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these are the lyrics-

```

    胃がもたれるような不快感    
    Nightmareに目を覚ます 
    
```

Should I treat 胃がもたれるような不快感 like a "floating" noun and translate this as-

```

    Discomfort that feels like an upset stomach 
    Because of a Nightmare, I wake up
    
```

Or is the 不快感 being personified and the translation should be-

```

    Discomfort that feels like an upset stomach
    Wakes up because of a nightmare
    
```

I tried to find examples of 目を覚ます being used for subjects other than humans
but could not, so I feel like this second one is wrong.

If the first one is correct, can I translate it sort of like this to fix the
"floating" noun issue?

```

    My discomfort feels like an upset stomach
    
```

I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thank you.
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Is 目を覚ます being used in a personification-style manner in these lyrics?
目を覚ます can figuratively take an inanimate subject in creative writing; for
example we can find examples like [寂しさが目を覚ます](https://www.uta-
net.com/song/296404/), [閉じた傷が目を覚ます](https://www.uta-net.com/song/295419/),
[闇が目を覚ます](https://www.uta-net.com/song/280447/) and [月が目を覚ます](https://www.uta-
net.com/song/289073/).

That being said, unless there is clearly が after 不快感, I certainly interpret
the first line as an independent "floating noun phrase". 不快感 doesn't have a
dream, after all. The subject of 目を覚ます in this song should be implicit "I".
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