Don't Wake Me Up - SHIM

Can somebody make me a Get Out Of Jail card

That’ll work on a broke heart

'Cause I left my strength in the gutter

Somethin’s been pulling the trigger in my soul

And now there’s a big hole

And I can’t fill it up

With liquor

How much have I got to take

Before there’s a start to change

I’m not asking for more than what I deserve

Is this just the price I pay

'Cause I wouldn’t go away

Leave you alone to carry it on

Without me

Don’t wake me up

'Til life starts makin' sense

'Cause I’ve been killing myself again

Don’t wake me up

'Til there’s meaning in the suffering

And God stops making enemies out of friends

'Cause if I don’t wake up then

Maybe I could begin again

I got a demon that’s been chasing me down

And recently I’ve found

He’s probably been here forever

It’s taken a lot to get me to where I am

But now that I look back

I could’a done this so much better

What was I s’posed to do

What was I s’posed to say

Its not like I’m meant to fall apart

And how could you go and take

What you had no right to take

And tear out my heart

And take me apart

Piece by piece

Don’t wake me up

'Til life starts makin' sense

'Cause I’ve been killing myself again

Don’t wake me up

'Til there’s meaning in the suffering

And God stops making enemies out of friends

'Cause if I don’t wake up then

Maybe I could begin again

I’d trade my last breath

For a second chance

If it unchains my hands

'Cause I can’t take anymore

If I don’t wake up

I hope you remember me

And know that I did the best I could

And when you speak of me

Show pictures when I was young

Before the world took the light out of me

And at the end of your days

When it’s your turn to fall asleep

I hope you did this better than me

So when I see you next

We’ll both be kids

And by then I’ll be a better man

So when you don’t wake up

That’s when you’ll see me again