Lyrics
[(Intro – low choir, distant piano)]
Why does it feel like
Everybody breathing but nobody alive
Noise everywhere
But nothing feels right
(Verse 1)
Everybody talking but nobody hears
Smiles on faces, hiding the fear
Running in circles, chasing the air
Looking for meaning that isn’t there
Lights so bright but the soul so dark
Whole world moving but missing the mark
Scrolling all night just to kill the pain
Wake up tired, do it again
Something inside saying this ain’t it
This life feels full but it’s still empty
Trying to fill what the world can’t fix
Truth so close but we won’t face it
I see people laughing but their eyes look lost
Counting every win but they feel the cost
Got everything they said would make them whole
Still got a hole in the soul
(Pre-Chorus)
Why does it feel like nobody sees
Everybody blind but they still believe
Everything fine, everything cool
Living in a sleeping world
[(Chorus – BIG, cinematic, choir behind)]
We living in a sleeping world
Eyes wide open but we never learn
Hearts going cold, truth getting blurred
Trying to scream but nobody heard
We living in a sleeping world
Running fast but we never turn
Something calling deep in the soul
But we keep letting go
Sleeping world
[(Verse 2 – more rhythm / light rap)]
Yeah
I been there, I know that place
Same routine, same old face
Same old lies people say
“I’m okay, I’m okay”
But inside it’s a different sound
Like your feet ain’t touching ground
Like you lost but never found
Like your faith broke down
Everybody looking for a quick escape
New high, new drink, new thing, new way
Five minutes good then the feeling fades
Back to the dark, back to the same
Tell me why when the night gets still
You start feeling something real
Like a voice you can’t ignore
Like you know there’s something more
Like the world don’t fit no more
Like you standing at a door
Like your heart trying to wake
But your mind saying wait
[(Pre-Chorus)]
Why does it feel like nobody sees
Everybody blind but they still believe
Everything fine, everything cool
Living in a sleeping world
(Chorus)
We living in a sleeping world
Eyes wide open but we never learn
Hearts going cold, truth getting blurred
Trying to scream but nobody heard
We living in a sleeping world
Running fast but we never turn
Something calling deep in the soul
But we keep letting go
Sleeping world
[(Bridge – cinematic, choir chant, no drums first)]
Wake up
Wake up
Hear the sound
Feel it shaking underground
Wake up
Wake up
Don’t ignore
You been here before
Something calling
Something real
Something you can finally feel
Then drums hit
[(Final Chorus – biggest one)]
We living in a sleeping world
Eyes wide open but we never learn
Hearts going cold, truth getting blurred
Trying to scream but nobody heard
We living in a sleeping world
But I feel something turning now
Like the silence getting loud
Like revival breaking out
Sleeping world
Outro (soft choir)
Not everybody sleeping
Some are waking up
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