"Is It Real" lyrics

"Is It Real"

Is it real?
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Is it real?
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Is it real? I wanna go back
Times have all changed and I don't want that
'Cause I feel our lives roll past
Look the wrong way when I'm moving too fast

Is it real? Wind the tape back
Watch the whole reel 'til the picture goes black
Dig your heels, feel the roots crack
Rings in your center, but I wouldn't count that

Rise and fall
In vain, in vain
Time and time
Again, again

Is it real?
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Is it real?
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Dig your heels, don't wanna go back
Times have all changed and I don't want that
As I feel our lives roll past
Look the wrong way and I move too fast

There, you see me go out the picture
There, you see me go out the door
There, you see me go out the picture
There, you see me go out the door (Is it real?)
There, you see me go out the picture
There, you see me go out the door (Is it real?)
There, you see me go out the picture
There, you see me go out the door


Writer(s): Jack William Thomas Steadman
"Is It Real" is the fifth single from Bombay Bicycle Club's studio album "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong". The song was premiered on January 14, 2020. It is the final song released from the album before its release on the 17th of January 2020.
This song was first played on BBC Radio 1's show "Future Sounds with Annie Mac" on 01/14/2020.
The band explained this song in a statement, "'Is It Real' is a song about taking a trip down memory lane reminiscing about the old times and cherished memories, and wondering when sat next to the responsibilities and struggles of adult life, how any of those fondly remembered days were real."
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