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Brian Eno – The Real (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Brian Eno
Drums Between the Bells
The Real

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The Real

Release date: 4th July 2011

From Drums Between the Bells

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"The Real" is a track by Brian Eno, from the album Drums Between the Bells, released 4th July 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Brian Eno.

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Brian Eno

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Lyrics

The Real

The real

The flourish

Seeing the real in things

Really seeing the real

Describing the exact actuality of what it is you see

Or what it is you seem to see

You really seem to see the real

The exact and actual reality

Of the real in things you seem to see

The real thing

And no other voice or paint in this

But just the thing, you see

The thing you see

Is the real in things

What you see is what seems

The reels of this seem to mean the real in things

While real runs out and seems to reach the real

As it runs

No dry run

The real is done

The flourish

Seeing the real in things

Really seeing the real

Describing the exact actuality

Of what it is you see

Or what it is you seem to see

You really seem to see the real

The exact and actual reality

Of the real in things you seem to see

The real thing

And no other voice or paint in this

But just the thing, you see

The thing you see

Is the real in things

No dry run

(The real is done)..

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Track details

From Drums Between the Bells

2011

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Album

Drums Between the Bells

Release year

2011

—bless this space
—dreambirds
—glitch
—Sounds alien
—Dow
—The airman
—Seedpods
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—Breath of crows
—As if your eyes were partly closed as if you honed the swirl within them and offered me the world
—The Real
—Cloud 4
—A title
—Multimedia
—Fierce aisles of light

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Writer: Rick Holland
Producer: Brian Eno
Speaking Voice: Elisha Mudly