Wake Me Up

Album: #TRUE (2013)
Charted: 1 4
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  • Feeling my way through the darkness
    Guided by a beating heart
    I can't tell where the journey will end
    But I know where to start
    They tell me I'm too young to understand
    They say I'm caught up in a dream
    Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
    Well that's fine by me

    So wake me up when it's all over
    When I'm wiser and I'm older
    All this time I was finding myself
    And I didn't know I was lost

    So wake me up when it's all over
    When I'm wiser and I'm older
    All this time I was finding myself
    And I didn't know I was lost

    I tried carrying the weight of the world
    But I only have two hands
    Hope I get the chance to travel the world
    But I don't have any plans
    Wish that I could stay forever this young
    Not afraid to close my eyes
    Life's a game made for everyone
    And love is a prize

    So wake me up when it's all over
    When I'm wiser and I'm older
    All this time I was finding myself
    And I didn't know I was lost

    So wake me up when it's all over
    When I'm wiser and I'm older
    All this time I was finding myself
    And I didn't know I was lost

    I didn't know I was lost
    I didn't know I was lost
    I didn't know I was lost
    I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know Writer/s: Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins, Michael Aaron Einziger, Tim Bergling
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • George from Vancouver, CanadaI can sense the theme of growing up in the video -- little girl, nearly twin, of older one, follows her, until she is her.
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