These pills are the medicine that we use to hide behind when we're awake   Money is everything, we blanket ourselves under the greed   Fancy cars, elastic smiles, what a show   I better wrap my heart in cellophane      'Cause this is not the real thing   This is not real, is not real      I delve for absolution, but my thoughts get distracted by desire   Yea it's all about who you know and it's all about being the biggest star   The sugar keeps us sweet for an hour at a time   All aboard the bullet train      'Cause this is not the real thing   This is not real, is not real      I want it all and I want it now   Pick me up from the ground just to throw me down   I'm scared of you, the one who throws opinions each and every way   You're not real      I saw you on the screen last night you looked glamorous with pearl, diamonds and Novocain   You looked happier than sin   Your bleeding heart is paper-thin   You are so far away from where you belong      'Cause this is not the real thing   This is not real, is not real      I want it all and I want it now   Pick me up from the ground just to throw me down   This is not, this is not the real thing   I know it's not, I know it's not   It's not the real thing