I saw ten people die 
before I was ten years old 
and I knew how to cry 
before I was ever born 
wake alive alive
wake alive alive

sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation 
for the wake 
and wake and wake and wake
and all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep

I can’t bury my grief 
unless I bury my fear
I can’t bury my fear 
before I bury my friend 
wake alive alive 
wake alive alive

sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation 
for the wake 
and wake and wake and wake
and sweetheart all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep



and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
yea, I think it’s time
for us to find a way

to wake up 
to wake up 
to wake up
to wake up