Play It For Real
The Zombies featuring Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent Lyrics

You can’t see
You are unable to perceive

What’s plain to tell
What is obvious and clear

Get so frustrated
You become angry and annoyed

‘Cause you know too well
Because you are aware of it very clearly

You keep on knocking
You persistently try to make something happen

But you don’t have much to say
But you don't have something of substance to communicate

All night long
For the entire duration of the night

You toss and turn
You move restlessly in your sleep

You’re going crazy
You are becoming insane

There’s so much to learn
There are many things to understand

You want to fake it
You desire to appear as if you understand or know

But you don’t know how to play
But you don't really have the right knowledge or skillset

Feel it for the first time
Sense and experience something completely new

Hold it in your eyes
Marvel and hold onto it in your sight

How you gonna ever
How are you going to achieve or do something

Live in this disguise
Inhabit a false outward appearance or demeanor

When you feel how you feel
When you truly feel or sense something

There’s no deal to reveal
There is no hidden motivation or agenda

Just play it for real
Be truthful and genuine

A shooting star
A meteor that travels quickly through the sky, soon disappearing

A midnight sky
The dark sky when the moon is out

You always knew that you
You were always aware

Were born to fly
You were meant to soar in your life

But something happened
Something occurred unexpectedly

And you fell along the way
You failed or fell short of achieving your goals

There’s a chance
There is an opportunity

To start anew
To begin again from scratch

To reconsider
To think again about an action, decision, or opinion

To change the view
To alter the perspective or approach

The world is waiting and
The world is ready and excited

There’s sunshine all the way
It's all smooth-sailing from here on out

Now you fantasise
Now you daydream and imagine

See the inner vision
Visualize something within you

Living in your eyes
Becoming even more real in your sight

When you feel how you feel
When you truly feel or sense something

There’s no deal to reveal
There is no hidden motivation or agenda

Just play it for real
Be truthful and genuine