Nostalgia

By Mark Neihart

Written at 50 · Music from my 50's, see the decade on the Music page

0:00

4:01length

Final mix 24-bit (FINAL MIX SESSIONS Nov 11 2013) · the master recording

0:00 of 4:01

Audio quality

Versions

NostalgiaNostalgia (original album)2014This take
NostalgiaKindred's Flame2024

Play a take without leaving, or open it for the full page and credits.

The words

Lyrics

Nostalgia Words and Music by Mark Neihart ©2013 Dancing Deer, llc I was looking to the future And all I saw were days gone by Trapped up in nostalgia Looking back across my life I got a glimpse of history Distorted by the arc of time Gathered in the symbols of my mind There’s a whisper of a memory Hanging like a fragile web Fugacious in it’s nature Carried off by history’s ebb As all the past goes We watch our lives flow by Carried off by the sea of time I got a little bit of heartache For my past days Nostalgia And I really have to wonder Why I fall under Nostalgia Out on the horizon I’m seeing there a brand new day But it’s got me looking backward At the time that’s slipped away I have reason To focus on the dimming past Like I thought that it should last There’s a shadow of a purpose Clinging to a false design Reaching no conclusion Surrendered to the sands of time As the mind goes searching For the things that I left behind They were lost in the sea of time I got a little bit of heartache For my past days Nostalgia And I really have to wonder Why I fall under Nostalgia

From Mark’s lyric sheet.

Alternate lyrics (1)

Mac Studio: Nostalgia · 2024

Nostalgia Words and Music by Mark Neihart ©2013 Dancing Deer, llc I was looking to the future And all I saw were days gone by Trapped up in nostalgia Looking back across my life I got a glimpse of history Distorted by the arc of time Gathered in the symbols of my mind There’s a whisper of a memory Hanging like a fragile web Fugacious in it’s nature Carried off by history’s ebb As all the past goes We watch our lives flow by Carried off by the sea of time Don’t you know by now Can’t you see some how I got a little bit of heartache For my past days Nostalgia And I really got to wonder Why I fall under Nostalgia Out on the horizon I’m seeing there a brand new day But it’s got me looking backward At the time that’s slipped away I have no reason focus on the dimming past Like a thought that it could last There’s a shadow of a purpose Clinging to a false design Reaching no conclusion Surrendered to the sands of time As the mind goes searching For the things that I left behind They were lost in the sea of time I got a little bit of heartache For my past days Nostalgia And I really have to wonder Why I fall under Nostalgia Mark Neihart: Acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, Hammond B3 Organ Ron Farrel: Electric Bass Dan Thomas: Drums, purcussion

Other versions found among Mark’s lyric sheets.

Dates

Written 2009
Recorded 2012
Released 2014

from the archive dataset

Status

ActiveUnreleasedSketch

active · from the archive dataset

Collection

Nostalgia

Credits

Artist: Mark Neihart
Written by: Mark Neihart
Engineered by: Mike Sasich; Mark Neihart (additional recording)
Produced by: Mark Neihart and Nick Neihart
Recorded at: ManvsMusic - SLC
Performed by: Mark NeihartAcoustic and electric guitars, vocals, Hammond B3 Organ
Ron HarrelElectric Bass
Dan ThomasDrums, purcussion