Melissa Etheridge
I Need to Wake Up
[Verse 1]
Have I been sleeping?
I've been so still, afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can't see
[Chorus]
'Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
[Verse 2]
And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth
[Chorus]
That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
[Bridge]
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
[Chorus]
And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
I wanna change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, something's gotta break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now