Real Life

Song written by Alex Geringas, Erik Nyholm and Dimitri Ehrlich. Third track on the album Come Out and Play.

The song was originally recorded by Some & Any as ‘Story to Tell’ on their debut album ‘First Shot’.

In September 2010, a single release was announced with a projected release date of 29 October 2010, but this release never happened.

Live performances

‘Real Life’ was performed live during the Come Out and Play Tour in 2011 only.

Kim about ‘Real Life’

Life should be like a wonderful book, full of unusual chapters, characters, challenges, and of course love. Honesty, romance and poetry – these are three of my favorite words. (1)

When I was working with Freddy and Anders, up in Stockholm, they played me this song and I fell in love with it. What a beautiful song. A joy to sing. It had been recorded before and I just said ‘we’ve got to record this, this is a beautiful song’. (2)

Credits

Keys: Andrew Murray & Ricky Wilde
Guitars: Ricky Wilde, Drums: Andrew Murray
Backing Vocals: Kim Wilde & Ricky Wilde
Mixed by Jeremy Wheatley
Produced by Ricky Wilde & Andrew Murray

Interview sources

(1) Kim Wilde: Comeback of a power woman – Come out and play interview. In: Vip-Chicks website (Germany), 17 August 2010
(2) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021


Lyrics

I wanna know if it’s real love
Do you feel the same?
I wanna know if you’re calling
Out of hope or pain?
I wanna know if real love
Never fades away
I wanna know how it ends

‘Cos you’ve got a story to tell
With tears on every page
There’s so much left to say and do
But I know
That the story’s gonna change
If I could write it all again
I’d save the final page for you

I wanna start a new chapter
I wanna write some more
I wanna know if your character
Feels anger or remorse
I wanna change the ending
From tragic to romance
I wanna learn how to read you

‘Cos you’ve got a story to tell…

Do you know this isn’t fiction
Do you know this story’s true
Do you realise this is real life
Do you know that I still love you
Do you know that I still do
Do you realise this is real life

I wanna know if real love
Never fades away
I wanna know how it ends

‘Cos you’ve got a story to tell…

Do you know this isn’t fiction…

‘Cos you know I got a story to tell
It’s not for anybody else
I read it all tonight
Each word to you