Gives new meaning to "Gone in 60 seconds"....

Aw man just 5 seconds? Yeah I suppose that feels right. I only a few times have woken "aware" from a non-lucid, actually feeling the dream fade, into being fully awake, and the recall from that dream was amazing, like a lucid just without realizing I was dreaming. I guess those were nearly-lucid at the end. Otherwise there's always this darn discontinuity that seems to sap away the details. It's possible that it involves falling back into NREM before realizing you've woken.

One thing's for sure: when I have an active and operational "wake up after every dream" intention, my recall is wayyyy better. Like 17 paragraphs vs. 3-4 sentences.