Album: Harder Than It Looks
Songwriters: Nate Campany, Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau
Additional collaboration: Pierre Bouvier, Jason “JVP” Van Poederooyen (production)
Length: 3:36
Release of the single: April 8th 2022
“Through meeting fans and reading people’s messages, we’ve come to realize that there’s a lot of people in our fanbase who literally rely on this music when they’re struggling. It’s more than just entertainment to them. Because of that, we always try to write songs that are going to help people through their struggles. And we wanted to make a song that was sort of vague enough to fit with whatever you’re going through. So the ‘nightmare’ is whatever that struggle is for you.”
– Simple Plan [Apple Music]-
“When we saw the first images from the war in Ukraine, we felt so heartbroken and powerless. The impact on young children and families felt especially devastating and made us want to do something to help.
The idea to do this video was sparked by discussions with our good friend and Ukrainian filmaker Jensen Noen. We could feel just how important and personal the events in Ukraine were for him and from there, the concept for the video emerged.
It was very special to see all these talented Ukrainian actors, actresses, and crew members come together for this cause and create such a moving and emotional music video. We always believed in the power of music and we hope this video can have a positive impact and raise as much money as possible for the people of Ukraine.”– Simple Plan –
Tell me where do I begin?
‘Cause it’s making my head spin
And I can just feel it
It’s never been so loud and clear
I wish that I could disappear
To a place that’s far from here
‘Cause I can just feel it
Tell me we’ll be alright
Yeah, make it stop, it won’t last much longer
I wanna get away but I can’t escape
Try to run but I’m going nowherе
Yeah, wake me up whеn this nightmare’s over
When did dreams get left for dead?
How the hell did we forget
That nothing else matters?
If we hit the lowest low
There’s only one place left to go
And I won’t just give up hope
‘Cause nothing else matters
Tell me we’ll be alright
Yeah, make it stop, it won’t last much longer
I wanna get away but I can’t escape
Try to run but I’m going nowhere
Yeah, wake me up when this nightmare’s over (Over, over)
Tell me we’ll be alright (When this nightmare’s over)
Tell me we’ll be alright
Yeah, make it stop, it won’t last much longer
I wanna get away but I can’t escape
Try to run but I’m going nowhere
Yeah, wake me up when this nightmare’s over
Tell me we’ll be alright
Tell me we’ll be alright
Wake me up when this nightmare’s over
Tell me we’ll be alright
Tell me we’ll be alright (Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah)
Tell me we’ll be alright
Wake me up when this nightmare’s over
