I woke up on this side; I thought it was a dream   At first we learn to walk, then learn to scream   You can't understand when you're fed from a TV screen   And you can't see the things that I can't see      But I forget,   That you think I'm afraid   Some things just never stay   And we'll all just slip away      This can be the real world now   I don't believe it when I can't see the truth   Welcome to the real world now   When all I carry in just to poison youth   And I,   You're the only one who thinks it's tragic   'Cause I know   This can be the real world now   No no   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   The sheep are sound asleep when the blood is stained   The blood is pain      Somewhere I know that I'm not all alone   This bated breath I hold   My lungs want to explode      This can be the real world now   I don't believe it when I can't see the truth   Welcome to the real world now   When all I carry in just to poison youth   And I,   You're the only one who thinks it's tragic   'Cause I know   This can be the real world now   No no   No oh      Just as soon as we see   Every flaw in every need   We'll understand it for the first time   A child to a man says only pure words that he can   He's too late   this man, he knows and he said with all emotion set aside,   in a whisper say goodbye      This can be the real world now   I don't believe it when I can't see the truth   Welcome to the real world now   When all I carry in just to poison youth   And I,   You're the only one who thinks it's tragic   'Cause I know   This can be the real world now   No no   No oh