Audioslave - Wide Awake Lyrics






You can a look a hurricane right in the eye.
1200 people dead or left to die.
Follow the leaders, were it an eye for an eye we'd all be blind.
Deaf or murdered, and this I'm sure in this uncertain time.

So come pull the sheet over my eyes
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today.
I found you guilty of a crime, of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake.

Down on the road the world is floating by.
The poor and undefended left behind.
While you're somewhere trading lives for oil,
As if the whole world were blind, hey.

So come pull the sheet over my eyes
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today.
I found you guilty of a crime of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake.

Come pull the sheet over my eyes
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today
I found you guilty of a crime of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake
Wide awake! Wide awake! Wide awake! Wide awake!





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  1. R.... M....

    Damn , thought I had heard everything Chris wrote...
    LOVE THIS !!!!!

  2. S.... ....

    Guilty of a crime..! Throw the shit over my eyes, so I shan't see the Lie's!!!!

  3. t.... ....

    Oh did anyone forget to mention that this song kicks ass LOL!

  4. J.... B....

    It's so sad to discover yet one more great song after you have left, RIP Chris.

  5. T.... L....

    Chris Cornell is basically John wick for musician vocalists

  6. A.... S....

    Wide. A wake. Trumpets sound. Goodnight.

    A.... S....

    The Great Awakening

  7. A.... ....

    the most underrated song of this band

  8. r.... c....

    Buta que te extraño ctm!!!

  9. A.... I....

    cada ser humano de este planeta debería escuchar esta canción y despertar de tanta mentira

  10. T.... F....

    this is the best Audioslave song for me. #1

  11. T.... ....

    Really underrated audioslave song.

  12. K.... T....

    Besides Shinedown and avenged sevenfold there is only Chris Cornell to listen to this day and age

  13. K.... ....

    Strahota

  14. M.... M....

    chris cornell quria da o utemo beijo da morte

  15. M.... B....

    RIP I'll always Love you and your amazing voice!!!!!

  16. I.... J....

    RIP Chris. You wrote this song in 2006 and as of 2019, we're still asleep and falling into a coma

    I.... J....

    Almost Brain Dead!!! 😠

    I.... J....

    The Great Awakening is near more what do you think.... Don't lose your faith

  17. J.... M....

    I have loved this song for many years. Such a bold statement. We lost a brilliant, gifted man when Chris left this world

  18. �.... ....

    Одна из лучших песен группы. Если трактовать шире, не привязывая к событию (урагану), в мире правящего капитала её актуальность неизменна.
    One of the best songs of the band. If interpreted it broader, not tying to the event (the hurricane), its relevance unchanged, in the world of ruling capital.

  19. J.... D....

    Miami Vice -2006-


    You made it even better. Thanks Chris!
    I will never forget you.
    RiP

  20. �.... �....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzAyHlyc3W8

  21. D.... S....

    no one screams like you anymore

  22. G.... B....

    917 Fitzhugh in the back black laquer door Old east Dallas you are late love do u even know they are trying to seal you out_/ me in here. OOT of you want me to tie IT off just say so and ill be omw but IT would be in better favor on all sides of you were to make a personal appearance personally and privately briefly and quickly as you are late and IT digs the knife deeper and the squeeze is bareable but being slowly estinguished into whatever landfill this is has become more disheartening than any life death or nothing and dramagine or recollect. Quality of life still carries Weight, but in regard to life death or absolute nothing I have no preference to my own or anothers. I promise not to need or want or require anything and I promise not to cause a bind or waste your time or mine. If I dont see you soon please remeber yo recieve me should I come near in passing. I love you. ~♤♡♤~sdr 917 fitzhugh at gaston intersect in the back black laquer door please do not fuck ground and goh.

  23. R.... G....

    Temón ...tira una sabana sobre mis ojos, para que pueda dormir esta noche, despues de lo que e visto este dia

  24. e.... r....

    Que buen tema !!! 😎🤘

  25. J.... D....

    Possibly one of the most important songs of our lifetime guys. We should all listen the fuck to this shit man!!

  26. S.... ....

    An Oath to voting

  27. K.... Y....

    Miami vice

  28. A.... M....

    2019???

