Awoken (song)

"**Awoken**" is a song by American musician H8\_Seed and English musician WoodenToaster, released on May 30, 2012.

## Description

A worker has an epiphany and tries to redeem himself in the eyes of the normal world.

## Information

The spiritual succesor to WoodenToaster's "Rainbow Factory" follows the story and thoughts of realisation and deep regret from one of the workers of the Rainbow Factory, sung from his point of view.

The song was released as a single on May 30, 2012 and later included on WoodenToaster's compilation album.

An animated music video for the song, created by American artist BronyDanceParty and English artist ABluSkittle, was uploaded to BronyDanceParty's YouTube channel on September 14, 2012. The video was featured on an Equestria Daily article the same day.

"Awoken" remains one of the most popular and acclaimed songs from the fandom, and is often considered to be one of the best to come out of the early brony music scene, by bronies and non-bronies alike. The song was voted by the community as the #1 on the Top 25 Brony Songs of 2012 list and has been covered and remixed by a variety of artists. As of 2022, the original YouTube video and the animated music video have over 5.5 million and 6.2 million views, respectively.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: H8\_Seed]**
What cause have I to feel glad?
I've built my life on judgement and causing pain
I don't know those eyes I see in the bloodstained chrome
Now everything that I've had
And everything I've known have been thrown away
And with time, I've come to find this isn't my home

**[Chorus: H8\_Seed]**
I've stoked the fire
Seen more pain than you can know
The tears of the broken have washed away my soul
Pushed by desire
To change the way my stream will flow
Now I've awoken, and I'm taking back control

**[Post-Chorus: WoodenToaster & *H8\_Seed*]**
I try my best to block out the screams
But they're haunting me in my dreams
*Please, break my shackles, I want it to stop*

**[Verse 2: H8\_Seed]**
I man these wretched machines
Day in, day out, the grinding wears on my brain
Undermining my sanity, making me question my reality
But life is not as it seems
Should I take a chance for freedom and throw it all down the drain?
I've been imprisoned, please burn my transgressions away

**[Chorus: H8\_Seed]**
I've stoked the fire
Seen more pain than you can know
The tears of the broken have washed away my soul
Pushed by desire
To change the way my stream will flow
Now I've awoken, and I'm taking back control

**[Post-Chorus: WoodenToaster & *H8\_Seed*]**
I try my best to block out the screams
But they're haunting me in my dreams
*Please, break my shackles, I want it to stop*

**[Solo]**

**[Chorus: H8\_Seed]**
I've stoked the fire
Seen more pain than you can know
The tears of the broken have washed away my soul
Pushed by desire
To change the way my stream will flow
Now I've awoken, and I'm taking back control

**[Bridge: H8\_Seed]**
I'm sick of hurting
Sick of thinking it's all I do
I break those around me, those spared are very few
But the bright sun is burning
And my sky shines, ever blue
Friendships surround me; I'm becoming a part of you

**[Post-Chorus: WoodenToaster & *H8\_Seed*]**
I try my best to block out the screams
But they're haunting me in my dreams
*Please, break my shackles, I want it to stop*