Vince’s Substack
Vince’s Substack
Wake Up As This
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Wake Up As This

A song about The First Thought of the Day

Verse 1

Light finds the edge of the room again

Soft through the blinds like a quiet friend

No rush to name what’s coming through

Just colour and breath and something new

The body wakes before a plan

Warmth in the sheets, a moving hand

Nothing decided, nothing to prove

Just morning rising into view

Pre-Chorus

Before the story starts to speak

Before the mind begins to seek

There’s something simple, clear and wide

Already here, already alive

Chorus (gentle, repeatable)

Wake up as this… just as you are

No need to reach, no need to go far

Wake up as this… fresh and new

Nothing missing… coming through

Wake up as this… before the name

Before the past begins its claim

Wake up as this… soft and free

No one here that needs to be

Verse 2

A thought arrives like morning air

“I’ve got things to do out there”

But let it pass, don’t grab it yet

Just feel the breath, just feel the chest

Sound of a bird, a distant car

No need to know what those things are

Before it’s sorted, split in two

It’s just a world appearing through

Pre-Chorus

No need to fix or get it right

No need to chase a clearer sight

What you’re looking for is here

Before it turns to thought and fear

Chorus

Wake up as this… just as you are

No need to reach, no need to go far

Wake up as this… fresh and new

Nothing missing… coming through

Wake up as this… before the name

Before the past begins its claim

Wake up as this… soft and free

No one here that needs to be

Bridge (expansive, rising)

No path to walk, no step to take

No self required to be awake

Just this moment, open wide

Nothing outside, nothing inside

The day will come, the thoughts will flow

Names will rise and things will show

But underneath and through it all

This never leaves, this never falls

Break (soft, intimate)

Before the first “I”…

Before “my day”…

There’s just this life…

Already here this way…

Final Chorus (lifted but calm)

Wake up as this… clear and bright

No need to chase a better sight

Wake up as this… whole and true

Nothing added… nothing to do

Wake up as this… let it be

No one here to wake or see

Just this living… fresh and new

Morning rising… into you

Outro (gentle loop)

Just this… just this…

Morning is this…

Just this… just this…

Wake up as this…

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