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Bruce Dickinson – Real World (1998) | Track profile | Dork

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The Chemical Wedding
Real World

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Bruce Dickinson

Real World

Release date: 2nd September 1998

From The Chemical Wedding

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About This Track

"Real World" is a track by Bruce Dickinson, from the album The Chemical Wedding, released 2nd September 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

Lyrics

Real World

[Verse 1]

How many lifetimes, how many beginnings

How many lovers, how many threats

How many religions to keep us all guessing

Give me a reason. Why?

Hell is a reason. Why?

[Chorus]

The real world

You've got to fight to see it through

The real world

It's like the cages of the zoo

The real world

Is there a lifelong there to be?

The real world, the real world

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]

Too many people try to sell you their cages

Killing the fox till the jailer arrives

If living in zoos

Is your idea of outrageous

Don't pick any animal

I'll be the wild one

[Chorus 2]

The real world

You've got to fight to see it through

The real world

It's like the cages of the zoo

The real world

Can leave you hanging by a thread

The real world, the real world

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 2]

The real world

You've got to fight to see it through

The real world

It's like the cages of the zoo

The real world

Can leave you hanging by a thread

The real world, the real world

[Outro]

The real world

The real world

The real world

The real world, the real world

The real world

The real world

The real world

The real world, the real world...

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Track details

From The Chemical Wedding

1998

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Album

The Chemical Wedding

Bruce Dickinson

Release year

1998

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