Distant Stars -  Goran Vedriš and Aton O’Cat 

Release information about “Blue”

• Artist: Goran Vedriš and Aton O’Cat

• Release date: October 25, 2024

• Genre: Rock 

• Theme: Loss, financial hardship, depression, resilience 

• Music : Goran Vedriš and Joseph J Nota

• Lyrics: Joseph J Nota 

• Mood: Dark, emotional, intense, heavy 

• For fans of: Emotional rock ballads, intense guitar-driven music, songs about life’s struggles

About “Blue”

“Blue” dives right into the crushing experience of abruptly losing stability in life. The narrator confronts a devastating financial and emotional collapse; the future suddenly gone, the world turning cold, and the color blue transforming from cheerful brightness into darkness and despair.

With hauntingly raw lyrics and intense guitar work by Goran Vedriš, the song resonates deeply with anyone who has faced hardship and uncertainty. Aton O’Cat’s expressive vocal performance brings the emotions to the surface: exhaustion, fear, and the desperate hope that somewhere… light still exists.

It’s not just a song, it’s a cry for survival.

Song meaning / interpretation “Blue”

“Blue” is a portrait of someone losing everything that made life feel secure.

Key symbolic elements:

• Blue as contrast: Others live under a bright blue sky; the narrator is drowning in a dark, midnight blue.

• Tunnel with no light: A metaphor for depression and hopelessness.

• The belt “really tight”: A reference to poverty and the struggle to survive.

• Aimless drifting: Losing direction and control over one’s future.

While the song doesn’t offer a happy ending, it serves as an honest acknowledgment of the emotional pain that comes with losing purpose.
“Blue” is the darkness before transformation, the precursor to “Bright,” which continues the story toward recovery.

Musical DNA “Blue”

Musically, “Blue” is anchored by:

• Expressive electric guitar lines from Goran Vedriš, reflecting emotional turbulence

• Slow-rock rhythm that feels heavy, pressing down like worry itself

• A haunting vocal tone conveying fear and vulnerability

• Minor-key tension matching the emotional collapse

• A dynamic build in the choruses, reinforcing the contrast between “your clear blue sky” and “my eternal midnight”

Everything about the arrangement is designed to make the listener feel the weight of despair.

Full lyrics “Blue”

Music and Lyrics: Joseph J Nota ©

Music: Goran Vedriš ©

I just lost my source of income

My future now seems to be gone

Now the dark season has come

It seems to me nothing can be done

For you the sun shines your sky is clear blue

I just lost it all I am feeling more than blue

You’re having a good time you see a sea azure blue

My life feels like fall I’m heading into the blue

My efforts are pointless I drift aimlessly

All my earnings they’ll take away from me

If I only had some hope left in me

Then I would hold on damn can’t you see

For you the sun shines your sky is clear blue

I just lost it all I am feeling more than blue

You’re having a good time you see a sea azure blue

My life feels like fall I’m heading into the blue

At the end of this tunnel I see no light

It seems I have lost this fight

I have to keep my belt really tight

My life is now eternal midnight

For you the sun shines your sky is clear blue

I just lost it all I am feeling more than blue

You’re having a good time you see a sea azure blue

My life feels like fall I’m heading into the blue

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