Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
This song is actually about climate change and waking up to the truth about after having ignored it for so long. Etheridge’s message is a reality check to the terrible state our planet is in.
Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see
Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth
That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
Oh I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
I Need to Wake Up was written by Melissa Etheridge.
I Need to Wake Up was produced by David Cole (Producer/Engineer) & Melissa Etheridge.