"Seems So Real" lyrics

"Seems So Real"

Up and down, never mind the level
If down were up you couldn't get much higher
Diggin' deep, workin' with a shovel
Tryin' to set your soul on fire
Tryin' to set your soul on fire
But it don't burn
These easy things, so hard to learn
It don't burn
These easy things, so hard to learn

Night and day, always at the ready
Workin' hard to find that easy line
What d'you say, we just try to keep it steady?
Easy work is hard to find
Easy work is hard to find
Just keep your head low
What they don't see they'll never know
Just keep your head low
What they don't see they'll never know

Truth or lies, it doesn't really matter
Hard to tell when the judge is blind
Heaven knows it's on one end of a ladder
But hell is just a state of mind
I think hell is just a state of mind
It's the hardest kind
Hard to take, but I don't mind
It's the hardest kind
Hard to take, but I don't mind

I mind my brain, it's real enough to shatter
Behind my eyes, up between my ears
I think of mind, it's the ruler of the matter
And it's nothin' but the whinin' of the gears
It's nothin' but the whinin' of the gears
It seems so real
And it's nothin' but the spinnin' of the wheel
It seems so real
And it's nothin' but the spinnin' of the wheel


Writer(s): Chris Smither
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