Wake Me

Just a mother and sons living under the gun
 Bruises on their backs were just another
 Sign of the push & the shove & the lack of the love
 On the side of the tracks that they were brought up
 Now they're speaking it out through the silence & doubt
 Try to figure it out but get caught up
 In the here and the now & the where & the how
 You know what it's about when they say
 Wake me when it's over
 Pick me up I'm on the ground
 Wake me when it's over now!
 She's just a girl on the run hit the streets so undone
 Mistreated under the sheets by her father
 Keeps her heart cold & numb thoughts she can't overcome
 Still she looks for the one that could save her
 Now she's working it out in the corner of town
 Between 7th and south you will find her
 With her head in the clouds & her back on the ground
 You know what it's about when she says
 Wake me when it's over
 Pick me up I'm on the ground
 Wake me when it's over
 Show me where the light is found
 Wake me it's over now!
 Where are the fathers of the fatherless?
 Now they're speaking it out through the silence & doubt
 Try to figure it out but get caught up
 In the here and the now & the where & the how
 You know what it's about when the say
 Wake me when it's over
 Pick me up I'm on the ground
 Wake me when it's over
 Show me where the light is found
 Wake me it's over
 I swear I will not make a sound
 Wake me when it's over
 Wake me when it's over
 Wake me when it's over
 Wake me, wake me, wake me, wake me
 When it's over
 When it's over
 When it's over
 When it's over