I'm Awake

How many times have you taken advice from a man who hates?
 Seemingly selfishless sentiments hiding his war paint
 How many nights have you laid awake fearing the next crusade?
 Did you sleep well last night, what will it take?
 The clock on the wall, it sees everything
 And I worry 'bout it 'cause
 Tick, tick, ticking on, it's just ticking away
 And I wake and I wanna say
 That I'm done with the sleeping and all is fine
 And I wake and I'm standing here
 If it's not a dream then I can't believe I'm awake
 I see a place where the houses are all just exactly alike
 All of the cars are one color and there's only one type
 Each has the same dog and same cat and the same fucking tank of fish
 Dinner's the same time and all the same dish
 The clock on the wall, it sees everything
 And I worry 'bout it 'cause
 Tick, tick, ticking on, it's just ticking away
 And I wake and I wanna say
 That I'm done with the sleeping and all is fine
 And I wake and I'm standing here
 Waiting for the day when we open our eyes
 And I wake and it seems to me
 That's it's all or it's nothing, are we so blind?
 And I say hey, it's time to say, this is not a dream
 And I can't believe that I'm awake, that I'm awake
 How many times have you taken advice from a man who hates?
 Did you sleep well last night, what will it take?
 And I wake and I wanna say
 That I'm done with the sleeping and all is fine
 And I wake and I'm standing here
 Waiting for the day that we open our eyes
 And I wake and it seems to me
 That's it's all or it's nothing, are we so blind?
 And I say hey, it's time to say and I can't believe
 That we're standing here with our hands on our eyes
 And ears hoping it goes away
 This is not a dream
 This is not a dream
 This is not a dream