Wake Up Time Lyrics
You follow the leader into the trees
And what's in there waiting, neither one of us knows
You gotta keep one eye open the further you go
You never dreamed you'd go down on one knee, but now
Who could have seen, you'd be so hard to please somehow
You feel like a poor boy, a long way from home
You're just a poor boy, a long way from home
Time to open your eyes
And rise and shine
You hang out forever and still miss the dance
And if you get lucky, you might find someone
To help you get over the pain that will come
Yeah, you were so cool back in high school, what happened
You were so sure not to have your spirits dampened
But you're just a poor boy alone in this world
You're just a poor boy alone in this world
Time to open your eyes
And rise and shine
To help him to shoulder the pain in this world
And if you follow your feelings
And you follow your dreams
You might find the forest there in the trees
Yeah, you'll be alright, it's just gonna take time, but now
Who could have seen you'd be so hard to please somehow
You're just a poor boy a long way from home
You're just a poor boy a long way from home
Time to open your eyes
And rise and shine
It's time to open your eyes
And rise and shine
Awesome song! I think its about realizing one day that you are so far from type of person that you want to be and its time to suck it up and get back to the people who care about you. Favorite line in the song "And if you follow your feelings And you follow your dreams You might find the forest there in the trees."
Its one of those songs i like to listen to when im feeling a little down.
Yeah, this song really hit me hard the other day, being a graudate from high school it made me realize that it's time to wake up and start following my dreams. I've heard this song several times before but never really paid attention to the lyrics until then. That's when it hit me hard and it gives me chills when he says "It's wake up time. Time to open up your eyes...and rise....and shine." I love how he says that part. It's really a very underrated Tom Petty song just like several songs of his that get lost in the mush of his "hits"..
I'm reading this eight years after your post. At about the same time you posted this I was morning the loss of my brother who had passed away in October of 2005. I was listening to "Wildflowers" a great deal in the year after his death. Eventually this song helped convince me to "rise...and shine" and get on with my life. I see you were thinking along those same lines but for different reasons. I'm curious to know how that worked out for you if you don't mind. I hope all is well.
I'm reading this eight years after your post. At about the same time you posted this I was morning the loss of my brother who had passed away in October of 2005. I was listening to "Wildflowers" a great deal in the year after his death. Eventually this song helped convince me to "rise...and shine" and get on with my life. I see you were thinking along those same lines but for different reasons. I'm curious to know how that worked out for you if you don't mind. I hope all is well.
@Kyle Vandagriff I had a long period of depression. I think clinical depression should have a different name from "Oh, I'm depressed that the Rams lost", because they're different things. As I came out of it was around the time Petty died, and of all the stuff of his I listened to, this really hit home with me. There's plenty of songs about being depressed, but this was the one I needed about "now get on with it".
@Kyle Vandagriff I had a long period of depression. I think clinical depression should have a different name from "Oh, I'm depressed that the Rams lost", because they're different things. As I came out of it was around the time Petty died, and of all the stuff of his I listened to, this really hit home with me. There's plenty of songs about being depressed, but this was the one I needed about "now get on with it".