It is obvious that the song is about either “Bad Dreams” or the more severe variant known as night terrors which effect children and those with severe past traumas the most.
[Verse 1]
Every time I close my eyes
I make some sort of sacrifice
I cheat, deceive, kill all I see
Oh, I'm so glad it's not real life
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, three minutes feels like a fortnight
Running from gorillas in the moonlight
Kissing lots of people that I don't like, oh
Men in black are hiding in my bedroom
I'm covered in blood, I'm in a bad mood
Shit just got real
[Chorus]
I wake up, wake up in my room
I'm spread out, butt naked, laying next to you
This stuff gets rough, gets tough when I'm asleep
But remember, it's just a bad dream
[Verse 2]
I fall down the rabbit hole
My teeth are broken, hair's all gone
My boyfriend's with another girl
So I cut their tongues out so they can't be heard
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, three minutes feels like a fortnight
Running from gorillas in the moonlight
Kissing lots of people that I don't like, oh
[Chorus]
Then I wake up, wake up in my room
I'm spread out, butt naked, laying next to you
This stuff gets rough, gets tough when I'm asleep
But remember, it's just a bad dream
[Bridge]
I wake up, I wake up from a bad dream
And I'm not tied up in somebody's basement
I wake up, I wake up from a bad dream
And my boy's laying next to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, men in black are hiding in my bedroom
I'm covered in blood, I'm in a bad mood
Shit just got real
[Chorus]
Then I wake up, wake up in my room
I'm spread out, butt naked, laying next to you
This stuff gets rough, gets tough when I'm asleep
But remember, it's just a bad dream
Then I wake up, wake up in my room
I'm spread out, butt naked, laying next to you
This stuff gets rough, gets tough when I'm asleep
But remember, it's just a bad dream
Wake Up was written by George Werbrouck-Edwards & Alex Crosby (YONAKA) & Rob Mason & Theresa Jarvis.
Wake Up was produced by YONAKA.