Is This the Real Life

I stay in my dreams
 But I don't know what that means
 Are you real or am I?
 You tell yourself to take it slow
 But there's only one place to go
 We all have a way to get high
 I run towards the fantasy
 Oh the places I would rather be
 They seem like heaven inside my head
 For just a moment I had myself
 Unrestrained, and the drinking helps
 The burn feels like an old friend returned from the dead
 I stay in my dreams
 But I don't know what that means
 Are you real or am I?
 You tell yourself to take it slow
 But there's only one place to go
 We all have a way to get high
 I wonder if I'll ever know
 The person that I love the most
 The person I spent my life to protect
 Reactions of loved ones so dear
 Convulsing from the words that they hear
 Don't ever let your guard down
 Leave nothing to neglect
 I built this world to escape from yours
 Call it trash, I call it pearls
 I've got mine, you keep yours
 The creativity is more than vagary
 I admit it can get the best of me
 But at least there I'm free
 The blood beneath your skin
 (It's the waking)
 The blush of embarrassment
 (That you just can't take)
 From seeing how a person is made
 (And the day feels like you've set yourself on fire)
 Run from the questions you have
 (You have freedom)
 They never answered once when you asked
 (The truth will set you free)
 But now you're the sickness and they are clean
 (If you're honest with yourself)
 So just pretend it's a dream
 (Don't wake up)
 Just pretend it's a dream
 (And it's your life)
 Just pretend it's a dream