Great Lake Swimmers - I Became Awake lyrics

I became awake From a very dark place, a patchwork of fear, of poorly conceived ideas With a blister of water, the mark of working hands Ready to catch, or cut The senses aligned, the animal urgency, and voices picked up Flowing over the static, late, quiet I became awake Fingers are open, eyes they are open, the firing if 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 reach endlessly The centre of a seed, so full of possibilities 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