Real Life Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pierrenyork 

Cover art for Real Life lyrics by Simple Minds

all the album is about borken dream and relationship. Jim Kerr was just coming out of his relationship with Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders. The pick of the album for me is in the song: Banging on the Doors, which reflects very well his feeling then.

in addition to what's been said above about relationships etc I consider this song to be Simple Minds "Sign o The Times". They'd done a cover of the Prince song a couple of years before this and I think they are attempting something similar here.