Only Pain Is Real is the second and final studio album by the Portuguese band Silence 4.

Recorded in London, the album presented new sounds and fuller orchestrations, with 14 songs all written in English.

Musical critics pointed the band's more mature sound and songwriting, mostly done by lead singer David Fonseca.

The album seems somewhat autobiographical or conceptual, even if David Fonseca never clarified if all the lyrics were related or tried to tell a story.

The themes of loneliness, sadness, loss, melancholy and hope, are basically the same of their first album, but with an added level of poignancy.