Melissa Etheridge - I Need To Wake Up Lyrics
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Have I been sleeping?
Iâve 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 canât see
'Cause I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethingâs got to break up
Iâve been asleep and I need to wake up now
And as a child I danced like it was 1999
And 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
That I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethingâs got to break up
Iâve been asleep and I need to wake up now
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
And I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethingâs got to break up
Iâve been asleep and I need to wake up now
I want to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, oh, somethingâs got to break up
Iâve been asleep and I need to wake up now