What’s Really Real Anymore

[Intro] [Fast repeating electric guitar riff] [Drums kick in hard] What’s really real anymore? [Verse 1] Everybody’s got a story Everybody’s got a side Everybody sells the truth Till the truth gets hard to find I see smiles in painted pictures I hear lies dressed up as facts And I wonder in the quiet What’s still solid when it cracks [Turnaround] [Repeat signature guitar riff] [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need another answer From a screen I can’t believe I just need something honest Standing right in front of me [Chorus] What’s really real anymore? When the world keeps changing faces What’s worth holding anymore? When the truth keeps trading places Is it love when it stays? Is it faith when I fall? Is it pain in my chest When I feel nothing at all? I keep asking like before What’s really real anymore? [Post-Chorus] [Repeat signature guitar riff] What’s really real anymore? [Verse 2] There’s a preacher on the corner There’s a liar in a suit There’s a child asking questions That the grown folks can’t get through There’s a phone full of strangers Saying who I ought to be But the more they try to sell me The less I feel like me [Turnaround] [Repeat signature guitar riff] [Pre-Chorus] So I step outside the madness Let the silence have its say And I feel my heart still beating Like it knows another way [Chorus] What’s really real anymore? When the world keeps changing faces What’s worth holding anymore? When the truth keeps trading places Is it love when it stays? Is it faith when I fall? Is it pain in my chest When I feel nothing at all? I keep asking like before What’s really real anymore? [Instrumental Break] [Fast repeating electric guitar riff] [Pedal steel answers the guitar] [Drums driving hard] [Bridge] Maybe it’s my mama praying Maybe it’s my daddy’s hands Maybe it’s the dirt beneath me When I’m too tired to stand Maybe it’s the cross still calling Maybe grace still opens doors Maybe real ain’t what is easy Maybe real is something more [Build] [Repeat signature guitar riff louder] [Drums build into final chorus] [Final Chorus] What’s really real anymore? When the world keeps changing faces What’s worth holding anymore? When the truth keeps trading places It’s love when it stays It’s faith when I fall It’s God in the quiet When I can’t feel much at all So I ain’t lost like before I know what’s real anymore [Outro] [Repeat signature guitar riff] Love is real Faith is real Grace is real God is still [Final riff ending] What’s really real anymore?