Name: Gloria Vivaldi Revisited by arcman
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Description: Revisiting "Angels We Have Heard On High / Gloria" by Vivaldi

I wrote this song in support of domestic violence survivors. Domestic violence is a huge issue in the US and elsewhere in the world. Please do what you can to support the National Domestic Violence Hotline or other organizations that empower women to live a life without fear. Call 1-800-799-SAFE if you're a victim yourself. Love, Hannah ❤️

Emily

Friends, this is a little song that hopefully makes you feel something. The good thing about this song is that you can hear it multiple times without losing too much time :)

Night Flash

My mind is filled with thoughts of you
I think about the days of two
I search the room, but you're not there
Your perfume lingers everywhere
But it's

Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory
Only a memory

In a world of pain, I have no peer
You fade away and disappear
And now I have to learn the game
Where no one wins or takes the blame
But it's

Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Now that we are history
Only a memory
Only a memory

Only A memory

[Intro / Verse 1]
Smoked my last cigarette, sat in bed for a while.
Thought of your face, and that brought me a smile.
Wanted another one. Fell back asleep, instead.
Woke and found you sitting there on the bed.
I fell for you, baby, like a bomb
Now my love’s gone up in flames
[Chorus]
Cigarette, cigarette,
Burning up time.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Watch the smoke climb.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Wasting away.
Just like this cigarette, our time is running down.
Only one hour ‘til you’re leaving this town.
[Verse 2]
Went to the corner store, bought us another pack.
Held my arm around you as we headed back.
I tried to change your mind. Didn’t want you to go.
I want you more, it seems, than you could ever know.
We’re history, baby, read it in a book
It ended in the fire that started with a look
[Chorus]
Cigarette, cigarette,
Burning up time.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Watch the smoke climb.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Wasting away.
Just like this cigarette, our time is running down.
Only one hour ‘til you’re leaving this town.
[Verse 3]
My head is full of smoke, heart full of pain
That tender love is gone, gone up in flames
You should have shot me, baby, my life is done
You could have shot me, baby, shot me with a gun
I hear those sirens scream my name
I know my love is gone up in flames
[Bridge]
Smoked my last cigarette, sat in bed for a while.
Thought of your face, and that brought me a smile.
I fell for you, baby, like a bomb
Now my love’s gone up in flames
[Outro / Chorus]
Cigarette, cigarette,
Burning up time.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Watch the smoke climb.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Wasting away.
Just like this cigarette, our time is running down.
Only one hour ‘til you’re leaving this town.
My head is full of smoke, heart full of pain
That tender love is gone, gone up in flames
You should have shot me, baby, my life is done
You could have shot me, baby, shot me with a gun
I hear those sirens screamin’, screamin’ my name
I know my love is gone, gone up in flames

Smoke and Flames

Inspired by Keith Emerson's Legacy, I channeled his spirit to Clara Schumann's 4 Pièces Charactéristiques for Piano Op.5

Remembering ELP

Inspired by Paraguayan Virtuoso Agustin Barrios' Mangore Vals Op.8 No.4, I reach for my trusty six string as the clock sweeps past midnight.

Midnight Tracking

A few breaths…
And the spiral starts again.
Shadows watch me like they already know
what I’m fighting.
I told you once— yeah, I believed I could—
but this room feels hollow tonight.
I need to say I’m done, no more cigarette,
unless you ask me to stay.
Baby… won’t you change your mind?

[Verse 1 – Slow Dark Pulse]
I keep chasing inspiration
in the wrong places,
stroking the madness
like it’ll save me.
There’s a voice in my head
that drags me back
to my pretty cigarette—
my pretty cigarette.
It’s supposed to be the last one,
the kind that makes my head spin,
but my hands still tremble
when I try to walk away.

[Pre-Chorus – Rising Tension]
A few breaths,
and the spiral winds tighter.
I get foolish,
the air gets heavy.
It never stops—
it never stops—
that voice calling me back
to my pretty cigarette,
my pretty cigarette.
This is supposed to be the last one,
the kind that makes my head spin…
and I’m trying to let it go.

[Chorus – Heavy, Echoing]
Make my head spin,
make my head spin,
spin my head—
pull me in again.
Last cigarette, last cigarette,
last cigarette…
This should be my last cigarette.
But I still want that last cigarette.
Last cigarette, last cigarette…
This should be my last cigarette—
a promise burning slow inside me.

[Chorus – Dark Extended Version]
I still want one last cigarette,
last cigarette, last cigarette…
This should be my last cigarette.
I want that final taste—
even as the habit claws at me.
Last cigarette, last cigarette…
This should be my last cigarette.
I want one last— last cigarette—
the craving pulling threads
through my bones.

[Bridge – Spoken / Distorted]
I told you I believed I could change.
Before I shut this door,
I need to stay clean tonight.
Baby, won’t you change—
change your mind?
Your shadow lingers,
mine shakes in the doorway,
trying to leave the smoke behind.

[Breakdown – Minimal / Cold]
A few breaths…
and the spiral turns again.
My pretty cigarette,
my last cigarette—
the one that makes my head spin.
Make my head spin.
Still…
it never stops,
it never will—
not unless I break the cycle
one breath
at a time.

[Outro – Slow Fade / Dark Glow]
Last cigarette, last cigarette…
slipping from my fingers
like a fading memory.
I want one last cigarette,
but the night keeps whispering,
“no more.”
A few breaths,
and everything spins again—
but this time
I’m walking out of the haze.

Smoked my last cigarette

Inspired by Sergei Rachmaninoff's 10 Preludes Op.23 No.4 in D Major - Andante Cantabile.
Moving from mortality to a fully celestialized sphere in a blink of an eye.

Celestialized

Revisiting "Angels We Have Heard On High / Gloria" by Vivaldi

Gloria Vivaldi Revisited

arcman

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