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“Wake
Up” conversations
Billy: “I actually wrote
this song in the late eighties.”
Keith: “It was kind of
an outside shot; it came in at the last minute.”
Billy: “We wanted to
take some older material and put it in here.”
Michael: “To be honest,
I resisted having something this old on the album. But everyone felt
pretty strongly about it, and I realize that
it has a poignant, dark message, which really does fit thematically
on the album.”
Billy: “I wrote it about
a friend and a roommate who was losing control of his life. I woke
up a five o’clock one morning and heard him
having a conversation with his mother about how he couldn’t keep
it together anymore.
It was very intense. A lot of people, when they’re in their twenties,
are exploring the craziness of life, and some of them do lose control.
In the song I compared that to having one of those nightmares where
you’re stalked
by some kind of a demon. You realize you’re
in a dream, but you can’t find a
way to wake up.”
Keith: “It starts the
album with a wakeup call about the potential for
having a much better life.”
Wake
Up (NERSHI): lyrics
There's flies buzzing 'round me, I'm begging for a breeze
The grass that surrounds me is so high that I can't see
There's something out there watching me and I can't find no peace
If it catches up with me, its gonna kill me by degrees
Stand up, Wake up
The sun is sinking fast now and the night is moving in
I've got to find a place where I know I won't be seen
If you're out there can't you help me, 'cause I try but I can't scream
And I know that its not real, but I can't break out of this dream
Stand up, Wake up
This song is for the people living this dream
Their minds twisted in an endless scream
We're walking through a graveyard, the wind howling through the trees
We've got to wake up soon or life will pass by like a breeze
What's it gonna take to make you realize
You're killing yourself I've seen it in your eyes
Stand up, Wake up |
