Just a mother and sons living 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 up
Now they're speaking 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 it's about when they say


Wake me when it's over
Pick me up I'm on the ground
Wake me when it's over now!


She's 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 can't overcome
Still she looks for the one that could save her
Now she's working 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 it's about when she says


Wake me when it's over
Pick me up I'm on the ground

Wake me when it's over
Show me where the light is found
Wake me it's over now!


Where are the fathers of the fatherless?


Now they're speaking 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 it's about when the say

Wake me when it's over

Pick me up I'm on the ground
Wake me when it's over
Show me where the light is found

Wake me it's over
I swear I will not make a sound
Wake me when it's over

Wake me when it's over
Wake me when it's over


Wake me, wake me, wake me, wake me
When it's over
When it's over

When it's over
When it's over