Name: Vilnius
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: Inspired by a recent visit to Vilnius, Lithuania. I spent a year there as a volunteer for Voluntary Service Overseas after Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union. I visited recently with the Chromatikon artist collective who participated in a series of concerts reviving the old Jewish music of the Vilnius ghetto lost during Nazi occupation.

Vilnius

by Art Block

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Inspired by a recent visit to Vilnius, Lithuania. I spent a year there as a volunteer for Voluntary Service Overseas after Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union. I visited recently with the Chromatikon artist collective who participated in a series of concerts reviving the old Jewish music of the Vilnius ghetto lost during Nazi occupation.

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A scythe a funeral pyre
The smoke it hits our eyes and stings
The Hill of Three Crosses
Burns a golden sun
I was meant to be playing C
Oh what a scene
I was young as can be
A meteor in my heart
The snow that pounds my feet
And life it soars so brightly
An angel hides her tears
That were meant for me
In the dying streets
Where we were meant to meet
But I forgot your number
See the priests they go the love they show
Hold on my Vilnius
A Hebrew song an old man’s lungs
Hold on my Vilnius
I see a cage and hold my rage
Hold on my Vilnius
I was meant to be
Playing C
Oh what a scene
Wasn’t yet an orphan
See the priests they go
The snow it falls
Hold on my Vilnius
A Hebrew song
An old man’s lungs
Hold on my Vilnius
I see a cage and hold my rage
Hold on my Vilnius
We were meant to meet in the dying streets
But I forgot your number

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released February 2, 2023
Produced and mixed by William Robertson at Super Symmetry Studios
Electric guitar and synths by William Robertson
Electro-acoustic guitar by Art
Music, lyrics, vocals by Art
Drums by Raphael Bouchara
Mastered by John Webber of Air Studios

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Art Block is a singer-songwriter from East London. "Dandelion EP" out NOW!

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