Medley: Nostalgia/ Nagem/ The Bridge/ Torture

from John Vieira IV: An Orange Haze of Dawn by John Vieira

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A medley of four songs that I was unable to turn into four separate works. Turns out they work rather well together, in my opinion.

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Nostalgia:
I've looked into my past and caught myself smiling,
the days I fooled myself implying
that things could better before the present
but that point in time is a thin crescent,
that moves faster than the wisps of cloud o'er the moon,
softly looking down before being whisked away.

Nagem:
To insult you it appears impossible,
but I see some chinks in inscrutable armor.
Beauty masked with aloof recalcitrance of intelligence adored.
Lying to yourself, I see that you're wrestling with the circles of time.

The Bridge:
The bridge that I'm obsessed to implore after has struck the future in the head,
with its rafters, creaking in loyalty, coughing numbered breaths
the good exits before the bad, the consistency of this cannot be refuted. Cannot be refuted.

Torture:
Torture takes its form in seven ways.
One sitting in a patch of sun-killed grass, with its crooked back bent
Snarling at the years it wasted on a two-faced fool

The second walks the walk of a man drunk on power.
Elitism taking yet another victim from the weak clutches of decency.

The third threatened to kill my family, and by doing killed our history,
and now he looks quite simply into my eyes.
He asks me how I would like it to happen to me.
Happen to me.
Happen to me.

Rewind the tape,
say everything you wanna say for real.
Give me a piece of your mind.

Then the fourth one said to me, this is what she said:
"I don't want anything to do with you,
this story is over,
it has meant nothing to me."

False hope is a real bitch.
You can think her most kindly for me and my ways.

The fifth one said "you come on too strong.
Leave me in peace."
The utter rejection of a human being.
There's nothing quite like it.
"I have nothing to offer you.
Why do you look to me for answers I can't give you?
I do not want to see you. Do not follow me."

Then the sixth....
After years of seeking a trophy, I said no. She said fine with a smile, and she never spoke to me again. Where is the sense in all of this?

Now we have number seven. When rival turns friend it is a gorgeous thing. But when one pushes the other to his limits, it is cause to cut them out of their life for good. Excuse me for trying to help him be better.

But that's just life.
You move on.
You take the good whenever it comes your way.

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from John Vieira IV: An Orange Haze of Dawn, released November 25, 2014
Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Vocals: John Vieira

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John Vieira Damascus, Maryland

I am a solo artist that currently lives in Damascus, Maryland. I graduated from the University of Maryland in December 2013 with a degree with in Jazz Piano Performance. I have recorded 4 solo albums--one of them is a double album--two albums with a band named J&M Blues Co, and I am currently in a band called Sonic Circus. ... more

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