Wake Up

Awakening Truth: Macy Gray's Poignant Reflection on Growing Up
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Lyrics

Somethin’ filled up

Feeling a void or emptiness.

My heart with nothin’,

Experiencing a lack of emotional fulfillment.

Someone told me not to cry.

Receiving advice or instructions not to express sadness.


But now that I’m older,

As time has passed, becoming less emotionally warm.

My heart’s colder,

Feeling emotionally distant and detached.

And I can see that it’s a lie.

Realizing that the previous advice was deceptive or untrue.


Children wake up,

Addressing children, urging them to wake up.

Hold your mistake up,

Acknowledging and taking responsibility for mistakes.

Before they turn the summer into dust.

Warning against allowing precious moments to be wasted or lost.


If the children don’t grow up,

Highlighting the importance of maturing and growing up.

Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.

Emphasizing the contrast between physical growth and emotional pain.

We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust.

Describing humanity as a collective force with the power to destroy positive aspects of life.


I guess we’ll just have to adjust.

Acknowledging the inevitability of change and the need to cope.


With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin

Describing a sense of power or enlightenment.

I can see where I am goin’ to be

Having a vision of the future.

When the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.

Facing mortality and the approach of death.


With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’

Reiterating a sense of power or enlightenment.

I can see where I am goin’

Continuing to have a vision of the future.

With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’

Reiterating a sense of power or enlightenment.

I can see where I am go-goin’

Continuing to have a vision of the future, possibly with a sense of urgency.


You better look out below!

Issuing a warning or alert to those below.

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