“I Need To Wake Up” by Melissa Etheridge (2007)

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

This song has been written for the famous Al Gore’s documentary film about Global warming “An Inconvenient Truth”. It’s a call for self-obligation to take personal responsibility for fighting climate change.

You can hear this song in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2UeBw9fnck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pouYRrk-gyI