⚠️ EXTREME TRIGGER WARNING – SET LIST FOUR (4) Set List Four is an unflinching examination of addiction and its collateral damage. Across twelve tracks, substance dependence is portrayed not as a struggle with a hopeful arc, but as a corrosive force that dismantles identity, poisons relationships, and erodes moral boundaries. Violence, neglect, psychological collapse, and death recur throughout — sometimes metaphorical, sometimes disturbingly literal. This set offers no romanticization and little relief. The listener is placed inside cycles of relapse, denial, domestic abuse, institutional failure, and existential despair. Several tracks are written from unstable or unreliable narrators, intensifying the emotional risk by removing moral distance or resolution. This material may be profoundly distressing or retraumatizing for vulnerable listeners. 🚨 PRIMARY TRIGGERS PRESENT Severe substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, nicotine) Domestic violence and intimate partner harm Psychological manipulation and trauma bonding Implied homicide and neglect leading to death Suicidal ideation and nihilism Institutional abuse (rehab, medical systems, incarceration) Criminal justice involvement and relapse cycles This set is not appropriate for general audiences without explicit content warnings. 💔 DOMESTIC ABUSE & RELATIONAL ENTANGLEMENT “Married to Something Else” depicts a relationship hollowed out by alcoholism, where the realization emerges that the marriage is no longer to a person, but to a substance. “Watering the Weeds” escalates into explicit domestic violence, confronting denial, religious rationalization, and generational repetition of abuse. These tracks may be especially triggering for survivors of intimate partner harm. 🔥 DEATH & MORAL DETACHMENT “Rest in Peace” describes a house fire in which the narrator’s wife dies, delivered with emotional detachment and dark humor. The implication of neglect — or indifference — creates a chilling moral void. The disturbance lies in tone rather than graphic detail. 🧠 ADDICTION AS IDENTITY Tracks such as “Rat Park,” “Rehab,” “Something in My Genes,” “Alcohol,” and “Empty Bottle” frame addiction as destiny rather than behavior. Relapse, genetic fatalism, institutional failure, and self-loathing dominate. “Empty Bottle” contains imagery that may suggest suicidal ideation. 🕳️ CLOSING NOTE “Let Me Live the Dream” ends the set without resolution — exhausted, haunted, and unresolved. Set List Four documents addiction as a closed loop that entangles partners, families, and identity itself. There is no redemption arc. Only exposure. SET LIST FOUR (4) 1 Married To Something Else 2 Watering the Weeds 3 Rest In Peace 4 Downward Spiral 5 Rat Park 6 Rehab 7 Something In My Genes 8 Alcohol 9 Empty Bottle 10 My Best Friends 11 Old Friends 12 Let Me Live the Dream (1) MARRIED TO SOMETHING ELSE You watch him come stumbling through the door Find yourself wondering if you can take it anymore The wedding ring bonds until death does part But what’s on your finger is not in your heart After ten years it’s still the same While the love is gone The smell of whiskey still remains You know you can’t let him drag you down That’s why some nights you live in another town You dream of a future where you are free Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be You stare at the door until he comes home Thinking your happiest days are spent alone Its tugging at your heart it replays in your mind When he’s sober he’s one of a kind But that only happens about half of the time After ten years it’s still the same While the love is gone The smell of whiskey still remains You know you can’t let him drag you down That’s why some nights you live in another town You dream of a future where you are free Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be It’s never too late for another start Age doesn’t matter when it concerns the heart You know you can’t let him drag you down That’s why some nights you live in another town You dream of a future where you are free Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be It’s time to say your peace and pray a little prayer To hope he’ll make it on his own when you’re not there Then maybe he’ll take a look down inside himself And realize he’s married to something else.… (2) WATERING THE WEEDS There are no more secrets No more trying to hide what you know is true And you better believe it There’s no more denying to yourself No use left in lying to everybody else Self-crucifying…that’s exactly what you do Jesus Christ! Yeah, he did it, too What game is left to play? When you can’t play pretend? Just what do you say? When you know it’s the end? This crippling disease has taken its toll Will never heal, can never mend Will never be whole No escaping the demons that have taken control Show me a man who has lost his strength I’ll show you a man who has lost his soul And once you’ve lost the love Then that’s the end…it’s time to go While you’ve been praying for salvation I’ve been thinking about All the time you’ve been wasting Seems this madness never stops In your mind you flip then flop Riding a broken down Merry-Go-Round Wondering when you’re gonna get off? When will you realize that… We’ve all just one life to live You’ve got your fingers and your toes In the cracks of the dam As you find you’re running out of hands And it’s still leaking like a sieve You had better back away ‘Cause pretty soon something’s gonna give When will you realize that… You’re better off alone You can’t get blood from a stone When’s he coming home? Don’t you think that’s a bit too soon? You truly are your mother’s child If you believe this rose is going to bloom Perhaps it’s time to grab the weed wacker For your little secrets can stab like jabbing thorns Like how many times he’s really smacked ya There are no excuses left for you to use By now you know that you’ve been warned Time to turn off the hose And stop watering the weeds There’s already few too many flowers Is this what the world really needs?

