By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram.
Released 7/19/2016.
Duration: 3:32.

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Also released as:

• (20189/24/2018; about 2 years, 2 months later) Awake (2012 Version) (Archive)

Contributors:

• Clark Powell clarkpowell Bandcamp plazmataz SoundCloud barkbarkclark Twitter (cello)

Tracks that reference Awake (2012 Version):

From Beyond:

• Awake by Michael Guy Bowman

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: (composer, SoundCloud description)

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)