Wake Me Up

[Intro] Mmm… The sky’s doing that burnt orange thing again… [Verse 1] I’m on the back porch where the railing paint curls up in little gray flakes, Chain-link fence throwing long shadows across the concrete. Shoulders still carrying the weight of screens and headlines and the old loops I thought I left behind. The neighbor’s satellite dish catches the last light like it’s holding onto something real. [Pre-Chorus] Day wrapped its thin wires around my ribs again… Pulling every direction but home. [Chorus] Oh let my spirit remember everything’s gonna be okay This is just a part of the journey, not the whole damn day Unwind the tethers, let the weight fall where it may Wake me up… wake me up again Wake me up… wake me up again [Verse 2] Chest went tight from the weight of the whole damn day, Same old squeeze I used to feel trying to fit where the lawns were perfect and the smiles stayed polished. Now the evening air moves soft through the fence, carrying that faint cut-grass and barbecue drift from down the block. A single mockingbird runs the same four notes on the power line, Like he already knows I don’t have to get it all right tonight. [Chorus] Oh let my spirit remember everything’s gonna be okay This is just a part of the journey, not the whole damn day Unwind the tethers, let the weight fall where it may Wake me up… wake me up again Wake me up… wake me up again [Bridge] I don’t need thunder or a big bright sign, Just this slow wind brushing my forearms And permission to let my shoulders drop three full inches. Let these tired bones remember they’re still allowed to rest… Let the scared part of me feel safe again. [Final Chorus] Oh let my spirit remember everything’s gonna be okay This is just a part of the journey, not the whole damn day Unwind the tethers, let tomorrow find its way Wake me up… wake me up again Wake me up… Wake me up… Wake me up again… [Outro] Mmm… do it again… The burnt orange is almost gone now… Wake me up again… (everything’s gonna be okay…)