Wake Me Up Inside -vs- Comfortably Numb

As a kid in the late ’70’s, I remember listening to the hauntingly sad, autobiographical lyrics of Roger Waters (Pink Floyd): “I have become comfortably numb”.

Another line from the song explains, “You are only coming through in waves—your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying”.

This song reminds me of something Jesus said…

“Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing.” (Matthew 13.13 MSG)

Some of us are numb—just going through the motions in life.

We hear sounds, but we’re not really listening. Our eyes are open, but we’re not really seeing.

In 2003, Amy Lee of Evanescence wrote a song called “Bring Me To Life.”

The chorus says, “Wake me up inside…”

Amy Lee, when asked about the inspiration for the song, explained: “One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months I’d been numb, just going through the motions of life.”

She realized that she was numb and needed to be awakened.

So…

If your life was a film, which of these two songs should be the soundtrack right now?

Are you comfortably numb—or are you saying “wake me up inside”?

“Make sure you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-to-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. Be up and awake to what God is doing!” (Romans 13.11, 12 MSG)