Waking Up With The Sun [01/03/2024]

by Drifting ft Akiko Nakashima

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Drifting ft Akiko Nakashima - Waking Up With The Sun

A torched song.

Mournful optimism, sunshine through the clouds.

They call the Cello mellow, quite right.

I wrote this song back in 2001, so not getting it finished till 2023 makes for quite the spaced odyssey.

2001 Akiko was living in Liverpool & studying music at LIPA, we were friends & neighbours.

She kindly agreed to sing on Waking Up With The Sun.

After several failed attempts at producing the finished song, I gave up.

Last week I decided to have another go at it, & here we are.

Akiko returned to Japan 2001 & I lost contact with her back in 2003.

As of today we're back in touch

Joe Mckechnie/Drifting
11/12/2023

Akiko music & more here -

nakashimaakiko.com

lyrics

The sun is up
& somewhere now
You feel it’s touch
It don’t touch me
I don’t see the sun that much
No

Shining bright
A burning world
Turns back to night
Darkness falls
I don’t need the sun at all
No

I want to be with you
Waking up with the sun
I should be with you
Waking up with the sun

Want to be with you
Waking up with the sun
I could be with you
Waking up with the sun

Japanese translation section*

With the sun
With the sun
Waking up
With the sun

Written by Joe Mckechnie

*Thanks to Akiko Nakashima for the translation.

credits

released December 12, 2023
Waking Up With The Sun

Written & Produced by Joe Mckechnie/Drifting/Liverpool

Akiko Nakashima - Vocals

Joe Mckechnie - Music

Thanks to Akiko for the 2001 vocal & Japanese version of the words.

Released 12th December 2023

Remastered 01/03/2024

A Candy Mountain release.
Candy Mountain 021

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