Switchfoot – Awakening

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Face down with the LA curbside endings
And the ones in zeros.
Downtown was the perfect place to hide.
The first star that I saw last night was a headlight
Of a man-made sky, but man-made never made our dreams collide,
Collide.

Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain,
We're awakening
Here we are now with our desperate youth and the pain,
We're awakening
Maybe it's called ambition, you've been talking in your sleep
About a dream, we're awakening

Last week saw me living for nothing but deadlines,
With my dead beat sky but, this town doesn't look the same tonight
These dreams started singing to me out of nowhere
And in all my life I don't know if I've ever felt so alive,
Alive

Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain,
We're awakening
Here we are now with our desperate youth and the pain,
We're awakening
Maybe it's called ambition, you've been talking in your sleep
About a dream, we're awakening

I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to know that my heart's still beating
It's beating,
I'm bleeding
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to live like I know what I'm leaving
I want to know that my heart's still beating,
It's beating, it's beating, it's beating,
I'm bleeding

Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain,
We're awakening
Here we are now with our desperate youth and the pain,
We're awakening
Maybe it's called ambition, you've been talk-talking in your sleep
About a dream, we're awakening dream, we're awakening, yeah

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Track duration: 04:09

"Awakening" as written by Rolf U. Lovland

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:It means that people who had a desperate youth , now are finding their true self. is a great song!
    Flag MusicFreak23on December 12, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I love this song. I feel that its about having a desperate and painful youth and drifting aimlessly and now one is starting to find real life and what is the purpose to live. So were Awakening. :)
    Flag MusicFreak23on December 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:To me, this song is about having a dream and finally having the courage to go for it. You want to know your heart's still beating, you want to live like you know what you're leaving. I love this song for my own interpretation, my own meaning.
    Flag Katleenon September 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song makes me think of standing on a canyon, screaming these words and having thee most amazing summer ever. We're AWAKENING!!!!
    Flag erickalafeveron January 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"here we are now with the falling sky and the rain,
    we're awakening"

    gets me every time =]
    Flag ellafellaon December 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:most amazing switchfoot song.
    Flag bellabee13on June 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think that this person is trying to get past their own past n become in sight of their own dreams and breaking free of what has happened and moving on with their life to become a new person.
    Flag save your breathon February 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:One of my favourite songs ever. Holds a special place in my heart, and I interpret as knowing there's something greater than where you are now, and breaking into something better. Not really religious, just important.

    I'm probably way off, but whatever.
    Flag missyinaneon February 17, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:First off, I absolutely love Switchfoot, and on their 'Oh! Gravity' CD, this song is definately my favorite. I think in a way, it's just about realizing what's important in life, and that you're awakening to it, it's like an "aha!" moment, where suddenly everything clicks.
    Flag redpeach91on January 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:right above my first post, that is... the one about... baptism? babies?
    Flag RKRocker360on December 29, 2007   Link

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