
Wake Up And Sing
[Intro] [Scratch “Wake Up”] [Chorus] Wake up and sing at the top of your voice Let the sun slow down in surprise Wake up and sing at the top of your voice today I bring you good news on this important day [Verse 1] A new life I’m not prepared But here it stands Not near Not nearby Just there On the sidewalk Washed clean Like the rain did it on purpose [pre-chorus] Crowded intersections Engines growl and stall But this thing This quiet thunder Shakes through the crosswalk Right into my chest [Chorus] Wake up and sing at the top of your voice Let the sun slow down in surprise Wake up and sing at the top of your voice today I bring you good news on this important day [Verse 2] It used to spit Grit on my shoes Laugh in static Right in my ear Every step A little insult Every day A tiny dare [pre-chorus] Now it passes by Keeps its distance Spare on the noise Soft on my nerves Doesn’t tease When I stumble Just moves aside Lets me serve my turn [Chorus] Wake up and sing at the top of your voice Let the sun slow down in surprise Wake up and sing at the top of your voice today I bring you good news on this important day [Bridge] [Verse 3, Rap] A new life And my bags unpacked in the wrong season Shirt half-tucked Heart still stuck on the old reasons Not ready at all But the crosswalk’s counting down Still breathing Traffic light blinking Kids racing scoot-scooters past my feet Coffee cup cooling Strangers shoulder past my old defeats Every horn Every heel Says “You’re allowed to be incomplete” [Bridge] It spares my hearing now Softens every shout to a murmur Doesn’t tease Doesn’t tug Like it used to Pulling me thinner Before me Just a painted line and the open air I step once And I’m already halfway there [Chorus] Wake up and sing at the top of your voice Let the sun slow down in surprise Wake up and sing at the top of your voice today I bring you good news on this important day Wake up and sing at the top of your voice Let the sun slow down in surprise Wake up and sing at the top of your voice today I bring you good news on this important day [Outro] Right here it is On the sidewalk Washed clean In the rush of the cars I can finally hear me In the storm of the city It’s a quiet kind of thunder Life doesn’t splash dirt on my name anymore Doesn’t drag me under [Scratch “Wake Up”]

