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Peter

It took a coma to wake me up.

— While You Were Sleeping • 1995

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Peter says it took a coma to wake him up. The paradox is that being unconscious somehow brought clarity, and the wordplay on waking up does the rest. It's a wry way of saying a dramatic jolt finally got his attention.

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