Teen Drummer Covers Skillet’s “Awake and Alive”: Skillet’s (@SkilletMusic) song “Awake and Alive” is about living in Truth and not allowing negative influences to weigh you down. I am so thankful for good music! “Awake and Alive,” with its dramatic staccato strings, became Skillet’s first song to hit the Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on the Billboard (@Billboard) Top Heatseekers chart. The song has gone certified 2x Platinum by The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ® (@RIAA_awards) f