Awake Too Long - Rise Against

I watched the rise and the fall of the common man

I lived to see all our steps walked back

I watched the walls all crash down, crumbling

Just to be rebuilt while we slept, oh-oh

We threw swords in the oceans, wide and deep

We promised peace, but the peace won’t last

Because now we forge new blades so nervously

Waiting for this harmony to pass

I stand guard and roam

Like a sentinel

And I see it all

I’ve been awake too long

Wish there was something

That could close my eyes

To all that I see

Awake too long

It would be easier to fall asleep

We fell in love, but the love kept running out

We followed roads, but the roads all end

We lived and learned, and learned to live without

Falling from the ladders we ascend, oh-oh

I’ve seen the eyes of the widows left behind

I’ve seen the child of a fallen man

And never once did our leaders apologise

For battles they began

I can’t look away

Or pretend not to see

And so I stay

I’ve been awake too long

Wish there was something

That could close my eyes

To all that I see

Awake too long

It would be easier to fall asleep

Asleep

Maybe I would dream if I could sleep

Maybe I’d see what this could be

Instead of what it is, oh

And is there bliss in ignorance?

Is this our demise we can’t prevent?

Should we fall asleep?

I’ve been awake too long

I’ve been awake too long

I’ve been awake too long

I’ve been awake too long

And like constant vigils, we are

Burning eternal flames

A surgery, blades in an open heart

And through it all

Every single cut I’ve been awake