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Wake Up

from The Gate by Candy Lee

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Wake Up is a call to awareness. It is a call to everyone to break free from the illusion that the way our human society is run is the "right" way. In truth, our priorities are way out of wack. We are taught that we should obey authority, work and strive for the American Dream, which is one of affluence, over consumption, and destruction, and build our morality off of ancient religious texts. If we want our species to go on, we must restructure our current society to one that is more logical, peaceful, fair, and sustainable.

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Where can you go when there’s no place left that’s free?
And words written long ago, primitive ideas,
Keep us from moving on, And stuck in stagnant circles.
Round and round through time.

When nothing is sacred, what can you keep?
Paper I-owe-you notes turn everything into commodities.
People sell their lives away to be able to survive.
And nature is worth more when it’s dead, than when it is alive.
We all just live to die.

So wake up, wake up, brothers and sisters.
We’ll put our forefathers away.
Wake up, wake up, brothers and sisters.
Start a dawning of a new day.
A dawning of a new day.

Too many times has injustice risen, when we could have taken a stand.
With our awareness, it’s time to unite, and bring others to understand
That we can live free, once again.

So wake up, wake up, brothers and sisters.
We’ll put our forefathers away.
Wake up, wake up, brothers and sisters.
Start a dawning of a new day.

A dawning of a new, new day.

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from The Gate, released August 26, 2010

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Candy Lee Fayetteville, Arkansas

Candy Lee is an award winning, "golden voiced" singer/songwriter who combines her love for folk, jazz, and indie music to create her own original style. The first thing you'll notice when you hear Candy Lee is her voice- timeless, entrancing, and ethereal. She Lee pulls you in with her sweet, catchy melodies and moving music, but it is her smart, creative lyrics that deserve a second listen. ... more

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