Lyrics

I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake

I’m wide awake
Yeah, I was in the  
I was   hard
With an   heart
I’m wide awake
How did I   the stars so  

I’m wide awake
And now it’s   to me
That everything you  
Ain’t always what it  
I’m wide awake
Yeah, I was dreamin’ for so  

I wish I   then
What I know  
Wouldn’t   in
Wouldn’t   down
Gravity  
You made it so sweet
‘Til I   up on
On the  

Fallin’ from cloud 9
Crashin’ from the  
I’m lettin’ go tonight
Yeah I’m fallin’ from cloud 9

I’m wide awake
Not losing any sleep
I     every piece
And landed on my  
I’m wide awake
Need nothing to   myself, no

I’m wide awake
Yeah, I am   again
Out of the lion’s  
I don’t have to  
And it’s too  
The story’s over now, the end

I wish I knew then
What I know now
Wouldn’t dive in
Wouldn’t bow down
Gravity hurts
You made it so sweet
‘Til I woke up on
On the concrete

Fallin’ from cloud 9
(It was outta the blue, I’m)
Crashin’ from the high
I’m lettin’ go  
(Yeah, I’m lettin’ you go, I’m)
I’m fallin’ from cloud 9

I’m wide awake
Thunder  
Castles  
I’m wide awake
I am trying to    
I’m wide awake
God knows that I  
Seeing the   side
I’m wide awake
I’m not   anymore

I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake

Yeah I’m fallin’ from cloud 9
(It was outta the blue, I’m)
Crashin’ from the high
You know I’m letting go tonight
(Yeah, I’m lettin’ you go, I’m)
I’m fallin’ from cloud 9

I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
Legend

Meaning

"Wide Awake" is lyrically about the reality of a break up and moving on, which many have believed to have been written about Perry's ex-husband, Russell Brand, since it was written and recorded after the divorce

Vocabulary

hold on

To manage to stay alive or to deal with a difficult situation:
We just had to hold on until help arrived.

wide awake

Completely awake.

read the stars so wrong

Some people believe in reading the stars as the stars is telling their future. Katy’s referring to making wrong decisions in life that created her destiny/future.

bow down

bend, kneel in respect
She was asked to bow down in front of a statue of their god.

dive in

plunge into water
The water was very cold here, and it took a few seconds to prepare myself mentally before I could dive in.

concrete

material
A statue made of concrete is at the entrance to the park.

cloud 9

figurative (blissfully happy)
Children are on cloud nine when they get their favorite desserts.

picked up

To gather or collect
Please pick up the pieces.
Pick the pieces up.

den

animal's lair
The wounded animal hid in its den.

pretend

to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not
We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?

crumbling

structure: falling apart. To (cause to) break into small fragments
The ancient paper crumbled in his hands.

rumbling

making low rolling sound

hold on

stay courageous or patient. wait, maintain position
Hold on till I get there!

bright side

consider positive aspects

blind

sightless, unable to see
He has been blind since birth