Melissa Etheridge - I Need To Wake Up Lyrics






Have I been sleeping?
I've been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can't see

'Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now





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  1. K.... E....

    climate crisis support

  2. B.... L....

    Powerful.
    No surprise as I see many of the songs she writes and sings are.
    I 💖M.E.

  3. f.... ....

    I like An Inconvenient Truth but it's frankly ridiculous that this sappy piece of dogshit won the Oscar when Chris Cornell didn't even get nominated for his awesome Casino Royale song.

  4. n.... n....

    so sad lyrics for exquisite lyrics.

  5. f.... ....

    Al Gore- an Inconvenient truth, where I listened to this song

  6. A.... P....

    Shut up babies mamas thicc homies love my peepee

    A.... P....

    Very smart, must be a professor

    A.... P....

    my nuts itch

  7. R.... B....

    This song spoke to my soul and my mind it's something we all need to happen. This song Melissa!! This song!! 💛

  8. P.... K....

    who is watching this in september 2019?

    P.... K....

    oktober 2019 and....i love it.

    P.... K....

    me also due to a springboard assignment that I'm overdue on lol...

  9. A.... F....

    The inspiration song to love this world! Thank you Misses Mellisa!

  10. E.... M....

    Reminds me of this great one: https://youtu.be/o9tJW9MDs2M

  11. S.... S....

    Amazon now :(

  12. W.... W....

    The comment section is full of people who still believe in the man bear

  13. T.... ....

    Muito ruim meu pau é melhor

  14. g.... ....

    Lol springboard

  15. A.... g....

    Great track except CO2 is a hoax..... a huge hoax!! We need CO2 for life on earth. Why do you think farmers pump CO2 into their greenhouses? Plant life thrives on CO2! Without plants and trees we die!! Simple!!

  16. T.... D....

    Ms. Jeans class 2018-2019

  17. S.... S....

    i hate springboard

  18. a.... z....

    who's here from springboard LMAO

  19. G.... W....

    Good song, shitty agenda.

  20. K.... c....

    14 years later and Al Gore is a BIG HUGE LIAR.

  21. E.... H....

    2:52 its 2019 (a decade later) and there are still a bunch of glaciers (25 active) in Glacier National Park...

    E.... H....

    Exactly. Yes, they are shrinking, but I hate this kind of sensationalism! Such crap that turns off intelligent people from listening! "Polar Bears are drowning" Seriously????

    E.... H....

    Read and shut up https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/521379/troubling-consequences-vanishing-ice-glacier-national-park

  22. L.... P....

    Anybody remember when that court in the UK struck down a mandate requiring schools to show An Inconvenient Truth because it was filled to the brim with lies and was useless as a film? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

  23. R.... S....

    I love that song

  24. M.... A....

    2019: Planet is still fine, glaciers are still around, people around me are becoming richer, and I bought a second car.

  25. L.... &....

    Definitely need to wake up before we are in prison camps.

  26. J.... Z....

    Ms Harris sent me here :(

  27. A.... T....

    And this Oscar winning amazing song doesnt even have 1M views?
    Wow.

    A.... T....

    Amrita Talukdar, the reason it doesn’t have a milk views cause it was made for the movie “an inconvenient truth” a film where most of the predictions were false

  28. T.... K....

    Have I been sleeping?
    I've been so still
    Afraid of crumbling
    Have I been careless?
    Dismissing all the distant rumblings
    Take me where I am supposed to be
    To comprehend the things that I can't see
    'Cause I need to move
    I need to wake up
    I need to change
    I need to shake up
    I need to speak out
    Something's got to break up
    I've been asleep
    And I need to wake up
    Now
    And as a child
    I danced like it was 1999
    My dreams were wild
    The promise of this new world
    Would be mine
    Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
    To listen to an inconvenient truth
    That I need to move
    I need to wake up
    I need to change
    I need to shake up
    I need to speak out
    Something's got to break up
    I've been asleep
    And I need to wake up
    Now
    I am not an island
    I am not alone
    I am…

  29. B.... E....

    THIS SONG FUCKIN SUCKS

  30. n.... n....

    raphael dupre condemned to death

  31. n.... h....

    J'ai 17 et demi .
    Ce film a vinifié l'esprit qui m'habrite.
    Depuis ce jour là j'ai changer beaucoup de choses dans ma vie.
    Quand ont voit ce film ont se rend conte à quel point notre planète est malade .
    Et que c'est notre seule maison .
    Alors tout ceux qui ont vue ce documentaire incroyablement réaliste , BATER VOUS ! !

  32. N.... M....

    Hell yeah springboard did a good thing for the first time in history

  33. I.... U....

    Came here from the Al Gore Movie

  34. I.... M....

    Why can't I find this song on Spotify? This song is so heartwarming.

    I.... M....

