We Are Real

Up the hill, past 694

At the stone wall, make a left

And I will see you soon, my friend

If these old directions still direct

Is the problem that we can't see

Or is it that the problem is beautiful to me

Birds of Virginia flying within ya

Like background singers, they all come in threes

Like background singers, they all come in threes

Won't soul music change

Now that our souls have turned strange

Once a day

Twice a day

When on and off collide

We'll set our souls aside

And walk away

We've been raised on replicas

Of fake and winding roads

And day after day, upon this beautiful stage

We've been playing tambourine for minimum wage

But we are real

We are real

I know we are real

Repair is the dream

Of the broken thing

Like a message broadcast on an overpass

All my favorite singers couldn't sing

My ski vest has buttons like convenience store mirrors

And they help me see

That everything in this room right now is a part of me

It is a part of me

Won't soul music change

Now that our souls have turned strange

Once a day

Twice a day

When on and off collide

Let's set our souls aside

And walk away

Realizing is how it feels inside when it happens to you

I took a shot of sugar, snow dumped into the blood

And children wander off into the ultra-economic

We are real

We are real

We are real

We are real