Wake Me Up
Heavy alternative rock, industrial undertones, dark cinematic mood, distorted guitars, deep bass, male raw, tense builAlAlexN
[INTRO] [ambient pad, low pulse, distant vocal echo) (filtered noise, slow fade-in] [VERSE 1] [minimal beat, muted guitar, dry vocal] I grew up watching shadows on the wall Calling them answers, calling them all We say we choose, but walk the same lines Drawn long before we had a mind Trading hours just to feel okay Learning what to think, what not to say I touch the ground, it feels so weak Like truth is hiding just out of reach [PRE-CHORUS] [drums build, bass enters, tension rising] If this is life, why does it feel rehearsed? If this is heaven, why am I worse? [CHORUS] [full drums, wide guitars, open vocal] Wake me up if this is real I don’t wanna numb what I can feel If this world is built on borrowed light I’d rather doubt than live half-blind Don’t keep me safe, don’t make it clean I want the cracks in everything I want the question, not relief I want the weight of disbelief [POST-CHORUS / HOOK] (instrumental hook, vocal chops / “ohs”) Oh — wake me up Oh — wake me up [VERSE 2] [beat drops back, darker tone, subtle synth] They tell me: only trust your eyes But I feel lies in perfect skies Some things breathe without a shape Some truths won’t fit inside a name I am more than what you see More than roles assigned to me If I follow, who am I? If I obey, do I survive? [PRE-CHORUS] [same as before, slightly stronger] I learned the rules, I played along But comfort never felt like home [CHORUS] [repeat, added harmonies] Wake me up if this is real I don’t wanna be what I’m told to feel If freedom means I never choose I’ll take the fear, I’ll take the bruise Don’t give me peace that costs my sight I’d rather wrestle truth all night I want the doubt, I want the strain I want a self I didn’t fake [BRIDGE – BREAKDOWN] [beat drops out, spoken / half-sung, reverb] If meaning’s made, then I will try If nothing lasts, at least I decide Maybe faith is standing still Without a script, without a shield [silence for half bar] Not knowing who I’m meant to be But choosing anyway — honestly [FINAL CHORUS – EXTENDED] [biggest moment: full band, backing vocals] Wake me up — don’t soften it Break the glass inside my head I don’t need a perfect role I don’t need control Take me past what feels designed I’d rather search than fall in line If this world is only skin Then my doubt is how I begin [OUTRO] [instruments slowly strip away, pad + vocal echo] Between what’s shown and what I know Between the yes and the no I lose the lie, I lose the fear And start to see why I’m here [fade out]