Wake Me Up!

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    Singer: Avicii

    Feeling my way through the darkness

    Guided by a beating heart

    I can’t tell where the journey will end

    But I know where it starts

    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

    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

    I hope I get the chance to travel the world

    And I don’t have any plans

    I wish that I could stay forever this young

    Not afraid to close my eyes

    Life’s a game made for everyone

    And love is a prize

    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

    Background

    Genre boundaries in popular music are made to be breached. With this single, Swedish dance music master Avicii, the man behind the worldwide smash “Levels,” swings a wrecking ball against electronic dance music borders.

    “Wake Me Up” would work equally well in a contemporary dance club and as the soundtrack for country line dancing. R&B singer Aloe Blacc adds yet another genre busting dimension to the song. The song is tremendously catchy. A casual pop music fan will find nothing controversial in the song at all. The soul searching lyrics will resonate with young adults stressed by the search for life direction.