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Notes on "Black Coffee": After a long time of not seeing you, I wanted to see you. But black coffee was sweeter than the words we exchanged. Time had widened the gulf of dissonance between us.

Thank you for listening, and we hope that you'll also check out the live video to this song on our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/channel/UC7vkZLgcwOzYC0NabqmFwPg). :)

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BLACK COFFEE
Music & lyrics: Vina Nguyen (November 2019)


All this waiting and your
Black coffee's gone cold.
There's slack in this conversation
Oh, another lack of comprehension.

I play with the clouds in my
Coffee. Oh, I see those
Headless ghosts,
Chasing every bold note.

So, you tell me that you wanna see
Eye to eye, but those
Feelings that you prescribe are
Another way for you to just hide.

So, tell me, tell me,
What you gonna do?
Can't see through dirty windows,
Can't see it all through.

Tell me, tell me,
What you gonna say
To your own reflection when
You've given up the day?

Tell me, tell me,
What you gonna hear
With four empty walls
Whispering in your ear?

Tell me, tell me,
What should I tell you
In these heavy moments when your eyes
Speak more than you?

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from From The Basement (Live Solo Performance), released April 13, 2020
Music, lyrics, vocals, guitar: Vina Nguyen
Produced by: Dafydd James

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Vina After Dark Calgary, Alberta

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Vina After Dark’s warm siren vocals will raise goosebumps across your skin as you head-nod to chilled out drums, groovy bass, and ethereal, crying guitar lines.

And if you’re lyrically focused, you’re in luck: think Emily Haines’s poetic acuity with Nina Simone’s tender sparseness.

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