(Verse 1)
Golden girl, perfect smile,
top of the class, first in line.
Every word, every glance,
feels like more than circumstance.
(pre-Chorus)
Oh, praise me now, pull me close,
tell me things I shouldn’t know.
Is it wrong? Is it right?
Or just a lesson in disguise?

(Refrain)
Call it real love, real love,
tell me I’m the only one.
Real love, real love,
whisper it until I’m numb –
real love.

(Verse 2)
Stay behind, lock the door,
is this what they call rapport?
Lines are blurred, rules are bent,
tell me this is innocent.

(pre-Chorus)
Oh, praise me now, pull me close,
tell me things I shouldn’t know.
Is it wrong? Is it right?
Or just a lesson in disguise?

(Refrain)
Call it real love, real love,
tell me I’m the only one.
Real love, real love,
whisper it until I’m numb –
real love.

(Verse 3)
Fingers trace ink on my skin,
corrections made with more than pen.
A+ marks, secret stares,
but no one acts like they’re aware.

(Bridge)
If I walk away, will I still be your star?
Will I still be enough, or just another scar?
Tell me now, tell me then –
was I ever more than them?

(pre-Chorus)
Oh, praise me now, pull me close,
tell me things I shouldn’t know.
Is it wrong? Is it right?
Or just a lesson in disguise?

(Refrain)
Call it real love, real love,
tell me I’m the only one.
Real love, real love,
whisper it until I’m numb –
real love.

(Outro)
Was it real love? Real love?
Or just a lie I learned to trust?
(pre-Chorus)
Oh, praise me now, pull me close,
tell me things I shouldn’t know.
Is it wrong? Is it right?
Or just a lesson in disguise?

(Refrain)
Call it real love, real love,
tell me I’m the only one.
Real love, real love,
whisper it until I’m numb –
real love.