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Going Blind

from Veil Scar by John Christian

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"Going Blind" was part of the "Veil Scar" concept and was written in 1979. It was first played by a band called Lemming Spring which had a violinist play most of the solos as well as the body of the accompanying rhythm. The only recording of this song has been a rather cheap cassette rendering of Lemming Spring's performance in the rehearsal space. That can be found on the www.szoges.com website.

It was also a main staple in the Jules Hanon library. However Jules Hanon never recorded it. They did use the song live to sequa into a piece called "Clothespin In The Sea Of Haggis", a silly song which is a twist on the original Jules Hanon song "Clothespin In The Sea"

"Going Blind" is a gateway song in my arsenal of music. It is a complex piece and has posed problems for bands to try and play. It has never been properly interpreted until now. "Going Blind" is the one song from which so many other songs that came after sprung. Many references have been made in subsequent songs back to "Going Blind". It was and is for me a major progressive project. It also defines my inner feelings about how I perceive the world to operate and how I am not all that willing to follow suit.

Despite the obvious progressive rock influences "Going Blind" stands as a testament to my subversive, and yet peaceful views on just about everything.

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The watchers are wearing damaged smiles
Create their surface reviewing all the while
Look among the faces of the show we’re in now
Stage is under you – why not take a bow

Lying low, sleeping fast – wake up to see the light
Go to calling if it seems to work out right
Tell your family; tell your friends – You've stabbed them in the back
In tears you break down fading fast

See the sun giving us our lives
Occasionally a friend – unknowingly unkind
Remove your Polaroids and stare at it awhile
Soon you’ll find you are going blind

Farmer raised father of the high
Set aside to watch it breed it’s social lies
Because of this the blindness narrows – pins it to one mind
And raise the question
When is then our time?

See the sun giving us our lives
Occasionally a friend – unknowingly unkind
Remove your Polaroids and stare at it awhile
Soon you’ll find you are going blind

Has it just begun – did you have your fun
Why then what’s your wait – you do but hesitate
Warm tears flow from your eyes
Warm tears from your fingers
Blindness comes to man – comes to power
What has made you so?

Sorry tune is sung – break the bell that’s rung
‘Round about the way we live our lives
What then blinds our eyes?
What then draws the blind?
What then moves the mind?
What then keeps the time?
Blindness comes to man – comes to power
What has made you so?

The watchers are wearing damaged smiles
Create their surface reviewing all the while
Look among the faces of the show we’re in now
Stage is under you – why not take a bow

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from Veil Scar, released May 29, 2016
John Christian - electric guitar, vocals, bass, organ, sampling, bells, theremin, percussion, arrangements, and productions,

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John Christian Windsor, Nova Scotia

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