[Verse 1]

I think I've been asleep too long

I think I've been asleep since June 2000

Hey now, holding on too tight

But suddenly my eyelids bounce

And suddenly my eyes break open

Gasp for air now

I'm blinded by the light

But I don't like the way it's so fluorescent

And I don't like the way it jumps out at me

Casting shadows in the...

[Verse 2]

I think I've been awake too long

I think I've been awake since the sun rose yesterday morning

But now it's going down

So God, if you're awake right now

So God, if you're awake

Send me just one more moment

Slow mе down somehow

'Cause I can't take thе way the time is passing

And I can't take the way it always mocks me

Casting shadows on my life

[Verse 3]

I'm signing on the dotted line

And I can see the vultures circling my future

As it's going by

They've got me working 9 to 5

They've got me in a life I settled for

Surrendered and never satisfied

How can I force my heart out of their talons?

'Cause if I let them get too close

They'll scavenge on the shell of who I am

[Bridge]

And it's killing me

Every second that I've wasted now

Comes back to haunt me

It haunts me, la la la

So give me time to breathe

And let me hear the rhythm I've been drowning out

And let the music keep my heart in time

[Verse 4]

I know I've been asleep too long

And I don't want to wake to find I've lost my chances

And I'm already gone

So catch me if I fall behind

And catch me if the time goes so fast that I falter

And I'm back at square one

'Cause I don't want to waste another second

So I'll be ready when the shadows get me

But they won't get me tonight