This was me, before you arrived I hung my dreams out to dry I was faking it, phoning it in Living inside myself The fire had left my eyes Shell shocked and paralyzed Convinced I had lost my touch Then like a flame That I thought was lost forever You called my name Now I'm alive again, alive again I feel the beating of a brand new heart The pounding rhythm of a brand new start And it's shaking me up, don't wake me up While I am dreaming My hands are strumming on a thousand strings You eyes are telling me thousand things And it's shaking me up This time I've got so much to give And a brand new reason to live This was you, thousand tears ago Resigned to never know Someone who loved you smile Your crazy sense of style You sat there alone and said a silent prayer For someone to love and share All the laughter and sorrow, all your tomorrow I've never been A poet or romancer But I heard your prayer And I knew you were the answer I feel the beating of a brand new heart The pounding rhythm of a brand new start And it's shaking me up, don't wake me up While I am dreaming My hands are strumming on thousand strings You eyes are telling me thousand things And it's shaking me up This time I've got so much to give And a brand new reason to live Take a look at yourself I can hardly believe my eyes What ever happened to the man I knew Who never seemed to have a clue You breathed new life into me I feel the beating of a brand new heart The pounding rhythm of a brand new start And it's shaking me up, don't wake me up While I am dreaming My hands are strumming on thousand strings You eyes are telling me thousand things And it's shaking me up This time I've got so much to give And a brand new reason to live My hands are strumming on thousand strings You eyes are telling me thousand things And it's shaking me up, it's shaking me up