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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Am I Awake?
Album: Indestructable Object (Ep)
Verse 1:
Ebm6 Ebm
Am I awake?
Ebm6 Ebm
What time is it?
Chorus:
B
When I get through this day
F#
Can someone tell me how?
C#
And how much longer now?
Ebm
Am I awake?
Verse 2:
Ebm
The coffee's cold, did I forget to drink it yet?
Ebm6 Ebm
Did I forget?
Ebm
My clothes are wet I don't remember drinking it
Chorus:
When I get through this part
Will the next one be the same?
Will I be wondering if I'm awake?
Verse 3:
Abm B
These are not the clothes I had on when I went to bed
Abm B
And something else besides my head is growing from my head
Abm B
And when I close my eyes it looks the same as when I open them again
Verse 4:
Ebm6 Ebm
Am I awake?
Ebm6 Ebm
What time is it?
Chorus:
Is it that time again
wasn't it already then?
so does it have to be
the time it was again?
Chorus:
When I get through this day
Can someone tell me how
and how much longer now
Am I awake
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ben Lead Player |
#1 by ben Tee at Oct 14, 1975 at 7:08 PM EST |
| This song is sung from the point of view of someone who is so tired they don't know what they're doing. Having dealt with some really tedious college schedules that involved lab classes that would sometimes go from 9 PM to 5 AM the next morning, I know the feeling well, you're so disoriented you have no idea what is going on. "My shirt is wet I don't remember drinking it" might suggest the person singing fell asleep for just a split second and splashed their drink over themselves. This song was fittingly used for promos of the TLC show "Resident Life," a show about doctors that just became residents and were having to deal with the hectic schedules. | |
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Satan SAF! Rhythm Player |
#2 by Satan SAF! Lucifer at Oct 18, 1986 at 3:39 PM EST |
| It sounds to me more like someone who is stuck in reality against their will; someone who is stuck in the same mindset and task and can't get out. Perhaps that reality is 9-5 drudgery or some other compulsory task they find dissatisfying. | |
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skater-boy Rhythm Player |
#3 by skater-boy at Jan 7, 1991 at 5:44 PM EST |
| insomniacs that aren't used to sleeping fall asleep and can't tell if their awake or not. | |
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