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V1


I was in a room and bathed in candlelight


All alone, I thought, and lost my appetite

Conversations I imagined pressed my luck




Revelations hit and left me thunderstruck

REFRAIN

What’s that I see?
 An Apogee


And its all in my head, 
Yes its all in my head

He said whatever is, is
 
and what is not, can’t be
So said Parmenides

And So he said to me


So he said to me

V2

I thought back to the time when we were hairy fools, 

swinging from the trees, but we were making tools
As Eons passed, we needed a theology 

Those gods we made reflected our psychology

REFRAIN

What’s that I see?

An Apogee

And its all in my head

Yes its all in my head
Out of nothing, nothing comes

and what is not, can’t be

So said Parmenides
 And So he said to me

BRIDGE

And while I never thought, that I was qualified



I never had the need for any type of guide
The world we see is just perceived reality
We are floating in a boundless, timeless sea 


I no longer have a fear of the unknown,

Everything is one and so we’re not alone
I think I see collisions but it’s poetry, 

A still and moving natural cosmogeny



REFRAIN

What’s that I see?

An Apogee

And its all in my head

Yes its all in my head
Out of nothing, nothing comes

and what is not, can’t be

So said Parmenides
 And So he said to me

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from The Disappearing Architect, released June 21, 2021
released June 11, 2020
Also released on Big Stir Records


Written by John Fotiadis who provides vocals, guitars, bass, and keys on the track, “Parmenides” also features the ethereal and ambient guitar arrangements and lead guitars by famed session player and “One Man Wrecking Crew” Ira Siegel (he’s played with everyone folks), drums by the great session player Frank Vilardi (They Might Be Giants, Suzanne Vega), as well as backing vocals and the ”ancient temple horn” by the eminent and ever creative Marc Shearer (Octopus, Adem).

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John Fotiadis (AKA "Yanni" to his friends), is an Architect by day and a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist the rest of the time. Over the last 15+ years he's written and recorded music for film, Theater, TV, and Podcasts.

Yanni loves old rock and roll and blues and a lot of music from the UK. Empty City Squares is his sometimes real / sometimes virtual band. ... more

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