The future   The future   The future      Well I've been looking, looking for an answer   Somebody promised me one   And I've been waiting, waiting for the chance   Well somebody said it would come      Wake me up when we hit 2001      And I've been talking talking to the maker   Of the compromise   They said, "She's fine, call the undertaker"   You shouldn't look surprised      Wake me up when we hit 2001   Wake me up when we hit 2001      Oh it's barely alive with a story at five   So turn your video on   We live in these years, dark age of fear   Meet me in 2001      I saw my sister   Saw the ones who twist her, a social suicide   If looks could kill each and every cheap thrill   Could be a homicide      Wake me up when we hit 2001   Wake me up when we hit 2001      Oh it's barely alive with a story at five   So turn your video on   We live in these years, dark age of fear   Meet me in two, zero, zero, one      I've been searching, I've been searching searching for a reason   To either fight or fly   Either way patriot or treason   It's gonna be one long hard ride      Wake me up when we hit 2001   Wake me up when we hit 2001   Wake me up when we hit 2001   Wake me up when we hit 2001      The future   The future   The future   ...