Wake Me Up

Foals * Track #2 On Life Is Yours (Deluxe)

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Album Life Is Yours (Deluxe)

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Foals

2022

Wake Me Up by Foals

Release Date

Thu Nov 04 2021

Performed by

Foals

Produced by

Miles James & John Hill & A. K. Paul & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Jack Bevan & Yannis Philippakis

Writed by

Jimmy Smith (UK) & Jack Bevan & Yannis Philippakis

About

This song was performed at Cardiff Castle on August 12 2021. Frontman Yannis Philippakis has spoken to NME about what to expect from their comeback gigs and their “optimistic” new material.

I feel like the next record is going to be full of light. It’ll be the perfect soundtrack for nights out, bei...

Wake Me Up Lyrics

[Intro]
Wake me up
Wake me up

[Verse 1]
I'm walking through a dream
I'm walking through the finest place I've ever seen
Hey, man, won't you wake me up?
Said hey, man, won't you wake me up?
I'm walking through the fire
Defiant on the wire, burning up my desire
Hey, man, won't you come, come give me a gun?
Help me blow the lights right out of the sun

[Chorus]
So won't you tell me if I'm dreamin'? (Oh no)
I need to know just where I stand (Oh no)
But it turns out my hands are useless (Oh no)
But maybe I'm a bеtter man (Oh no)
Said wake me up
Said wakе me up
Said wake me up

[Verse 2]
I'm dancing on the screens
I'm dancing in the mountains where I've always been
Hey, man, won't you wake me up?
Said hey, man, won't you wake me up?
I'm kicking down the doors
I'm climbing up the walls of the house that's yours
Hey, man, won't you come, come give me a gun?
Help me blow the lights right out of the sun

[Chorus]
So won't you tell me if I'm dreamin'? (Oh no)
I need to know just where I stand (Oh no)
But it turns out my hands are useless (Oh no)
But maybe I'm a better man (Oh no)
Said wake me up
Said wake me up
Said wake me up

[Bridge]
I'm dancin' on the serpents
I'm dancin' on the coals
Deny your own expression, you deny the things you know
I'm livin' through the ages
I'm dancing on the tiles
Won't commit to any handshakes
Or believe a Duchenne smile
I'm burning all my bridges
I'm pulling up the ropes
Deleting all the codes
No, I'm not that man you know
You walk into a trap
Then you walk into your youth
You're living all that life with a pair of dusty boots

[Chorus]
So would you tell me I'm dreamin'? (Oh no)
I need to know just where I stand (Oh no)
Well, it turns out my hands are useless (Oh no)
But maybe I'm a better man (Oh no)
So won't you tell me if I'm dreamin'? (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
I need to know just where I stand (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
But it turns out my hands are useless (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
Well, maybe I'm a better man (Oh no)
So won't you tell me if I'm dreamin'? (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
I need to know just where I stand (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
But it turns out my hands are useless (Oh no)
(Said wake me up)
Well, maybe I'm a better man (Oh no)

[Outro]
Said wake me up (Oh no)
Said wake me up (Oh no)
Said wake me up (Oh no)
(Oh no)

Wake Me Up Q&A

Who wrote Wake Me Up's ?

Wake Me Up was written by Jimmy Smith (UK) & Jack Bevan & Yannis Philippakis.

Who produced Wake Me Up's ?

Wake Me Up was produced by Miles James & John Hill & A. K. Paul & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Jack Bevan & Yannis Philippakis.

When did Foals release Wake Me Up?

Foals released Wake Me Up on Thu Nov 04 2021.

What did Foals say about "Wake Me Up"?

It was quite a long road, with the pandemic winter and all of that in England. It was everywhere, but it felt especially bleak and encroaching in the UK with the weather, no pubs and how bad COVID got. When we were writing [‘Wake Me Up’], it was almost like wishful thinking that we’d ever come out;...

What else have the artists said about the song?

Jimmy Smith:

There’s always a bit of choice about which song to put out first, but this had the most immediate impact.”

Yannis Philippakis:

And it’s the most bombastic. We just felt that the message and the immediacy of the grooves and the boldness of the parts would be a wake-up call. It would d...

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