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  • Awake (feat. Clark Powell) (SoundCloud)

By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds Previous track by this artist Mad Science Next track by this artist.
Released 7/19/2016.
Duration: 3:32.

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General contributors:

Tracks that reference Awake (2012 Version):

From Beyond:

Lyrics:

Awake again
Here in my bed
Eyes staring up at the ceiling

A breath of air
Light in my window
Heart still aglow with the feeling
I was dreaming

Another time, another place
A strange and yet familiar face
Buried deep within my bed
I wade through memories in my head

My sock's half on
Hand in a book
Finger is still on the chapter

We both were there
I told a joke
I can't recall what came after
Just your laughter

Clock goes off across the room
And time restarts and life resumes
I rise to meet the coming day
But someone's laughing far away

Artist commentary:

Michael Guy Bowman: (Bandcamp about blurb)

Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012

Michael Guy Bowman: (SoundCloud description) captured 7/25/2015

Commissioned by Samuel Bennallick. Cello by Clark Powell.

Request was as follows: "...the confusion one feels upon waking up from a particularly intense dream; good or bad. The struggle to come to terms with some shocking imagery or, if it was a particularly good dream, the realisation that you're not in that euphoric state you dreamt about and waking up into the dull monotony of life."

Michael Guy Bowman: (alternate artwork, SoundCloud)

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