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To be recorded on my upcoming disc, Two Horses. Inspired by the Lee Gowan book of the same name.

I love Lee Gowan. I once took some promo pictures, actually, holding a copy of his book The Last Cowboy.

Staring at the windowpane
Hating what I’ve become
Listening to the winter rain
Wondering how I got so numb

This can’t be make believe love
‘Cause my heart just won’t heal
Why can’t we make believe, love,
That you feel what I feel?
Oh, say your love is real

Dying in a living hell
Keeping your secrets for you
Hearing the lies that they tell
Knowing they’re actually true

This can’t be make believe love
‘Cause my heart just won’t heal
Why can’t we make believe, love,
That you feel what I feel?
Oh, say your love is

Real like a car crash, real like a death
Real like the way we ran gasping for breath
From the scene of the crime
I wish I’d known that it was the last time
Real like the silence that’s settled in since
Real like the lies that have them all convinced
Look at you acting like I don’t exist
Well I can’t have imagined all of this
I couldn’t have imagined any of this

Lying in a stranger’s bed
Watching her dress and leave
Wishing it was you here instead
Playing at make believe

This can’t be make believe love
‘Cause my heart won’t seem to heal
Why can’t we make believe, love,
That you feel what I feel?
Oh, say your love is real