Wake Me When I'm Free

I wake to the sound of a world on repeat

Same grey walls, same aching feet

Clock in my chest keeps ticking too loud

But my heart don't belong in this crowd

Mirror tells me I'm not who I dreamed

I smile like I'm fine — but I'm bursting at the seams

Chasing a paycheck, but losing my soul

Trading my fire for someone else's goal

And I whisper to the sky through my tears at night

"There's got to be more than surviving this life"

Wake me when I'm free — when I'm breathing in my truth

When the stars align, and I've got nothing to prove

When my dreams ain't on hold, locked behind a key

Wake me, wake me… when I'm finally me

When I dance to the rhythm of my heartbeat

Not someone else's melody

Yeah… wake me when I'm free

The boss says, "Be grateful, you've got a good place"

But my soul's gone missing without a trace

Living for weekends, counting down days

Like life's a prison with minimum wage

But I've got fire, I've got plans

I've got stories that no one understands

It's not too late — it's not too far

To build a life that feels like art

So I'll pack up my fear, and I'll chase the light

'Cause I wasn't born just to sleepwalk through life

Wake me when I'm free — when I rise without chains

When I laugh without reason, and dance in the rain

When I love what I do and who I came to be

Wake me, wake me… when I'm finally me

When I live for myself unapologetically

Yeah… wake me

Let the world keep spinning the way it always has

But I won't be a shadow stuck in someone else's past

I've got wings now, can't you see

This cage was never built for me

I'll dream until it's real

I'll fall, I'll heal

But I won't give in — not this time

This life is mine

Wake me when I'm free — when I speak and I'm heard

When I write my own story, line by line, word for word

When I'm not just surviving, but finally alive

Wake me, wake me… now I've arrived

I'm here, I'm bold, I finally see

You don't need to wake me

I just set myself free