Once You Wake Up Lyrics - Singles - John Popper

And what about the times 

Now I'm grabbing out at breaking glass 

An attempt to find a memory 

That makes it seem glorious or at least okay 

But all I have is me 

In a razor caught off guard as you brush by 

The alarm wakes me out of bed 

And the dream I was just having simply fades away 

And blindly do I see 

At the sunlight I am freezing 

And as I start to come around, I want to fall back to the ground 

Roll over and make sense again 

But it's too late I am awake 

And it's sensation, I can't fake as I try my best to pretend 

But once you wake up 

You just can't fall back asleep anymore 

I know it isn't fair 

But once you're aware 

You can back track all you want 

You can mourn for what's gone 

But you're up either way 

You better deal with your day 

I remember I was tired 

In fact I still have some sleep in my eyes 

So I got all warm and safe and numb 

Figured I'd lie down and rest a while 

Next thing came the morning 

And you're shaking me and telling me to rise 

And I would tell you anything 

To stall and make you think or smile or cry 

You see all I need is you 

And then I start to understand what love does 

Now there's so much that I can give 

And I finally want to live 

You know before I just didn't really ever care 

And I'll do more than hold on 

I want to celebrate the dawn 

I don't ever want to go back to sleep I swear 

But once you wake up 

You can't just fall back to sleep anymore 

I know it isn't fair 

But once you're aware 

You can backtrack all you want 

You can mourn for what's gone 

But you're up either way 

You better deal with your day