FAWM: "Awake?"

Awake?

11 hours ago by @sailingmagpie

Awake?

sailingmagpie

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Liner Notes

I wrote a different song yesterday but I'm not really happy with it, so I'm gonna put a bit more work into it. In the meantime, I thought I'd do a quick one to get off the mark.

I bought A Pocket Full of Songs by Nathan Timothy a while ago (basically a blank notebook with songwriting prompts on every other page). I opened it at a random page and it said, "Write a song about dreaming." So I did.

I think I could probably do a better job with both the lyrics and the vocal on this (if I ever come back to it(which I probably won't)).

#50s #retro #indie

Lyrics

lately i've found it hard to tell the difference between ourselves waking life feels like a dream 21st century lucidity

i walk this world rehearse my epilogue plan my escape from this hazy fog a half-forgotten narrative enumeration of the things we did

i'm beginning to doubt the subsistence of my somnambulant existence what happens when you can't tell real from fake? or when you're asleep? or when you're awake? when you're awake? when you're awake? when you're awake?

Comments

@afterschoolclub 50m

First 3/4 (or 6/8? 🤔) track I've come across this year. Love those electric guitar arpeggios that underpin the track. That buzzy synth is very cool too and works nicely with the contrasting electric guitar. Nicely off the mark here!

@spikedirection 4h

Dan does DOO WOP. The synth solo is a nice touch, and your vocals are killer as always. Great one to kick off with.

@ayeahmur 4h

Ah that's a cracking slice of slow rock lullabye to wake up** to. Love the rolling guitar and that little descending figure at the end absolutely makes it. Adding in the organ (farfisa?) brings a great 50/60s texture too. Love the lyrics, don't think you need to add anything. It's a lovely song.

**or did I???

@thelowestbitter 5h

Really nice, especially like that synth work coming in midway through. That reverby fingerpicked guitar sounds so nice too, lovely and springy. Really like the repeated when your awake’s to end things

@dianaviney 8h

Love the lyrics and the tempo lulling me into that liminal space between dream time and waking. Your vocal tone is so good. Great song!

@balancelost 8h

In my attempt to willfully misinterpret what you were going for, is this your answer to "Everybody Hurts"? But seriously this would be a great soundtrack to the end of a party that started with milkshakes at the drive-thru, a bit of crawling the strip and then leaving the bop after too much non-alcoholic punch. Even more seriously, I like your synth work and this is a very tight and clean production.

@resonut123 11h

Cool, does have a Retro feel. Nice Guitar tone. Wasn't expecting the weird but interesting synth when it comes in but I like how you had it in the background later. Lucidity.... Nice!