These pills are the medicine that we use to hide behind when we're awakenMoney is everything, we blanket ourselves under the greednFancy cars, elastic smiles, what a shownI better wrap my heart in cellophanenn'Cause this is not the real thingnThis is not real, is not realnnI delve for absolution, but my thoughts get distracted by desirenYea it's all about who you know and it's all about being the biggest starnThe sugar keeps us sweet for an hour at a timenAll aboard the bullet trainnn'Cause this is not the real thingnThis is not real, is not realnnI want it all and I want it nownPick me up from the ground just to throw me downnI'm scared of you, the one who throws opinions each and every waynYou're not realnnI saw you on the screen last night you looked glamorous with pearl, diamonds and NovocainnYou looked happier than sinnYour bleeding heart is paper-thinnYou are so far away from where you belongnn'Cause this is not the real thingnThis is not real, is not realnnI want it all and I want it nownPick me up from the ground just to throw me downnThis is not, this is not the real thingnI know it's not, I know it's notnIt's not the real thing