Lyric discussion by alpinecave 

Cover art for Wake Me Up lyrics by Avicii

Feeling my way through the darkness >> we can't predict the future. Guided by a beating heart >> you exist and are alive. I can't tell where the journey will end, but I know where to start >> I don't know when I will die but I know I am alive right now, and can really just start living right now. They tell me I'm too young to understand >> Established teachings/beliefs shake their heads at you They say I'm caught up in a dream >> this one is too deep for one sentence.. well life will pass me by before i open up my eyes >> you will keep living your life by the identity you have created for yourself, your mind's opinions of itself, do you really know who you are? well thats fine by me >> it's not really a bad thing, it's just one way of living. So wake me up when it's all over >> I don't want to know who I am just yet because i like life just the way it is and the way i am living it, chasing ambitions, acquiring things, striving for all my goals. "I will be happy when i get all that" when i'm wiser and i'm older >> it will all make sense oneday all this time i was finding myself and i didn't know i was lost >> (need an essay on this one) for my life up until now i have been busy looking for happiness, i kept thinking i found happiness, but kept losing it again. Try looking for acceptance, which may lead you in the right direction. I tried carrying the weight of the world >> I set myself goals which i thought would make me happy. but i only have two hands >> reality check some of those things i can't do and lets face i dont really want to do. hope i get the chance to travel the world >> literally means that. but i dont have any plans >> dont try to plan your future too steadfast, you have less control than you think. wish that i could stay forever this young>> i wish that my life could last forever. not afraid to close my eyes >> to die life's a game meant for everyone >> we are all equal beings dancing the rhythm of life, born into a family of ethnicity, circumstances, race, geology, mentality. but each and everyone consists of a lifeform behind a set of senses of which to perceive the world, and change in at every given moment by just going about doing things. and love is the prize >> this is the benefit you will reap when you see/treat everyone as equal, including yourself. chorus repeat with emphasis on "didn't know i was lost" >> this is your life up until you have awakened, this 'term' you either know what i am talking about already, or you are just living your beautiful life unencumbered by questions of your own existence. :) Have a great day,

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