  29. D.... B....

    " I found you gulity of a crime, of sleeping ON THE JOB.
    When you should have been WIDE AWAKE"

  30. H.... ....

    Real music !! That' all

  31. D.... F....

    LOL I was woken up by this song having my iPad play continuously. Such a Beautiful Song and my love for Chris Cornell is never ending. R.I.P. DEAR MAN ❤️

  32. Z.... ....

    This song is so good it borderline ridiculous

  33. C.... B....

    lo maximo......

  34. t.... ....

    Miami Vice 2? RIP Chris Cornell

  35. A.... K....

    Audioslave is a great band everyone knows that but those lyrics they hit you hard, right in your face! You might be from any country, any continent but those lyrics are still gonna have the same meaning and relevance to anyone across this world. RIP Chris. Now I know what a talent this world lost!

  36. j.... s....

    2019

  37. e.... r....

    Que buen tema la remil puta karajo !!!

  38. A.... O....

    D de ieves

  39. S.... D....

    Perfeita

  40. K.... H....

    Ugh all this attention after head died pisses me off. He kicked ass here

    K.... H....

    Sadly that is the way it is with most great artists. Audioslave was a great band that I hoped to see more from.

  41. c.... p....

    Only ode to Hurricane Katrina victims I know of and it's a hard ass song in every sense

  42. M.... V....

    The big bass! Desde Argentina lml

  43. l.... v....

    simply great

  44. M.... ....

    I never thought Grunge was a good name for it. I think some journalist coined it. To me it seems like the last great generation of RocknRoll. The new bands since 2000s just don't seem as good as the last 50 years.

    M.... ....

    MagicMarker447 You are most definitely right, Chris Cornell was one of the last true Rock voices we had, sadly enough.. To be honest, I can't name even 5 Great Rock songs since the 90s.. Just a few good ones at best.. Just like a stone is one of the best songs ever..

  45. g.... g....

    Audioslave para sempre

    g.... g....

    Valeu ok

  46. B.... E....

    hey guys listen this new song from Unicircle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vWJ7dRjVc

  47. J.... B....

    How can 375 ppl give this a thumbs down !?!? Hearing Chris giving his all at the end !!! What a Voice What a LEGEND feel privileged to have seen you live !!! No one sings like you anymore rip xxx

  48. E.... E....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjcKv62tn4

  49. M.... G....

    Desta vida não levamos. Nada

  50. C.... D....

    How relevant are these lyrics in 2019? People need to wake up to what's still happening in our governments and the time of deception we live in

  51. J.... d....

    Deep artist always singing to real deep human stuff...

  52. L.... P....

    como me pone la piel de gallina este tema, una obra de arte !!!

  53. V.... ....

    Obligatory for me to state that this is one of their most underrated songs. I really connected to it in a new way with his Songbook and solo acoustic performances.

  54. j.... 2....

    Audioslave forever!!!😎🤘

  55. J.... ....

    This song makes me alive.

  56. A.... R....

    Never forget the greatest vocalist in rock music

  57. G.... C....

    Are there brazilian here???

  58. E.... M....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 2019 y sigues en my head ❤️ 4ever

  59. D.... F....

    Love Him and his tragically Lyrics from his broken heart 💔. Sadly missed!!

  60. M.... W....

    Still rings true of our government today.

  61. M.... P....

    que temon!!!!

  62. C.... ....

    So i can sleep tonight RIP chris cornell

  63. N.... L....

    I’m getting close to mastering nervousness

  64. 1.... ....

    This song is not directed at anyone else, but himself. Those lyrics speak of the self derision of a man who feels helpless about the suffering in the world, and all the while is repulsed by his complacency when wanting to sleep and forget about such suffering. It's OK Chris. It's not on you or anyone to rid the world of evil. Just do what you can for those around you. Rest easy.

  65. T.... C....

    ¡Hey! pls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_erUirOC0lk take a look ! in this song!

  66. N.... L....

    I just thought of this the other day but I forgot I started smoking cigarettes because I wanted my voice to sound like Chris cornells

  67. C.... C....

    Great voice...great song...great man sexy ever exist ....so missed....unbelievable hes not longer with us😔

  68. N.... M....

    Te fuiste muy pronto Chris.! Aún había más de ti para escuchar.!!

  69. M.... V....

    3:55 salute!

  70. C.... P....

    Love this track. I prefer the acoustic version though. RIP ROCKGOD🤘

  71. H.... H....

    One of the best song by chris and the band

  72. G.... R....

    one of the best songs of Audioslave

  73. m.... k....

