Lyrics for For Real as interpreted by phaty4

For Real Lyrics
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 as it swerved from us
Almost came crashing to its side

Sometimes the blood from real cuts
Feels real nice
When it's really mine
And if you want it to be real
Come over for one night
And we can really, really climb

And those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright
As we watch that dark lake rise
And if you really want to see what really matters most to me
Just take a real short drive

It's just a drive into the dark stretch
Long stretch of night
Will really stretch this shaking mind
And this room, unlit, unheated
And the ceiling striped
And the dark black blinds

I want to know this time if you’re really finally mine
I need to know that you're not lying so I want to see you tried
And I don't want to 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
The things that really, really, really, really, really are behind

You can't hide
You can't hide
You can't hide

You can't hide
You can't hide
You can't hide

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judoryan
04-18-2005

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This song really creeps me out. The quick guitar strums remind me of someone hurting someone else. It goes along with the lyrics quite well.

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precipitate
05-28-2005

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Amazing.

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Nimbus the Kitten
06-24-2005

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Man, I didn't know what to expect with this song. When the first guitar riff hit I was scared shitless. Hah.

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elodie
09-11-2005

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i sort of disagree. i feel like his lyrics are dark, but his music sort of levels it out... am i alone?

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BlinkMe
09-27-2005

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Hmm its got a good meaning and the music is played soo well

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TheBM
12-09-2005

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This seems to be sort of about a search for the truth, at least on it's most basic level. I mean, as much as I dislike like the line "Some nights the blood from real cuts feels real nice when it's really mine" it seems like he's falling back on that as something that's true. And later on after describing the drive and setting up the scene he's talking about trying whoever he's talking to to prove he or she is not lying and is further augmented by the "'Cause there's nothing quite like the blinding light that curtains cast aside" line and the "You can't hide"s which seems to be saying 'You can't hide from the truth.'

Of course, I have no clue what a lot of the rest is saying, but I think I'll just regard it as fluff to make my points seem more valid. ;)

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TheBM
12-09-2005

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This seems to be sort of about a search for the truth, at least on it's most basic level. I mean, as much as I dislike like the line "Some nights the blood from real cuts feels real nice when it's really mine" it seems like he's falling back on that as something that's true. And later on after describing the drive and setting up the scene he's talking about trying whoever he's talking to to prove he or she is not lying and is further augmented by the "'Cause there's nothing quite like the blinding light that curtains cast aside" line and the "You can't hide"s which seems to be saying 'You can't hide from the truth.'

Of course, I have no clue what a lot of the rest is saying, but I think I'll just regard it as fluff to make my points seem more valid. ;)

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IAmACliche
12-10-2005

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this song is great...its darks yet the music is upbeat and awesome...not many bands can do that and actually succeed. love it.

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IAmACliche
12-10-2005

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its not so much upbeat...but uhmm..something else..i was thinking of "Black" when i wrote the above. heh.

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jackfrost
01-01-2006

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the music is so much upbeat as it is inspiring. Even though the lyrics are very dark. The music video is really wierd for this to.
heres the link you need to wait awhile for it to load
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/forreal.mov

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jackfrost
01-01-2006

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Sorry post above I meant to put not so much upbeat as inspiring.

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suchahero
02-13-2006

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I love the way his voice sounds, I don't think any other musician could pull it off. And these are the best guitar strums I have ever heard in my life. It's such a great song.

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Jamfish
03-14-2006

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I think it's not about just the search for truth in general, but for honesty in a relationship. It seems the girl is superficial and shallow despite his attempts to make it into a real relationship.

Anyway, it seems to work with the majority of the lyrics, but I'm nowhere near 100% sure.

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tronistroy
03-21-2006

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About a girl who betrays him and he accepts her back but controls her and is afraid and is cutting himself to fall back on his insecurities.

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spydermunkie101
03-29-2006

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its about understanding that sometimes, It's enough to feel pain, as long as you're feeling something.

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bcontrat
04-13-2006

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Yes, this reminds me of "Garden State" (the movie). The guy goes through life in a numb state (partially do to his anti-depressant medication), and wants to "wake up" and feel pain (although pain in this movie is emotional).
I love this song, I am not scared of its darkness. Yes it is a bit unpleasant, but it is sooo raw, that it is impossible not to feel the emotion. The guitar riffs and screaming are amazing.

This song sounds hugely like Goo Goo Dolls' song Iris: "Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive."

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ripelivejam
05-03-2006

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this reminds me of that guy from manic street preachers who carved into his arm "4 REAL" for a magazine cover, hah...

but a wake-up call to reality really feels good now and again, i have to admit...

dig the wizard of oz imagery too...

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The_Variable
05-05-2006

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This song haunts my dreams.

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ylimemi
06-16-2006

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I love this song. They use dynamics so well. The song reminds me of a storm. It's steady, but sometimes it becomes more violent and more intense.

As for the lyrics, I think it is about accepting the end of something. There is all of this suicidal imagery (the blood, the guns, the darkness, the blinds closing, driving into a lake) but he doesn't want to stop it, he just acknowledges it and encourages whomever he is speaking to to do the same.

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bangkissbang
09-05-2006

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this is just so perfect.
to me, it's about needing reassurance,
like he has trouble believing anything is really real without extremely solid proof.

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Vurt
09-15-2006

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From an internview with Will Sheff here:
http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/okkervil-river-050427.shtml

"I was playing with the notion of reality on that song, and really on most of this record. We've become so insulated now from real life that I think we're convinced that what we see on TV is real life. We're alienated from our basic selves. I mean violence has to be this ultra-realistic thing to be real to us. It's like it's truer in movies or video games than it is in real life. What's real experience? We're real obsessed. Are her breasts real? What's the best reality TV Show? So I just wanted to see how many times I could squeeze the word real into the song,"

I love the imagery in this song, it is outstanding. The saying goes that reality is perception. What it “really real”. Our reality is so clouded by the way out perceptions are so influenced by the media that we are bombarded with every day

The line : 'Cause there’s nothing quite like the blinding light / That curtains cast aside’ , that moment of truth when you realise that you have been sold a lie perhaps. The Protagonist that thirsts for real blood and ‘And then the flash of steel from real guns’. These things seem easy as they are portrayed ad nauseum in our society, in movies, TV and video games …. but in reality are they?

There is a real feeling the protagonist is trapped: ‘And I don't want to hear you say it shouldn’t really be this way,/ ‘Cause I like this way just fine’

Fantastical, thought provoking song.

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cold___war
10-16-2006

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This song really really really reminds me of Armin Miewes, the Maneater of Rotenburg, or better yet known as that German guy who posted a bulliten on the net looking for someone to slaughter and eat, because it's been a burning desire for him, a sexual one...

anyways, there's a book about him i've been reading for a school project and i just finished the part where his victim, Bernd, asked Armin if he would cut off his penis, so Armin cut Bernd's penis off and Bernd got off on it. but he had to find a knife that would cut through the tissue.

Bernd went to Armin for one night before his death. Armin thought eating him would bring him closer to him. He was truly happy when he found Bernd because he knew that Bernd was real about it and understood what Armin was feeling.

Just read the book and then listen to this song, you'll see.

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emifinan
01-26-2007

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My first thought listening to this song was about sado-masochism, and the man making sure the relationship is strong enough to handle such behavior.

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pandora_ash_avalie
04-23-2007

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this song is good but it's SO scary... especially when you read cold____war's comment!

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pandora_ash_avalie
04-23-2007

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this song is good but it's SO scary... especially when you read cold____war's comment!

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