I Became Awake Lyrics - Ongiara - Great Lake Swimmers

I became awake 

From a very dark place 

Patchwork of fear of poorly conceived ideas 

With a blister of water 

Mark of working hands, ready to catch or cut 

Senses aligned, the animal urgency 

And voices picked up 

Flowing over the static, late, quiet 

All awake, all awake 

I became awake 

Fingers are open, eyes they are open 

The firing of images, an orchestra of scribbles 

The guts of an engine, the veins of a leaf 

Light onto paper, exposed 

A filament in a bulb, up above or in the ground 

Together we are magic, together we are dreaming 

Together we will reach endlessly 

The center of a seed, so full of possibilities 

All awake, all awake 

All awake 

I became awake 

I thought I was sleeping but I was only forming 

A structure with no ceiling 

With words like a runway 

A cloud of a person drifting away 

I was heavy but now I am light 

I was heavy but now I am light 

All awake, all awake 

All awake, all awake