Story Behind The Song
About falling in love with a girl who seemed perfect in every way, and who appeared to be reciprocating, but whom was actually seeing someone else.
Song Description
Deceptively calm meditation on the perfection of the song's subject - now discovered to be unavailable.
| Song Length |
3:45 |
Genre |
Rock - Indie/Low-Fi, Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Cool |
Subject |
Unrequited Love, Frustration |
| Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Well I know you like the Doors
And you wear the right clothes
Dressing pseudo-gypsy poor
With your carefully mangled hair
And you know the right bars
Where you only smoke Marls
Drinking red with the boys
Who float in the off the road
And I just have to ask, will Miss Perfect ever last
Are you real?
Well does your makeup ever flake?
And does your smile ever break?
Do you bleed when you're cut?
And do you cover it up?
Does he treat you right?
Or does he treat you light?
Do you ever complain?
Do you ever want to scream?
And I just have to ask, thinking of a day in the past
Are you real?
It's a cruel little world
To face on your own
If you have to wear a mask
Well I don't blame you
If you had to be cool
Maybe I would have too
But I never could act
And I don't really care, either way
So I just have to ask, when you take off the pretty mask
Are you real?