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Wake up
Wake up in the morning dew
Peppermint fields,I watch the birds fly
Darkness disappears into light
The lightest feeling dawns with the new day
floating

Looking back now with perfect eyes
if only I could just save this sight
But it slips away
into the breaking waves
and slowly sinks back into the sand

A bird is singing now
A calm wind pushes through
the pines
I can see
the color of her hair
the tears in her eyes
Waving goodbye
so,goodbye
We must say goodbye
We must say goodbye

Wake up
Wake up in an older world
Strangers smile for no reason at all
Cotton candy clouds in the sky
playing with the shapes as they pass me by

Looking back now with perfect eyes
if only I could just save this sight
But they fall away
into the rush of days
another life is calling my name

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All Composed, Arranged, Piano, Keys and Produced by Yoko Kanno
Co-produced by Keisuke "Tommy" Tominaga (PIANO inc.)

Flute: Junichiro Taku
Strings: Reykjavik Sinfonia
Synthesizer Manipulation: Keishi Urata, Shunsuke Sakamoto

Recorded by Birgir Jon Birgisson, Kristinn Sturluson, zAk, Yujiro Yonetsu
Recorded at Sunlaugin studio (Iceland), Studio Syrland (Iceland), High Bank (U.K), ST-ROBO, ABS recording, Studio Greenbird, Aobadai Studio, prime sound studio form

Recording assisted by Jolyon Thomas, Erika Shimada, Yujiro Yonetsu, Ayaka Toki, Akiyoshi Tanaka

Mixed by Ken Thomas, zAk
Additional Mixing by Jolyon Thomas
Mixed at High Bank (U.K), ST-ROBO

Mastered by Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, U.S)