le 24 août 2008, au Hollywood Bowl de Los Angeles, le groupe teste en répétition avant concert une nouveauté à laquelle on donne le titre incertain de ‘Wake Me (Before They Come)’.
Un taper membre du forum du site ateaseweb (hoserama) a eu la gentillesse de partager un long extrait de bonne qualité mis en ligne par le webmaster du site citizen insane qui avant de là des paroles.

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drowning
this one
it’s drowning
this one
drowning
this one
it’s drowning

in the … passes by
’cause you’re having a breakdown
[drums]
splinters on the log
hovering birds of prey

your god
wake Me
from …
just wake me
c’mon c’mon
wake me
before
just Wake me

splinters on the road
hovering birds of prey
you’re so high upon yourself
and you blow it all away

before you do
wake me
before you do
wake me
before you do
wake me
before you do

laying down the spot
’cause you’re having a breakdown
you got small holes in your eyes
hovering birds of prey

before they come
wake me
before they come
wake me
before they come
wake me
before they come

[guitar + drums]

Ohhhh ohhh ohhh

wake me
before they come
x4

[guitar + band outro]

before they come
wake me
before they come

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En 2011, des fans ont l’occasion de cuisiner un peu Colin Greenwood, et évidemment, ils reviennent sur la “nouveauté”. Colin ne s’en souvenait pas…

[quote align=’none’ cite=’Sergii Kauk’s Interview with Colin Greenwood, august 21st 2009′]Sergii: Yeah! And the last one…

Colin: It’s like listening to something from another planet…

Anna: [laughs]

Colin: [listening] No waaay!

Sergii and Anna: [laughing loudly]

Colin: I completely forgot, I love this song. It’s called… Oh, fuck… It’s called something like ‘Rooftops’ or something like that…

Sergii: ‘Rooftops’…

Colin: Yeah, but it’s not called ‘Rooftops’, it’s not called that, it’s something like that. That’s really annoying…

Anna: [laughs]

Colin: That’s my favourite.

Sergii: You’ve rehearsed this one…

Colin: …in L.A., at the Greek Theater. Yeah, I remember. Oh, how annoying! Let me have a think, let me have a think.

Sergii and Anna: [laugh]

Anna: You can call us later. [laughs]

Colin: Oh, that’s really annoying, that’s called… [long pause]

Sergii: [giggles]

Colin: I can’t remember. If I do remember, would you give me your…

Anna: E-mail?

Colin: Yep.

Anna: Okay. I’ll write it down.

Colin: It’s something like that, it’s like ‘Patchwork’ or ‘Rooftops’ or something, you know, but I can’t remember what it’s called. It’s called… [sighs] I could just call my brother, couldn’t I? I’ll just do that.

Anna: [laughs]

Colin: Okay. [/quote]