    Lyrics

    You can look a hurricane right in the eye
    Twelve hundred people dead or left to die
    Follow the leaders
    Were it an eye for an eye
    We'd all be blind, deaf or murdered
    This I'm sure
    In this uncertain time



    So come pull a sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen today
    I find you guilty of the crime
    Of sleeping (at a) time when you should have been wide awake

    Down on the road the world is floating by
    The poor and undefended left behind
    While you're somewhere trading lives for oil
    As if the whole world were blind

    So come pull a sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen today
    I've found you guilty of the crime
    Of sleeping (at a) time
    When you should have been wide awake

    Come pull this sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen

    I found you guilty of the crime
    Of sleeping in a time
    When you should have been wide awake

    Wide Awake
    Wide Awake
    Wide Awake
    Wide Awake
    Awake

  74. �.... �....

    This is a masterpiece

  75. M.... L....

    Till now, I still don't believe he suicided himself…NO!!! IT CAN'T BE!!!

  76. A.... M....

    🤘🤘🤘

  77. N.... L....

    I used to sleep in the car but my sleepiness didn’t start til later in life just so happens they have an album revelations

  78. N.... L....

    Or it’s about me and 911

  79. N.... L....

    This is me going on a serious limb here but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. It’s possible a clone of me wrote this song talking about himself and Chris was chosen to perform it in public or it could have always been passed through technology

  80. L.... M....

    Achei a música que não saía da minha cabeça!

    L.... M....

    Vim de novo porque ainda não saía da minha cabeça.

  81. L.... ....

    Lyrics

    You can look a hurricane
    Right in the eye
    1200 people dead
    Or left to die
    Follow the leaders,
    We're in an eye for an eye,
    We'll all be blind
    Death for murder,
    This I'm sure in this
    Uncertain time

    So come and pull the
    Sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen today
    I find you guilty of a crime
    Of sleeping at a time
    When you should have been
    Wide awake

    Down on the road the
    World is floating by
    The poor and undefended
    Left behind
    While you're somewhere
    Trading lives for oil
    As if the whole world
    Were blind,
    Hey

    So come and pull the
    Sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen today
    I find you guilty of a crime
    Of sleeping at a time
    When you should have been
    Wide awake

    So come and pull the
    Sheet over my eyes
    So I can sleep tonight
    Despite what I've seen today
    I find you guilty of a crime
    Of sleeping at a time
    When you should have been
    Wide awake

    Wide awake
    Wide awake
    Wide awake
    Wide awake

  82. c.... ....

    "Hola chico"/"Hola chica"

  83. V.... W....

    This song gave so much meaning. His music did inspire and in my life personally made so much sense. God forgive him and help him make it to the light

  84. J.... L....

    Por qué de pronto me siento tan melancólico :'v

  85. A.... L....

    Nois aqui o 2018 /09/24

  86. A.... L....

    E nois nessa porra!!!
    Os bons vão cedo de mais......🙌

  87. S.... O....

    Uma ArTe! De oBra-prima!

  88. l.... w....

    Nothing ever hurt so much

  89. E.... N....

    The last real Rock n' Roll band in the world has gone!

    E.... N....

    no there's more man. you just gotta look harder. ever heard of the Black keys? great band. if you haven't check them out

    E.... N....

    @03underground Oh, Yeah!! The Black Keys!!! Great band!!! You're right!!!

  90. S.... G....

    this song was about hurricane Katrina and how people were not rescued in time and died.

  91. J.... A....

    Audioslave: de lo bueno, poco. Una gran banda. RIP Chris Cornell. Extraño audioslave.

  92. f.... ....

    living in SWFL an going through the algae bloom crisis thats killing countless marine life at the moment, the words "I find you guilty of a crime of sleeping in at a time when you should have been wide awake" fits dam well, as this issue is self inflicted.

  93. N.... ....

    This was off Revelations not Out of Exile

  94. w.... P....

    why doesn't any one talk about the content of the song? I think thats what he would want I think.... he wrote the song for a reason

  95. l.... i....

    Northern Iraq southern Syria.....1200+ dead what is a mass grave?.....

    l.... i....

    I won't be silenced

  96. �.... N....

    Me, scream-whispering while listening to this song.
    RIP Chris you will be missed

  97. N.... L....

    If anyone is b3ing tortured I would say do whatever it takes to end it and set them free into the public domain