[title: IRL (In Real Life)] [bpm: 89] [key: G major] [style: 90s Americana Rock • Female vocal • Acoustic + electric blend • Warm overdriven electrics in chorus • Real drums • Road-worn, hopeful, wholesome energy] [instrument_control: acoustic_guitar_in_verses electric_guitars_in_chorus light_overdrive_not_distortion steady_drum_backbeat warm_bass_line subtle_organ_pad guitar_solo_melodic_bluesy big_final_chorus vocals_forward no_backup_singers ] [Verse 1] Neon sunsets through a VR sky Rent To Own dreams, pixel countdown lives Everybody’s chasing somewhere else to be Touch a screen, pretend it’s company We’re leveling up while we’re breaking down You can feel the hearts aching underneath the sound [Pre-Chorus] But your voice cuts through the noise like a match in gasoline And suddenly I remember what breathing used to mean [Chorus] In real life When your hand finds mine and I don’t need a login In real life Where the world’s still bruised but we keep on trying Maybe hope’s not something that you buy online Maybe love ain’t streaming on the bottom line Look at me like I’m something you still want to fight for IRL I don’t want the exit door [Verse 2] Billboards selling us a better self While the real us gets lost on the shelf Every weekend’s filtered to a fairytale Nobody posts the parts where we break and fail But when you said my name, not my username It felt like home coming back again [Pre-Chorus] And there’s no badge for honesty, no leaderboard for pain Just two people trying not to disappear again [Chorus] In real life When your hand finds mine and I don’t need a login In real life Where the world’s still bruised but we keep on trying Maybe hope’s not something that you buy online Maybe love ain’t streaming on the bottom line Look at me like I’m something you still want to fight for IRL I don’t want the exit door [Solo • righteous Americana guitar] [guitar_solo: 8 bars • warm overdrive • melodic bends • slight slide flavor optional] [Bridge] Take off the goggles See who we are without the glow If the world keeps glitching Promise me we won’t let go [Final Chorus] In real life Even if it’s messy and the lights go out In real life Even when the world forgets what we’re about Maybe hope survives when the fantasy dies Maybe truth shows up without a disguise Hold on like we’re something worth staying alive for IRL I’m not looking for the exit door
