[Intro] [Instrumental — warm Motown groove, brass and strings, tambourine] [Verse 1] The light came first — too bright, too loud The ceiling white, the faces in a crowd Someone said my name but I didn't know the voice I tried to speak but couldn't find my voice They said ten years — I heard the words just fine But ten years old was somewhere in my mind The world outside the window looked all wrong Like coming back to a song you have forgotten the words for [Pre-Chorus] Everyone has grown so tall And I'm still reaching for the wall To find my footing, find my ground In a world that moved without a sound [Chorus] I'm wide awake now But I don't know this place I'm wide awake now With a child's heart in a grown up space Every step is new and every door Leads somewhere I have never been before I'm wide awake — and learning how to live again [Verse 2] They brought me home to rooms I didn't know The furniture, the photos — all in a row My brother's room is empty, he moved out last year My sister's taller than me now — this is all so strange... They are not the ones i knew before I fell asleep... The pictures on the wall tell stories I have missed A graduation, a wedding — faces I've never kissed My best friend has a baby now, I saw it on the wall And I'm still ten years old — trying to stand tall [Pre-Chorus] Everyone has grown so tall And I'm still reaching for the wall To find my footing, find my ground In a world that moved without a sound [Chorus] I'm wide awake now But I don't know this place I'm wide awake now With a child's heart in a grown up space Every step is new and every door Leads somewhere I have never been before I'm wide awake — and learning how to live again [Bridge] [Motown breakdown — brass drops, intimate strings] They say I missed so much The years, the seasons, all the small things But I was somewhere quiet Somewhere without weight or wings And now the world is loud And bright and moving fast And I am ten years old Inside a life built for someone else But I am here And I am trying And every morning that I open up my eyes I see the love in my parents eyes A hope I do not share But I'll take it Because this time I choose to rise [Final Chorus] I'm wide awake now And I'm finding my own pace I'm wide awake now With a child's heart learning grown up grace Every step is mine and every door Is one I've never opened up before I'm wide awake — and I'm finally alive again [Outro] [Brass swells warmly, tambourine lifts] One step Then another Then another Wide awake Wide awake Wide awake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Motown soul anthem about the disorienting miracle of waking from a ten-year coma — with the mind of the ten-year-old left behind at the moment of the accident. The world has moved on: people have aged, rooms have changed, relationships exist that feel like photographs rather than memories. The warm, celebratory energy of the Motown arrangement sits in beautiful tension with lyrics about confusion, displacement and the long road back to feeling at home in your own life. Not a sad song — but an honest one. Wide awake, and learning how to live again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bingo Board — 2026 [A1] GoGo × Shame [B1] Klezmer × Thirst [C1] Mongolian Throat Singing × Entropy [D1] Instrumental Only × Aerobics [E1] Native American Flute × Democracy [F1] Hopera × Mushroom / Fungi [A2] Rap × Nature [B2] Delta Blues × Dark Ages [C2] Grand Country × Uplifting [D2] Motown × Awakening [E2] Surf Rock × Surrealism [F2] Accordion × Train Hopping [A3] Chap Hop × Muscle Flex [B3] Witch House × Shed Your Burden [C3] Ska × Conflict [D3] Cyberpunk × Transmittable [E3] Groove Metal × Gnomes [F3] Wonky × Ice Cream [A4] Yacht Rock × Love [B4] Screamo × Bubblegum [C4] Fado Phonk × Africa Language [D4] Electronic Dance × 42 [E4] R&B Funk × Banana Split [F4] Skweee × Dating [A5] Lo-fi Indie Pop × Cheating Death [B5] Krautgaze Drone Rock × Heartbreak [C5] Balkan Folk × Transformation [D5] NeoFolk × Hardship [E5] Classical Music × Bird [F5] Alternative Rock × Courage [A6] Harpsichord Symphonic Metal × Faith [B6] Vocal Only / Acapella × Hope [C6] Ballad × Seduction [D6] Psychedelic Newgrass × Philosophy [E6] Yodeling × High Fantasy [F6] Punkrock × Awkward Fathers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/
