Chiiild – “Awake” (ft. Mahalia)

Canadian experimental soul band, Chiiild reveals the Pierre-Luc Rioux & xSDTRK-co-produced “Awake” track featuring Mahalia. Listen, stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download the song.

Chiiild Awake

Last week, Montreal-based vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and songwriter Chiiild announced his forthcoming debut album Hope For Sale. To coincide with the announcement, the Canadian multihyphenate also dropped the vivid, kaleidoscopic track “Sleepwalking,” the first single from his upcoming record. The self-reflective track about reclaiming one’s agency and individuality really whet listeners’ voracious appetite for Hope For Sale, and now Chiiild is following up the impressive single with a new song, titled “Awake.”

Chiiild’s latest single is a globe-spanning track that features Jamaican-British singer-songwriter Mahalia, marking the first official collaboration between the two artists. The enchanting song finds both singers waxing poetic about wanting to get their significant other into the bedroom for — well, you know. About halfway through the track, “Awake” unfolds and expands into a gorgeous string-accentuated soundscape, adding to its already lush sonic aesthetic, and although Chiiild’s latest single clocks in at just under a four-minute runtime, its infectious groove will definitely have you starting the song over again and again.

Chiiild – Awake (ft. Mahalia) (prod. Pierre-Luc Rioux & xSDTRK)

Lyrics

[Intro: Chiiild]
Yeah

[Chorus: Chiiild]
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake
I’ve been thinking ’bout this thing here all week
One night could feel like four days (Yeah)
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake

[Verse: Mahalia]
Time slows down when you pull up to the venue (Uh)
Michelin star crib and my body’s on the menu
VIP treatment, giving you the chef’s special
‘Cause I still get butterflies daily, like the first day that I met you (Met you, ooh, ooh)
I got a dilemma (Dilemma)
Whenever (Whenever)
We’re not together
If you’re tryna be the Nelly to my Kelly, pull up on me
No pressure, sir

[Chorus: Chiiild, Mahalia, Chiiild & Mahalia]
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake
I’ve been thinking ’bout this thing here all week (Got me thinking ’bout this thing, woah)
One night could feel like four days (Yeah, yeah, oh)
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake

[Post-Chorus: Mahalia & Chiiild]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake (Yeah)

[Bridge: Chiiild]
You’ve been feeling distant (Yeah)
We’re omitting our natural fixes
Your body’s the mission
Tunnel vision on nights like these (Nights like these, yeah)
Yeah (Nights like these, yeah)
I know you work hard
Hardly working on yourself
(Won’t you) Let go of your stress
Lay back (Lay back)
Lay back, decompress

[Chorus: Chiiild & Mahalia]
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake
I’ve been thinking ’bout this thing here all week
One night could feel like four days
Meet me in the bedroom, lay there awake

[Instrumental Outro]