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