Wake Up Lyrics
Arcade Fire
Lyrics
Somethin' filled up
My heart with nothin'
Someone told me not to cry
But now that I'm older
My heart's colder
And I can see that it's a lie...
Children wake up
Hold your mistake up
Before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don't grow up
Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turnin' every good thing to
rust.
I guess we'll just have to adjust!...
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin' to be
When the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin'
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am go-goin'
You better look out below!
Song & Lyrics Facts
Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" is a song from their debut album, Funeral. It was released on September 14, 2004 and was written by band members Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, and Jeremy Gara.
The lyrics of the song evoke feelings of hope in the face of adversity, with lines such as “If the children don't grow up/Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up”. The song has been featured in films such as Where the Wild Things Are and Stranger Than Fiction, as well as television shows like Scrubs and House.