are you REAL?

Intro

(ah-ah) yeah, uh-huh

Bright room, heavy quiet, hmm

(woo) woah-oh, woah-oh

Verse

You laugh and the room rearranges, smiles like paper planes

Same old faces at the table, passing names—no flame

Texts at midnight that vanish by sunrise, ghosting rain

I keep a postcard of tomorrow where your voice still stays

I wanted sparks, not mirrors, wanted hands, not games

I wanted truth in the small things, not a picture frame

You say you're here, but your promises sound like trains

Rolling through, rolling on, leaving me in the same place

Pre-chorus

I count the seconds where I thought I felt a match (felt a match)

I'm tracing lines between the honest and the act (and the act)

If love is loud then why's my silence cruel? (why's it cruel?)

I need a fire, not a dress rehearsal, not a rule

Chorus

I want real, I want real, I want real (woo, woo)

Not the pretty kind that folds away (no, no)

I want somebody who stays when the lights go still (stay)

I want love that breaks the gray, not fades to gray

I want real, I want real, I want real (oh-oh)

Friends who pull me up when I fall (pull me up)

No more shallow smiles, no more plastic thrills

Bring me true, bring me true, bring me true (yeah, yeah)

Verse

We dance on stereo memories, glitter on our sleeves

You hand me lines that sound like lyrics, but never leave

We toast to forever like it's easy, like it's cheap

I kept my secrets in my pocket, you're the one who keeps

Saying "we're close" from across a room, but distance speaks

I read your profile, but I'm missing every heartbeat

Call it fate, call it timing, call it whatever you please

All I know is I want hands and hearts that won't retreat

Pre-chorus

Late-night promises feel thin like borrowed clothes (borrowed clothes)

I want a mirror that shows me more than what it knows (what it knows)

If love is worth the hurting, let it be worth the wait (worth the wait)

I need a real hand cracking jokes and staying late

Chorus

I want real, I want real, I want real (oh-oh)

Not the pretty kind that folds away (no, no)

I want somebody who stays when the lights go still (stay)

I want love that breaks the gray, not fades to gray

I want real, I want real, I want real (woo)

Friends who pull me up when I fall (pull me up)

No more shallow smiles, no more plastic thrills

Bring me true, bring me true, bring me true (yeah, yeah)

Bridge

(ta-ta-touch) I taste the truth when you laugh with me, not at me (not at me)

(na-na) I keep a map of every midnight call that meant something

If we're lost, let's get lost together, not pretend to be free

Sarang — I whisper love for real, chingu — I need you in

(ah) Hold me like the world isn't a stage we have to play

(ha) Stand up for the small things when the big words fade away

Chorus

I want real, I want real, I want real (oh-oh)

Not the pretty kind that folds away (no, no)

I want somebody who stays when the lights