    It is on Spotify search the song title :)

  35. D.... P....

    Thanks Melissa Etheridge...as Don McLean so aptly put it "They would not listen, they did not know how
    Perhaps they'll listen now", but I seriously doubt it :-( Folk are still shopping and still they fiddle!

  36. L.... W....

    Ms Trotter brought me here

    L.... W....

    No one cares

  37. L.... W....

    Any water here?POOP

  38. L.... W....

    Hello, you big Juicy nut.

  39. R.... ....

    spring board is what gave this video half it's views

  40. l.... r....

    Springboard on go y'all

  41. M.... d....

    I need to wake up

  42. C.... H....

    shout out 2018

  43. A.... D....

    She sounds like a rip off of Reba McEntire

  44. A.... F....

    NICE SONG BY MELISSA ETHERIDGE !!!

  45. b.... ....

    here from springboard lmao

  46. R.... R....

    SPRINGBOARD BOYS

  47. D.... ....

    SPRINGBOARD 2018

  48. n.... n....

    just discovered Melissa today,splendid and fulfilled artist

  49. E.... P....

    this isnt even worth analyzing lmao its poorly put together with all the editing idiosyncrasies of 2006 are you high springboard

  50. J.... ....

    Least we didn’t have to do the chart

    J.... ....

    fancy seeing you here

  51. B.... B....

    There is a lot of inconvenient truths, that people turn a blind eye to, that people are not aware of, not aware of but hopefully not forever. Hopefully, eventually the individuals who are blind to the inconvenient truths, hopefully eventually start seeing the truths to All the inconvenient truths. Some stay blind for a time, others stay blind their entire existence.

  52. D.... ....

    2:50 Well they got that wrong

  53. D.... M....

    Beautiful song!

  54. D.... D....

    I came from algore an inconvenient truth....i feel a shame I just watched this amazing film listen to amazing song and seen powerful scientific evidences by a legendary man !

  55. J.... C....

    Awesome song! I love Melissa Etheridge.

  56. j.... ....

    I NeEd To WaKe Up and write this paragraph

  57. L.... S....

    I REMEMBER DOING A COVER ON THIS SONG FOR MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATION IN 07 <3 LOVE THIS SONG

  58. C.... S....

    A pretty poorly edited compilation of both relevant and irrelevant images and videos with facts about climate change thrown in there, all in between sequences of her singing with a guitar in front of a green screen with more images and random people walking across the set.

  59. D.... L....

    Don't believe in climate change but songs goes well with the truth.

  60. N.... ....

    How many more fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, etc. does it take? Two of America's 10 biggest metro areas have been attacked by monstrous hurricanes in 2 weeks.

  61. A.... ....

    #HurricaneIrma. Sending my prayers to everyone 🙏🏻❤️

  62. T.... M....

    People need to wake up about this problem

  63. R.... B....

    Global warming propaganda song

    R.... B....

    Radio Bla Bla Leiden, you could say the same about the movie

  64. A.... L....

    You Are Awesome Sister,..!!! I <3 You!!! #JOSSSAYIN

  65. C.... G....

    Reminds me of my 10th grade Springboard Book.

  66. D.... G....

    oh my goodness. what i love most about this song is the lyrics. i believe those lyrics represent and are for the entire human race.

  67. D.... B....

    Fantastic lady.....She's out there doing something to fix this fucked up world. Never forgets her hometown friends and treats people with decency and humanity! The ENVIRONMENT NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE MISSY!

  68. L.... R....

    The short hair is definetly her best look.

    L.... R....

    she was recovering from breast cancer treatment, this is her hair growing out. but I agree it is a good look. context is important

  69. J.... C....

    you suck

  70. N.... G....

    One of the most beautiful songs to ever be written.

  71. J.... L....

    Thanks Springboard

  72. A.... D....

    who directed this joint

  73. Z.... ....

    Jerick, you're gay

  74. V.... H....

    I'm only here because of homework. This song sucks balls.

  75. R.... G....

    NOTHING HAS CHANGE STILL THE SAME AND GOTTEN MORE WORSE WAKE THE WORLD OPEN YOUR EYES SEE WHAT
    AROUND YOU PLEASE

  76. I.... S....

    This song has become my anthem. I saw Mellisa and Tony Robbins on you tube about 3 months ago and ever since I am driven to play this song about 10 times a day.. Motivating! Dance and sing, loud as I can! Sorry neighbours.

    I.... S....

    Ivy Sketsch Same dir meine😁

  77. C.... ....

    I should make this play as my alarm in the morning.

    C.... ....

    Christopher hahahaha

  78. P.... M....

    This is the most inspiring song I've ever heard in my life. It's just relly inspiring... I listen to the lyrics and it's really inspiring. We need to start taking care of the Earth. This is what God gave us and we need to take care of it.

