The song revolves around and recounts the London blitz during WWII. People would be unable and afraid to sleep because the bombings could potentially kill them or their loved ones and destroy their homes. So the song encapsulates both the terror, the inability to sleep, and the compulsion to stay aw...
[Intro]
The year is one-thousand nine-hundred and forty, and something isn't right
[Verse 1]
Something's wrong when you regret
Things that haven't happened yet
But it's a glorious day when morning comes
Without that feeling of alarm
[Chorus]
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me awhile
And smile
And smile
[Verse 2]
You couldn't sleep for the awful fright
That kept you up in bed last night
But while curious shapes shift in the dark
They vanish with the sunlight's spark
[Chorus]
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while
And smile
[Chorus]
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while
So rise and shine
Now's the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while
And smile
[Outro]
Something is wrong
1940 (Amplive Remix) was written by The Submarines.
1940 (Amplive Remix) was produced by Amp Live & The Submarines.
The Submarines released 1940 (Amplive Remix) on Tue Dec 14 2010.