For Real - Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real blood

For real knives

For real cries

And then the flash of steel from real guns

In real life

Really fills my mind

And I really miss what really did exist

When I held your throat so tight

And I miss the bus that swurved from us

Almost came crashing to its side

Some nights the blood from real cuts feels real nice

When it's really mine

And if you wanted to be real come over for one night

And we can really really climb

Those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright

As we watch that dark lake rise

If you really wanna see what really matters most to me

Just take a real short drive

And it's just a drive into the dark stetch

Long stretch of night

Really stretched this shaky mind

And this room unlit unheated

And the ceiling's striped

And the dark black blinds

I wanna know this time

If you really finally mind I need to know

That you're not lying

So I wanna see you tried

And I don't wanna hear you say it shouldn't

Really be this way

'Cause I like this way just fine

'Cause there's nothing quite like

The blinding light that curtains cast aside

And no attempt is made to explain away

Things really really really really are hard

You can't hide

You can't hide

You can't hide

You can't hide

You can't hide

You can't hide