The start of Jason Wozniak’s “Lacking Piece” is like getting into a storied jazz membership, below new administration.

You hear a easy synth. The musicians, pals of the proprietor, have agreed to assist set the stage for a revitalization of the institution. You are available for a little bit of dialog with a long-lost good friend.

There are these pals who exit to “discover themselves,” but it surely appears to be like like they’re simply getting increasingly misplaced. You are worried about them, you are feeling a way of grief and loss on their behalf, however you recognize there’s not lots that you are able to do, and also you’ve received to allow them to go.

“Lacking Piece” carries that unhappiness, bewilderment, and concern for an individual from his previous.

I’ve been catching up with you

However there isn’t a lot to see

We was shut

I do know it’s onerous to consider

Then…

I hope

the altering doesn’t finish in a catastrophe

‘cuz after we spoke

You advised me growin’ up’s been onerous to grasp

“Lacking Piece” rings true, as a music that reveals a coronary heart of concern and look after others. When you lookup Jason on the ‘web, you’ll discover that he doesn’t do a number of self-promotion. As a substitute, Jason’s identify extra usually exhibits up credited as a producer, or for the songs that he has written for different artists, or as a co-writer and good friend, or as part of his outdated band. Jason’s identify even exhibits up in different artists’ interviews.

The musical maven of Nashville, Tennessee, has simply quietly gone about getting an important repute for doing what he does, and contributing to the entire group.

I can think about Jason getting into the jazz membership on the time that he and his good friend agreed on. He sees his good friend’s standard automobile, from a few years in the past, within the parking zone, however with some added dents and scratches.

Jason scans the pub, however doesn’t acknowledge his outdated good friend at first. When he does see his good friend, Jason tries to cover a double take. A considerably bedraggled and scruffy particular person, clothes stained, button lacking on a shirt, appears to be like acquainted. His good friend is in a sales space, an almost empty bottle already in entrance of him, talking a bit too loudly to the server, and seemingly the one one within the restaurant amused by the dialog. Jason slides into the sales space throughout the desk from his good friend, who now realizes that Jason has arrived and enthusiastically grasps his shoulder with an unconvincingly bright-eyed and cheery “Hey, bruh! It’s been a minute!”

After spending a while with the menu and catching up on “What brings you again right here?” and “What have you ever been as much as?” and “How lengthy are you round?”, Jason checks in.

… has it been all the pieces you dreamed?

Did it reply all of your questions?

Did you discover the lacking piece?

Typically, catching up with outdated pals is all nice, and also you begin up proper the place you left off. At different occasions, it’s a little bit of a shock. Perhaps you need to attain out, perhaps you need to help them in a roundabout way. Typically that may occur, too. However there are occasions whenever you simply need to let a narrative play out. Individuals can discover it troublesome to be weak, or to confess that issues aren’t all okay.

The lacking piece, ultimately, would possibly nonetheless be lacking.