The trumpet sounds like a worldwide alarm clock
The dead rise, this might come as a shock
The day the grave will be unlocked
I've seen so many turn away, the one's had no doubt
If you've been around, you know what I'm talking about
On fire but now their burning out

Don't they know that this is a long road
The race we run's a marathon

And all I want to say, is I'm not here to stay
Life ends and I don't mind
Just wake me up on time
Just wake me up on time

Do you ever think about what you'll become?
The reason why it's not a game but a race we run
Who reigns are those who overcome
You don't have to finish first, just stay on track
Turn not right or left but straight up the path
There are those who run that will turn back
Where Jesus goes, are you gonna follow?
Even when you feel you can't go on

And all I want to say, is I'm not here to stay
Life ends and I don't mind
Just wake me up on time

And all I want to say, is I'm not here to stay
And I don't care as long, as I can finish strong
Just wake me up on time
Just wake me up on time

Don't they know that this is a long road
The race we run's a marathon

And all I want to say is I'm not here to stay
Life ends and I don't mind
Just wake me up on time
And all I want to say is I'm not here to stay
And I don't care as long, as I can finish strong
Just wake me up on time
Just wake me up on time

© 2004 The O.C. Supertones / BEC Recordings

Behind the Song:
''Death where is your victory? Grave where is your sting?' The way we see life is influenced by the way we see death. Is life 'cruel, brutish, and short' with death waiting as the final calamity? Is it an irresistable black hole sucking existence into annihilation? The Christian may fear death because we were not originally created to die, but we do not depair over it. We know that it is only a sleep from which we will awake never to die again. Let's not forget that our Lord has met death, and conquered it.' - Matt Morginsky (The O.C. Supertones)