Waking Up Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FruitCakes 

Cover art for Waking Up lyrics by OneRepublic

Lyrics: "We take tolls (makes more sense than toes) We rake coals (First, he doesn't seem to pronounce a y in this phrase. Second, "to rake coals" means to criticize or overly scold) Yeah, we dig holes And we'll dig 'em right in your fields" ("fields" seems to complete the metaphor of "digging," and if you listen carefully it sounds more like "we'll dig 'em" as opposed to "we're diggin.'" )

"We got cause (makes more sense than "cars") We write laws (Hard to distinguish from "we're outlaws," but I think "write laws" fits better) We won't pause Don't you know, we're all wizards, welcome to Oz" (This is a really tricky phrase, but I read from an interview that Ryan Tedder stated the lyrics like this, and if you listen to it, it sounds like it, too.)