
See? Just... gives me the shivers. Every time.
God, this song should be so much more famous.
My favorite quote from the book? Well (and remember Ray Bradbury said this, not me), here it is:
"The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies."
Good old Faber! I always knew life was a girl! Yeah!... oh, right. Not the point of the quote.
(Gonna steal a little of your thunder now, Caitlyn)
"Am I the only one who thinks it's tragic? This can't be the real world now. Oh no oh. Oh no oh."
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