Here I am
Tonight
I can't stand
To fight
This feeling of despair
I hide
I wonder are you there?

Sometimes
(Sometimes, we all wonder)

Whoa!
This is you, this is me
Whoa!
This who we're meant to be
We are the real the truth is unchanging
This is a call to hearts that are feeding
Whoa!

So it is
Sometimes
That I feel
This life
Is far beyond repair
But I
I know that you are there

Tonight
(Tonight, I won't give up)

Whoa!
This is you, this is me
Whoa!
This who we're meant to be
We are the real the truth is unchanging
This is a call to hearts that are feeding
Whoa!

Keep on breathing
Don't you let this take you down
Don't stop breathing

Whoa!
This is you, this is me
Whoa!
This who we're meant to be
We are the real the truth is unchanging
This is a call to hearts that are feeding
Whoa!


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The Real Lyrics as written by Joshua Pearson Kevin Kadish

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    very catchy song. i really like it becasue it can be interpreted in many different ways. obviously faith on a count of they are a christian band, but u can apply it to anything that you feel like giving up on. great song

    lyricalrockstaron May 23, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    WOW no comments!? I wonder why?? this song is SO good

    foreverHis888on September 20, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    amazing song :]

    WishingForYouon September 28, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    Oh, and one more thing. I do believe that the line that says "This is a call to hearts that are feeding" is actually "This is a call to hearts that are fading". It just works better and it definetly sounds like it in the song.

    WishingForYouon September 28, 2006   Link
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    yeah that's what it says on ther lyrics, and it DOES work alot better, because Josh said that this song was encouraging ppl to not give up on Hope that they have in God

    foreverHis888on November 04, 2006   Link
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    hmmm now im getting confused idk what they really say on the part "this is the call to hearts that are ___ yea idk what it says and i already tried to look up the lyrics but when i looked it up all of them say something different ahh its getting me really mad i want to know what it really is... if you know tell me thanxxx

    racingheart123on January 30, 2007   Link
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    yeah, that line does say 'fading'. not feeding.

    berlie91on March 31, 2007   Link
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    Alright, to the actual meaning of the song. It's really beautiful actually, and I just got it while in church this Sunday. The lights dimmed and the trays with the bread and grape juice passed through the rows. For the first time in my life I asked myself "is it real?" Is there a heaven or hell? Eternal life? Jesus? There are constantly struggles in our lives that make us question our faith. This song is saying it's real. Don't stop believing. He wonders if God is there (sometimes we all wonder). The fading hearts in the song are people's faith fading away. We are the real though, and the truth is unchanging. So if you know that it's real in your heart, than it will always be real.

    swft24on June 19, 2007   Link
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    im with swft24 cuz on my media player the genre is "christian rock"

    gabriella_ron June 26, 2007   Link
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    i love this song

    porcelaindoll333on July 12, 2007   Link

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