Avicii - Wake Me Up Lyrics

Avicii Lyrics

"Wake Me Up"

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me

[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize

[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

Didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know (didn't know, didn't know)

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Thanks to Haylie, Robin, Ally for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins Iii, Michael Aaron Einziger, Tim Bergling

The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 Pete Tong's radio show on the 14th of June 2013 with a description "a complete change in style" from Avicii's previous singles. It was released on iTunes and radio on the 25th of June 2013.

This song mixes bluegrass-inspired guitar riffs with house-music chords. Some dance-music fans were surprised to hear such a blend of country, folk and electronic dance music.

Aloe Blacc contributed lyrics and vocals for this track, but he wasn't credited. He told Billboard magazine, "I want my fans to know that I'm doing something new." He added, "When I was a young kid, I loved the song "Somebody's Watching Me", and I had no idea until much later that my favorite singer, Michael Jackson, was singing on the chorus." He continued, "Now you got Aloe Blacc singing a song that eventually you'll learn is Aloe Blacc."

Mike Einziger of the rock band Incubus co-wrote this song. According to Blacc, Avicii and Eizinger had the track worked up when he arrived to Einziger's home studio in Malibu, California, so, he added some bits of lyrics from his notebook, e.g. "Wake me up" and "All this time I was finding myself, I didn't know I was lost".

album: "True" (2013)

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(Europe Amazon MP3 Bonus Track)

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