Tell me I’m forgiven I’m holding up a light For what’s been missing right here At first hallucination I wanna fall wide awake now You tell me it’s alright But nobody can save me now Chasing up the darkness inside

To let it go I'm wide awake Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh I'm not sleeping Oh, no, no, no And so fade away If you twist and turn away

In the murder city But not hopeless I feel so useless But not helpless The clock strikes midnight We are the last call And it's too pathetic I'm wide awake

I say your name I say I'm sorry It's nobody's fault No guilty party I just got nothing, nothing left to say It all, all catches up to me all the time You're sleeping night and day How d'you do it? Me I am wide awake

It's been a long time running It's well worth the wait It's the same mistake Does your mother tell you things? Long, long when I'm gone? Who you talking to? Is she telling you I'm the one? It's a grave mistake and I'm wide awake Drive-in's rained out

No, nobody but me can keep me safe And I'm on my way So take aim and fire away I've never been so wide awake Everybody keep me safe The blood moon is on the rise The fire burning in my eyes I'm sorry but Don't wanna talk, I need a moment before I go

I'm wide awake Falling from cloud nine Crashing from the high I'm letting go tonight I'm falling from cloud nine I wish I knew then What I know now Wouldn't dive in Wouldn't bow down

Someday, baby You and I are gonna be the ones Good luck's gonna shine So hold on, we're headed for a better life Friday night and the moon is high I'm wide awake just watchin' you sleep And I promise you you're gonna have More than just the things that

It must be imagination When the feeling isn't right? They say, you see it in a lover's eye But I'm wide awake tonight 'N I'm looking for a reason why It doesn't show Still somehow, I know Tell me that it just ain't so Say, I made the whole thing up

'Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming All night, no sleep Wide awake, that’s okay, as long as I’m with you I’ll be up all night, no sleep 'Cause I've been up all night Sometimes I tend to lose myself when I’m out here on my own And I never seem to get