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The Music Of Poligraf : Stereoscopy
(Pocket Stereoscope by Joaquim Alves Gaspar )
“Stereoscopy” is the definitive title of a song which I used to refer to as “Point Of View.” I changed my mind about the title while writing and singing the melodies, thinking that the word doesn’t get the chance to be employed very often. Well, not around me that is. Until now.
The underlying idea of the song is that of the benefit of sharing perspectives, for instance to get rid of old oldness or discover new newness.
Stereoscopy means : three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina. Thus the word evokes many perspectives and added depth, which is exactly the point. Of you.
For once, the lyrics came about almost effortlessly :
1st View
Imagine our paths / As leading up a hill
Through the many stories / Directed by our will
Minuscule points in time / Observers raising high
Unique by the picture / Reflected in our eye
2nd View
Envisage our tales / Sceneries if you will
On so peculiar paths / We ascend our hill
Us, tiny points in time
Growing to the skies
Unique in our ways
Singular in our tries
1st Chorus
Speak / High on your point of view
Paint / Me the picture that you see
Hear / I'll share my mind with you
Mutual stereoscopy
Tell / I don't know your story
Show / How is your reality
Look / It's not the same for me
New perspectives can set us free
Thriving in interdependency
3rd View
Consider our lives / All the time that we fill
With the many stories / Written by our quill
Our sight reaching far / Our vision ranging wide
Unique by the ways / We have ignored or tried
4th View
Massive panorama / Our senses abide
An endless flow of scenes / Amended by the tide
You give me your relief
I'll cast my own light
Sharing between us
We deepen our insight
2nd Chorus
Speak / High on your point of view
Paint / Me the picture that you see
Hear / I'll share my mind with you
Mutual stereoscopy
Tell / I don't know your story
Show / How is your reality
Look / It's not the same for me
New perspectives can set us free
Thriving in interdependency
The Music Of Poligraf series are reposts of writings and audio clips that have been originally published on The Goal Was So Near from November 2008 to April 2009, made available for those who missed the original Clip Of The Day series.
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