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match box twenty
real world
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Intro 3x
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Verse 3x
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chorus
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Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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That One Guy Musical Genius |
#1 by That One Guy at Mar 5, 1970 at 2:32 AM EST |
| I think it is about a guy leading a camel through a bowling alley. No, really, I think this is a great song. "If I was someone else, would this all fall apart?" That is my favorite line. You just have to be who you are - how deep... | |
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Jordan Wanna Be |
#2 by Jordan Ivey at Mar 25, 1970 at 4:15 PM EST |
| i love this song, i love this band. | |
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jake Average |
#3 by jake bauter at Jun 23, 1971 at 10:14 PM EST |
| I love this song. It has it's goofy moments, and it shows the dreams of everyone. | |
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Dan Lead Player |
#4 by Dan archy at Jul 15, 1975 at 11:10 PM EST |
| i so agree with chickee! i'm a teen also and i wish i could escape into a world where i could do whatever i wanted and not have school or work! | |
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Link Floyd Wanna Be |
#5 by Link Floyd at Jan 30, 1977 at 9:01 PM EST |
| lol well he's talking about being powerful...a rainmaker, super hero, or head honcho to impress people. The person he's talking to obviously doesn't care what his status in society is and focuses more on loving him as a person to person. | |
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Howwhywyz Howwh Professional Badass |
#6 by Howwhywyz Howwhyam at Aug 12, 1978 at 10:07 PM EST |
| "Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here If I were someone else, would this all fall apart Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me" This makes me think he's feeling that a lot of people are giving him attention just because he's in a band and they made it big. Great song. | |
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AHMED Wanna Be |
#7 by AHMED at Apr 11, 1984 at 7:40 PM EST |
| This Matchbox 20 song has always been one of my favorites of their's, it's a good song. | |
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Alex Average |
#8 by Alex pischera at Sep 18, 1988 at 1:44 AM EST |
| I agree with the point about him feeling pressurised by others,or maybe his own ambitions and dreams, but perhaps by the girl involved too..if he *was* a rainmaker or a superhero, would she really still love him the same? And she's presented as an antithesis to this, he needs her to be strong and sure and the same, he needs her stability. Good song. | |
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Zack Average |
#9 by Zack Groce at Jul 23, 1989 at 12:35 AM EST |
| "I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me" I looooove that line so much! Just because i am a teenager and i sometimes i wish everyone would just leave me alone n quit naggin me for 2.2 seconds so i can dream about n live in a fantasy world.... :) sorry im so corny guys..lol | |
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curt Average |
#10 by curt at Mar 1, 1991 at 8:06 AM EST |
| Whenever I listen to this song, I always get the feeling that its simply about growing up. All the 'I wonder what it's like?'s remind of of kids always daydreaming and having an awesome imagination. Now that Rob is older, he just wishes that sometimes he could go back to times when it was that simple, when he was a child. He wants the 'real world', the world of adults to leave him alone. Love this song, one of my favourites! | |
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Mitch Average |
#11 by Mitch Zodila at Dec 8, 1991 at 3:12 AM EST |
| To me this is written from Rob's point of view, or another type of rock star. The star is just accepted that now they are famous they have to give up the real world and wish it would stop hasseling him. Then the chorus is about a female (or male pending the sex of the rock star) who wants to be with the rock star once he became a star. Hence the line "If I was someone else would this all fall apart?" meaning if I werent a star would you still be with me? Then there was "Strange where were you when we started this gig?" as in where were you before I hit it big? About everything else excluding the chorus he is pondering life not being a star. That is what it is to me. I think alot of people try and see the song in a way they can relate to and miss the meaning. | |
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JustiN Professional |
#12 by JustiN at Jan 19, 1992 at 1:24 AM EST |
| matchbox 20 pretty much sux......their songs are meaningless | |
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Fuzz Musical Genius |
#13 by Fuzz at Oct 20, 2000 at 5:35 PM EST |
| so the dude is feeling insecure so he's wondering what it would be like to be all of these other people like a rainmaker, super hero, a head honch. then he goes to his friend/girl and he's all like don't change on me please. the chorus sounds kind of bitter to me like he feels that he is being judged or something. why this dude is insecure i may never know. he has himself a girl and a high-paying career and here he is writing about his insecurities. o well it's none of my business | |
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Charlie Average |
#14 by Charlie Palmer at Jan 16, 2002 at 5:16 AM EST |
| maybe you should clean ur ears out dynamite........ | |
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Byard Average |
#15 by Byard Bridge at Jun 9, 2002 at 11:13 PM EST |
| To me, this song is about how every once in a while everyone days dreams about what it would be like to be someone else. They want to get away from the stress of normal life and just chill. | |
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Jo Wanna Be |
#16 by Jo Sterling at Dec 2, 2003 at 11:18 PM EST |
| I think it's talking about the pressure put on young adults to be something they don't want to be. Rob Thomas continues to say he wonders what it's like to be...due to the suggestions given by others. He just wants to be himself and think about occupations later on in life. (And I mean he as in the character he's portraying.) | |
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eric Wanna Be |
#17 by eric stevens at Jan 27, 2006 at 5:23 AM EST |
| SmileyJeff is totally right. I think that's the most adequate explanation I've heard of the song. I think it may also be about (this is just a theory) a "geek" in high school and he wants to be someone else to show them how he really is and have people accep him for who he is. I don't know. SmileyJeff's explanation was the best. | |
