Just a mother and sons livin' under the gun
Bruises on their backs were just another
Sign of the push and the shove and the lack of the love
On the side of the tracks that they were brought upNow theyre speakin' it out through the silence and doubt
Try to figure it out but get caught up
In the here and the now and the where and the how
You know what its about when they sayWake me when its over
Pick me up, Im on the ground
Wake me when its over, nowShes just a girl on the run, hit the streets so undone
Mistreated under the sheets by her father
Keeps her heart cold and numb, thoughts she cant overcome
Still she looks for the one that could save herNow shes workin' it out in the corner of town
Between 7th and south you will find her
With her head in the clouds and her back on the ground
You know what its about when she saysWake me when its over
Pick me up, Im on the ground
Wake me when its over
Show me where the light is found
Wake me when its over, nowWhere are the fathers of the fatherless?Now theyre speakin' it out through the silence and doubt
Try to figure it out but get caught up
In the here and the now and the where and the how
You know, what its about when the sayWake me when its over
Pick me up, Im on the ground
Wake me when its over
Show me where the light is foundWake me when its over
I swear I will not make a sound
Wake me when its over
Wake me when its over
Wake me when its overWake me, wake me, wake me, wake me
When its over
When its over
When its over
When its over