Song Lyrics

Verse 1

Can somebody make me get out of jail card
That'll work on a broke heart
Cause I left my strength in the gutter
Something's been pointing the trigger at my soul
and now there's a big hole
and I can't fill it up with liquor

Pre Chorus 1

How much have I gotta take?
Before this'll start to change
I'm not asking for more than what I deserve
Is this just the price I pay
Cause I wouldn't go away
and leave you alone to carry it on without me

Chorus

Don't wake me up till life starts making sense
Cause I've been killing myself again
Don't wake me up till there's meaning in the suffering
and God stops making enemies out of friends
Cause if I don't wake up then
Maybe I could begin again

Verse 2

I got a demon that's been chasing me down
and recently I've found he's probably been here forever
It's taken a lot to get me to where I am
but now that I look back, I could've done this so much better

Pre Chorus 2

What was I supposed to do?
What was I supposed to say?
It's not like I meant to fall apart
How could you go and take what you had no right to take
and tear out my heart
and take me apart piece by piece

Bridge

I'll trade my last breath for a second chance
If it unchains my hands
Cause I can't take anymore

Chorus 3

If I don't wake up I hope you remember me
and know that I did the best I could
And when you speak of me show pictures when I was young
Before the world took the light out of me
And at the end of your days when it's your turn to fall asleep
I hope you did this better than me
So when I see you next, we'll both be at peace and by then
I'll be a better man

So when you don't wake up
That's when you'll see me again

Shimon Moore

The duration of Don't Wake Me Up is 5:21 minutes and seconds.