Avicii - Wake Me Up (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me

[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize

[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

Didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know (didn't know, didn't know)

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. caught up

   1. Context: They say I'm caught up in a dream

   2. Definition: To be fascinated, enthralled, or charmed by something.

   3. Additional sentence: Do not get caught up in drugs.

2. pass me by

   1. Context: Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes

   2. Definition: To leave behind.

   3. Additional sentence: Cars kept passing me because I was driving very slowly.

3. open up

   1. Context: Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes

   2. Definition: To completely open.

   3. Additional sentence: The dentist wanted the boy to open his mouth so he said, “Opened up!”

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate this song to anything in your life?

3. The singer sings “Feeling my way through the darkness.” What does he mean by that? Can you relate to that statement?

4. The singer sings “I tried carrying the weight of the world
   But I only have two hands.” What does he mean by that? Can you relate to that statement?

5. The singer says:

“They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me”

People said before to him that he is caught up in a dream to be a singer. (Not many people can make a living as a singer or rock star.) But he wants to continue in this dream, so he says wake me up when I’m older.

Do you have a dream? Are you caught up in a dream? What dream is that? Do people tell you that you are caught up in a dream and your dream is not possible?