Waking - Future Islands

I’ve been sitting here thinking

What’s my purpose?

What’s the meaning?

And all the world just passed me in the night

As my body lies, weakened

Pins and needles

Wake me, I'm dreaming

And the blood began to push me back to life

———

My life, my truth

It’s all I have to give, I gave to you

———

To be yourself

To see yourself

To see the world — is to wake brand new

Do you hate yourself?

Break yourself?

Mistake yourself for the things that they say?

For the things that they do

———

(If you)

Give a little bit

You get a little bit

For you

Give a little bit

Give a little bit

Give a little bit

Give a little of you

You know it’s the truth

———

You know, my words have been a shield for all my life

I sang a swan — it gave me wings to fly

And in the absence of an echo, ego dies

And in the absence of myself I came to find

My life, my truth

It’s all I have to give

I gave to you

———

To be yourself

To see yourself

To see the world — is to wake brand new

Do you hate yourself?

Mistake yourself?

Break yourself for the things that they do?

What did they do to you?

———

If you give a little bit

You get a little bit

For you

Give a little bit

Give a little bit

Give a little bit

Give a little of you