4 REAL
Avril Lavigne礀 Lyrics
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Get to know you
If I hold you just for today
I'm not gonna wanna let go
I'm not gonna wanna go home
Tell me you feel the same
'Cause I'm for real
I can't help myself
It's the way I feel
When you look me in the eyes like you did last night
I can't stand to hear you say goodbye
But it feels so right
'Cause it feels so right just to have you standing by my side
So don't let me go
Cause you have my soul
And I just wanted you to know
I don't wanna look back
Cause I know that we have
Something the past could never change
And I'm stuck in the moment
And my heart is open
Tell me that you feel the same
'Cause I'm for real
Are you for real?
I can't help myself
It's the way I feel
When you look me in the eyes like you did last night
I can't stand to hear you say goodbye
Well it feels so right
'Cause it feels so right just to have you standing by my side
So don't let me go
'Cause you have my soul
And I just wanted you to know
Hold (Hold) me down (me down)
Hold (Hold) me now
I'm safe (I'm safe)
I'm sound (sound)
When you're around
Hold (Hold) me down (me down)
Hold (Hold) me now
I'm safe (I'm safe)
I'm sound (sound)
When you're around
'Cause I'm for real
Are you for real?
I can't help myself
It's the way I feel
When you look me in the eyes like you did last night
I can't stand to hear you say goodbye
Well it feels so right
'Cause it feels so right just to have you standing by my side
So don't let me go
'Cause you have my soul
And I just wanted you to know
(I'm for real)
'Cause I'm for real
Are you for real?
I can't help myself
It's the way I feel
When you look me in the eyes like you did last night
I can't stand to hear you say goodbye
Well it feels so right
'Cause it feels so right just to have you standing by my side
So don't let me go
'Cause you have my soul
And I just wanted you to know
The lyrics to Avril Lavigne's song "4 Real" is a love ballad with the artist expressing her emotional feelings to her lover. In the first verse, she says "If I show you, Get to know you, If I hold you just for today, I'm not gonna wanna let go, I'm not gonna wanna go" expressing her fear of holding back her emotions despite loving her lover. She then asks her lover to express his feelings too, "Tell me you feel the same." Lavigne's vocals layer on each other in the chorus with "I'm for real, Are you for real?" questioning the authenticity of the relationship. She admits that she can't help herself and the way she feels about her lover when he is around.
The bridge of the song repeats the same phrase, "Hold me down, hold me now, I'm safe, I'm sound when you're around." Almost as if the artist is looking for assurance from her lover. The chorus repeats twice, Lavigne’s voice harmonizing and overlapping until the song fades out.
Line by Line Meaning
If I show you
If I reveal my true self to you
Get to know you
If I learn about who you really are
If I hold you just for today
If I embrace you just for this moment
I'm not gonna wanna let go
I won't want to let you go
I'm not gonna wanna go home
I won't want to leave your side
Tell me you feel the same
Tell me that you feel the same way too
'Cause I'm for real
Because my feelings are genuine
Are you for real?
Do you really feel the same way?
I can't help myself
I can't control my feelings
It's the way I feel
It's just how I feel
When you look me in the eyes like you did last night
When you gaze at me with such intensity as you did last night
I can't stand to hear you say goodbye
I can't bear to hear you say farewell
But it feels so right
But it feels like it's meant to be
'Cause it feels so right just to have you standing by my side
Because it feels so right to have you beside me
So don't let me go
So please don't leave me
'Cause you have my soul
Because you hold the key to my heart
And I just wanted you to know
I just wanted to express my feelings to you
I don't wanna look back
I don't want to dwell on the past
Cause I know that we have
Because I know that we possess
Something the past could never change
Something that the past can never alter
And I'm stuck in the moment
And I am captivated by this instant
And my heart is open
And my heart is receptive
Hold (Hold) me down (me down)
Embrace me tightly
Hold (Hold) me now
Embrace me at this moment
I'm safe (I'm safe)
I am secure
I'm sound (sound)
I am unharmed
When you're around
When you are with me
(I'm for real)
(I am genuinely feeling this)
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: AVRIL RAMONA LAVIGNE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Joao Vyctor Fortes
Qual adolescente nos anos 2000 não foi apaixonado pela Avril Lavigne e também pela Amy Lee 😄😄
Show demais Luka 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Pablo Ricardo
Real cara 😂❤
Samuel Gomes
Poxa eu queria. Em 2000 eu estava nascendo 😔
Rafael Andrade
Eu amava ela putz 💚
Karine Guimarães
Eu descobri a Avril no começo da minha adolescência em 2011 eu amava não ouvia outra coisa
Amanda Elektra Oficial
AMY TE AMOOOO❤
Anne Sharon Navarro אן שרון
Amava usar gravata e tirar fotos imitando ela. Hahahaha 😅
Saudades dessa época. Ah os anos 2000. Avril maravilhosa! 💗
marco
Época massa,eu me vestia igual os caras do Linkin park,e amo a Avril também
Angel Rock
Pois é, era massa mesmo :/
Lívia San
Eu tbm!!!!!