Awoken from an age that kept unfolding
And the end was out of sight
I'm lost in the golden
Unbroken by a spell that was unspoken
How could I have been so blind?
I'm lost in the golden

Every story written, bought or sold
Are words from pages filled with heart and soul
I have risen up from far below
Watch as I rise
One afterlife
Wake me up after I die

Speaking to the distant shore, I'm leaping
From a life I left behind
And I live for the golden
One day, I will touch the heavens ceiling
Just to know that feeling's right
And I live for the golden

Every story written, bought or sold
Are words from pages filled with heart and soul
I have risen up from far below
Watch as I rise
One afterlife
Wake me up after I—

Every story written, bought or sold
Are words from pages filled with heart and soul
I have risen up from far below
Watch as I rise
One afterlife
Wake me up after I die