This is Real Now

from So Long to Looking In by Alex Cornish

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I lined up by everyone, and everyone was here
And this kid looked over and said ‘you look like you could use a beer’
I said 'I’m stood here waiting on ‘the big idea’
He said ‘well, the devil’s in the detail and every light one day disappears’

Well, I don’t subscribe to these kinds of lines
And I’m not afraid of being clear

He said ‘this is real now, and you’ve got to hang on,
Because nothing’s gonna come easy for you man, if you keep on burying your head in the sand’

I woke up hung over and walked downstairs like the living dead
And the house lay empty, no kids anymore in their beds
Outside the sky grew darker and rain fell thick and red
It looked like my hands were bleeding
He said ‘its all in your head’

Well, I don’t subscribe to these kids of lines
And I’m not afraid of being clear

He said ‘this is real now, and you’ve got to hang on,
Because nothing’s gonna come easy for you man, if you keep on burying your head in the sand’

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from So Long to Looking In, released November 6, 2020

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Alex Cornish UK

I am a singer songwriter and I also write music to picture. “Etheral singer songwriting in the vein of Radiohead” said the Telegraph and “a beautiful album that has Mercury Prize shortlist written all of it” said The Sunday Times. My seventh album 'We Don't Know What You're Thinking' is now available ... more

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