[Verse 1] People swarmed around me Unseeing, unnoticing Are we real? All living double lives Both in And outside Of our heads An omnipresence Toying with us Like marionettes [Pre-Chorus] Is our will even free? I’m sure I didn’t mean To become this way My life Dictated by spirits There has to be Some rhyme or reason To my existence I sit back, reticent Opaque curtains In the void [Chorus] Are we real? (are we real?) Living in a simulation (simulation) Are we real? (are we real?) Was I born from fabrication? [Verse 2] Wallowing In my own self pity These conditions I live in Were built by the actions I took before I’ve lived many lives In a matter of months The world drifting by me Unfazed To the torment I put myself through Blame Being anointed upon me As though there were no other title To place among This ceremony We call life [Pre-Chorus] Powerless Taking those twelve steps Forward into a new reality How can it be? That I’m inhabiting This husk of a human being Looking at life Through rose-colored glasses Until the thorns rip through Then I’m back here Shaking in the truth That I can’t outrun [Chorus] Are we real? (are we real?) Living in a simulation (simulation) Are we real? (are we real?) Was I born from fabrication? [Bridge] Are the events That have succeeded my birth Even true? Was this whole existence Formulated out of the blue? If I’m a ghost In a room full of mirrors Then who’s holding the thread? Who’s calling the pain A name And pulling it over my head? [Final Chorus] Are we real? (are we real?) Living in a simulation (simulation) Are we real? (are we real?) Was I born from fabrication? Are we real? (are we real?) Living in a simulation (simulation) Are we real? (are we real?) Tell me what is real to me