    P.... M....

    Maybe try out 'Imagine' from John Lennon, pretty inspiring song too^^

    P.... M....

    May God bless you ma man. God bless you.

  79. P.... M....

    is she a girl or a boy??? By the way I love the song so much, it's so inspiring...

    P.... M....

    Are you?  A girl or a boy?  Pili-what ??

  80. b.... ....

    An Oscar for that?? Wow.

  81. F.... P....

    They show global warming in the video but listen to the lyrics, it's about selling her soul to the Devil.

    F.... P....

    What are you smoking? Or inhavling? Whatever it is I'd like some it's good!

  82. G.... m....

    My geog teacher showed us this

  83. G.... ....

    10 years since an inconvenient truth was released ... and nothing's changed

    G.... ....

    Noctura nothing in America, because we're the most ignorant and arrogant country on the planet. China is spending more money on renewable energy than any other country. India is working on it too. The US, "hell naw boy we gots to make that coal and oil money" because now republicans are back in charge and that's the plan.

    G.... ....

    Noctura nothing in America, because we're the most ignorant and arrogant country on the planet. China is spending more money on renewable energy than any other country. India is working on it too. The US, "hell naw boy we gots to make that coal and oil money" because now republicans are back in charge and that's the plan.

    G.... ....

    Hopefully things will change under mine or the Sanders Administration

    G.... ....

    It's a struggle. It always is. That is the nature of dreams.

    G.... ....

    It's just getting worse

  84. x.... ....

    I don 't speak english, bat I watch this vidio because I have reflect

  85. S.... R....

    love this song

  86. H.... ....

    Wake up!!! Don't vote for Trump! Don't make the same mistake with George W. Bush.

    H.... ....

    Right Obama is doing allot and expending much energy in the middle east...! very focused on the oil that remains and the distribution of the spoils...!

    H.... ....

    Darelensor Longustus we have an epa head paid by oil companies... Tell me again how worse obama was

    H.... ....

    Everything is much worse..but Trump dump wasn't supposed to win, nd it's true he wasn't supposed to win..i truly don't accept him as a president, I really don't nd I am Mexican..if he don't accept me, then I don't accept him

  87. F.... A....

    Song is beautiful, Melissa .....We all need to wake .....

    F.... A....

    We all need to wake up and to open the eyes to see what will happen if we do so on

  88. U.... A....

    Good work out song

  89. C.... ....

    SPRINGBOARD FAM WHERE U AT???

    C.... ....

    i hate springboard

    C.... ....

    @L00phole oof tough luck

    C.... ....

    Mrs.flemmings class English 2 honors gang

  90. t.... h....

    Studies show that the year average temp. is getting lower WORLD WIDE! and this is not caused by man kind. We just pushed the accelerator. Studies show that 2060 an ice age will began.

    t.... h....

    yeah, because greenlanf is melting because of the high CO2 pollution and the water from greenland's ice will stop the golf stream. And the golf stream is the only thing that prevents a new ice age from breaking out! (sorry for the bad english!) you should watch 'the inconvenient truth' it explains all very well...

    t.... h....

    That's part of the reason why we're moving away from calling it "Global Warming" and shifting to "Climate Change". We're not seeing a general increase in temperature like we originally thought we were. Instead, we're seeing the changes lead to more erratic weather patterns overall.

  91. t.... h....

    This should be the theme song for the Democrats LMAO

    t.... h....

    @Gene C you are entirely incorrect.

    t.... h....

    how so?

    t.... h....

    republicans will believe in fictional storybook characters and psychic vampires, but never anything with actual evidence.

    t.... h....

    umm ok give me one way that global warming is not a natural event that had happened at least three times that scientists know of

    t.... h....

    Devin Svennson, when liberals Learn what gender and biology is, then maybe we might start believing you about climate change

  92. V.... H....

    that's me in the morning

  93. 1.... A....

    Love this song she totally deserved that Oscar.

    1.... A....

    123 ABC yes she did.

  94. A.... D....

    Propper winter was not since a 15 years

  95. g.... ....

    I love this song! I miss hearing it.

  96. S.... N....

    here because of Chestersee. saw it from his instagram and i just had to look for this song. love it.

  97. S.... ....

    This is in 'the inconvenient truth'.
    And everyone should watch that :3
    Since the entire music video is imagery linking to it 😂

    S.... ....

    You do know that most of the predictions in the film were false

    S.... ....

    No, i don't know that at all.
    You do know that when we're talking about geological time frames, the difference of a decade or four is irrelevant, and a year or several is just laughable?
    Look at the predictions of Exxon's own scientists in the '70s, or the first scientists who predicted that industrial CO2 (and methane and nitrous oxide) would help the atmosphere trap heat in the 1800s.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-AXBbuDxRY

    S.... ....

    SkepticalScience.com