From the vinyl liner notes:
“I’m not entirely sure when I first met Kim Tran, but through our dialogue, it seems that the most notable first occasion was during a video shoot for the song ‘This Armistice’ from my previous band, The Receiving End of Sirens. I was directing, and we had asked our most...
[Verse 1]
When bliss can't be found, I stumble around
In a daze without a destination
If you wanna go now, honey honey, save me a seat
'Cause I know I'd find relief, oh, if I could just suspend my disbelief
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh! I got low for a minute
Just think about the places I don't go when I'm stuck in the race
Oh! I gotta let go of tomorrow
'Cause I never would've missed today
[Chorus]
Come and shake me awake (shake, shake me awake)
And pull me far away (so far away)
From the endless circles I've been running in
I've had about all I can take (so take, take, take me away)
So take me far away (so far, far away)
To a life that's far less ordinary
Before I'm in the mortuary
[Verse 2]
If day becomes dusk, don't let that stop us
On our way to something more uncertain
'Cause when we arrive, oh honey honey, wherever we're goin'
We may never want to leave, so just stay a while with me
[Chorus]
Come and shake me awake (shake, shake me awake)
Pull me far away (so far away)
From the endless circles I've been running in
I've had about all I can take (so take, take, take me away)
So take me far away (so far, far away)
To a life that's far less ordinary
[Bridge]
How did I get so obsessed with time?
When there's no way I could know
How long I'll be before my time
So you and I should carve a little out before I go
Maybe attend more matinees
Spend more time at the park
Be less concerned with what the haters say
'Cause they're just haters (they're just haters anyway)
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh! I got low for a minute
Just think about the places I don't go when I'm stuck in the race
Oh! I gotta let go of tomorrow
Or I never would've, never would've
Never would've, never would've
Never would've missed today
[Chorus]
Come and shake me awake (shake, shake me awake)
Pull me far away (so far away)
From the endless circles I've been running in
I've had about all I can take (so take, take, take me away)
So take me far away (so far, far away)
To a life that's far less ordinary
Before I'm in the mortuary
Shake Me (Awake) was written by Casey Crescenzo.
Shake Me (Awake) was produced by Max Tousseau & Mike Kalajian & Casey Crescenzo & Mike Watts & Gavin Castleton.
The Dear Hunter released Shake Me (Awake) on Fri Dec 01 2017.