Avicii – Wake Me Up
This one was difficult. Suggested by my friend Paolo Amoroso, on the 9th of March 2021 I accepted the challenge, but oh boy Avicii is really not my kind of music. That said, let’s land on Mars!
Original
Wake Me up
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can’t tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
They tell me I’m too young to understand
They say I’m caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don’t open up my eyes
Well that’s fine by me
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn’t know I was lost
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn’t know I was lost
I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the change to travel the world
But I don’t have any plans
Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life’s a game made for everyone
And love is a prize
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn’t know I was lost
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn’t know I was lost
And didn’t know I was lost
And didn’t know I was lost
And didn’t know I was lost
I was lost, I was lost, I was lost
Cover
Perseverance
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a heating heart
I can’t tell where the journey will end
Jezero Crater to start
The parachute will help me to land
If Range Trigger does its job
The site will pass me by if chute doen’t open up its ties
It would be a high drop
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m steady and I’m a rover
All this time I was doing EDL that is
Seven minutes in the hell
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m steady and I’m a rover
All this time I was doing EDL, that is
Seven minutes in the hell
I am carrying the hope of the world
Launching on an Atlas V
Between a backshell and skycrane furled
Towards Mars to find life
I think that I could drive forever with my
brand new wheels and RTG
If TRN makes me fall from the sky
And touch the regolith
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m steady and I’m a rover
All this time I was doing EDL, that is
Seven minutes in the hell
So wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m steady and I’m a rover
All this time I was doing EDL, that is
Seven minutes in the hell
Seven minutes in the hell
Seven minutes in the hell
Seven minutes in the hell
In the hell, in the hell, in the hell