In "Real," Shygirl describes a love that feels like the first true moment of existence. Meeting this person makes time slow and gives weight to every small detail, as if life before them was unreal. The repeated return to their first contact and the line about needing them the same suggests a longing to relive that transformative moment, even while feeling confused by its intensity. The image of time being incomplete until they are together frames love not just as desire but as the thing that makes the world whole.
Real Lyrics by Shygirl
When I think of how we met before
Time slows down
Takes it all away
How every little thing became
Significant
Every moment with you
I became real
As if I didn’t exist before
Real
As if everything before
I became real
I go back
To our first contact
Final impact
This time again
I need you the same
2 to be so confused
And when you reached for me
I call back to you
Time is incomplete
Until you’re next to me
And when you reached for me
I call back to you
Time is incomplete
Until you’re next to me
As if I didn’t exist before
Real
As if everything before
I became real
As if I didn’t exist before
Real
As if everything before
I became real
As if I didn’t exist before
Real
As if everything before
I became real
As if I didn’t exist before
Real
As if everything before
I became real
