Never wake up
Skirmish: Wake up! (@atornberg)Liner Notes
"Wake Up" skirmish prompt. How appropriate for a gentle summer morn, temporarily cool and free from bushfires, and me alone for the moment and free of oughta-gotta-must-shoulda... #acousticonetake #oneshot #acoustic #privia #guy-with-piano #gentle #soft #skirmish #Feb7_12AM EDIT and an oooops: I'm still learning the new site features and remembered the download button but forgot the skirmish tag...mea culpa
Lyrics
NEVER WAKE UP Words & Music Copyright © 2025 TJ Fatchen All Rights Reserved APRA-AMCOS
Early morning Soft breeze blowing Curtain waving Asleep, unknowing
Dawn is breaking Sunlight pooling Birds awakening, Fledgelings mewling.
Never wake up Lie there sleeping Forever moment Your soul in its keeping
Forever moment Your soul, your soul in its keeping
Comments
Ohhhh, how beautiful! I'd love to slip into this early morning right now, escaping the dire weather here (too warm for the season, but very grey).
Atmospheric piece. I like the simple minimalism of the imagery. Then the title line gives the whole song a screaming left turn as we realise the person has passed and will not appreciate this idyllic morning. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Beautiful yet haunting sentiment in the lyrics, and great piano playing to go along with it. Quiet mornings are the best. Nice work, Tim.
Nice song! Love the piano 😍
Nice piano! If that's not live acoustic, then it's an awesome patch. Melancholy and moody.
This is very strong in feeling and meaning. A desire for a moment of tranquility to last forever or a snapshot of bliss for someone now at peace. Beautiful playing Tim.
Beautifully melancholic song and a very poetic take on the prompt. Such a pleasure to listen to your singing and playing, Tim. Very beautiful song and performance.
This is really beautiful -gorgeous images… calming flowing lovely music and tender vocals! Love it!
This is lovely! I love your playing and the pacing of the lyrics with the music is great! Nice work!
Send me some cool thx! Sounds more like a spring day here! Perfect for sitting out here in the open air!
This is really nice! I really like the piano and poetic lyrics
this is lovely! I like how it feels like a lullaby, captures a very sleepy moment. The sound of the piano is so soothing
A gauntlet of gerunds! A part of speech, that, frankly, doesn't see enough of the limelight. Better than the adjectival overload that curses so much amateur songwriting, at any rate. And it's very effective in helping us explore space in this moment frozen in time.
A tender, affectionate lyric, which sits in perfect harmony with the gently waving piano - a tune that pans slowly across fields of dreams and the dreamlike reality of dawn.
Beautiful piano playing really drives this “moment”. You’ve stopped time! Not too many people can do that. Congratulations!
I love this song. Really beautiful piano playing and vocals and lovely lyrics. Incredible for one take. No notes. Absolutely great.