(3) REST IN PEACE When the flames rose up I watched my house burn down As everything I had Lay smoldering on the ground Yet I wasn't sad For me and my cats got out But I got this sinking feeling That there was something else.... I walked over to the lawn Began rummaging around That's when I remembered My ears didn't hear the sound Of a piercing shriek Yelling at me to wipe my feet Saying wash your hands twice Before you come touching me... Oooooh..... that's right..... Oooops.... she must have been asleep... So when someone asks me, "How's my wife?" I say, "May she rest in peace" (4) DOWNWARD SPIRAL I've got something on my mind so I better just say it I hear the music in my heart but I just can't play it I feel good inside but I can't explain it I don't mind when people cry I don't mind when it's raining I don't mind when most people die At least they stop their complaining I've been led by many people, places and things There's just so much out there in which to believe I've loved many people and then had to cut my strings Just to end up watching each of them leave Have to go and plant another seed Go and find something to fill the void For idle time is the devil's toy For sometimes being alone Is worse than being unemployed Sometimes you're Siegfried Sometimes you're the tiger And sometimes you're Roy High above An angel cries And down below Even storms have eyes What grows in me I now despise Deep inside another man dies Blood clot........... Gunshot It's all the same Heartache...... A big mistake Just part of the game Weeds growing wild A saddened child Just who is to blame? Another birthday cake Wear black at the wake We're so glad you came It's a vicious cycle You better stay on your toes It's a downward spiral It comes and goes... (5) RAT PARK Like the town witch on fire I’ve become a social pariah I have lost my desire To climb up any higher There’s an energy vampire Now standing right beside ya There’s lots to know that you can’t see Until you crack the code or else find the key I was in rough shape Looking for an escape Started feeling sick Must be time to get fixed Look inside to see what’s broken Hoping it’s not a hopeless situation And that I really am worth saving Since copping is not coping When stopping isn’t an option Oh how can I regain my focus? It seems we cling to our vices In major times of crisis And when we’re feeling isolated Day by day we’re being sedated In a state of constant bereavement Because we’ve failed to have our needs met Hence our only sense of achievement Is when we depart this world and leave it Often it is fleeting and lost after a moment Though you’re taking a beating you try your best not to show it It was when my world was dark I made some friends at rat park They said that I could stay there That there were lots of fun games to play there In lofts, down slides and on wheels we play Oh no more boring lonely days I’ve been growing stronger no longer do I crave Of thinking, drinking or sleeping away the day Yeah, some get lost and some get saved Others find themselves getting thrown away Some are still searching even after all these days You either make your escape or become one with the maze Remember if God grants wishes To all those who kneel and pray That means that somewhere there’s A fallen angel waiting to have his day (6) REHAB Sometimes I need a good talking to To set my mind at ease It's not always good for you Doing just what you please When the door is locked You just need the right keys Stop peaking through the keyhole Get up off your knees Just a glimpse of the whole Will never do With the door barred and chained It's so hard to get through Like a deer in headlights Your feet stick like glue Denial is just another lie That you believe is true Yeah... I've been sedated My head played with Medicated Regulated And every word they said dictated I've been questioned and I stated That everything good I had I've traded With every step I've walked been baited A life like mine you begin to hate it Well, the doctor's in And he'll take your money Then when you're not looking He'll call you funny... Names behind your back The nurses are in on it I got a hunch See their crooked smiles While they're serving lunch.... Their white gowns Should be striped with black You gotta pay the bills That'll pay for all the pills They say will cure your ills While they're raking in the mils They locked him in the closet And then they lost the key Twenty years later When they finally found it They finally set him free Though he looked much older He looked okay to me Though he acted much colder Like we all expected him to be Rehab - you never come out The way you came in Rehab - Get drunk off words When they take your gin Rehab - You'll never be the same Rehab - you'll never go there again When he gets home he has a drink Passes out at the kitchen sink Though his liver's fine his mind is bloated Just one drink and his head exploded Rehab - you never come out The way you came in Rehab - Get drunk off words When they take your gin Rehab - You'll never be the same Rehab - you'll never go there again

(7) SOMETHING IN MY GENES I've got the life juice Flowing inside me... Sometimes Other times It's been denied from me I think that depression Is starting to kick in Gotta find myself a room And get checked in... Quick! Gotta get it together Or else just keep on getting sick Boy I'm in the mix Into getting my fix Fu$% being rich! I'm just another hypocrite Who talks and talks But it's just more sh$% So you learn to live with it Become a walking regret Or else a song-writing poet Boy life sucks Don't you know it? I'm a druggie I'm an alki I'm a nicotine fiend I'm a loser An abuser Do you know what I mean? What I've done Can't be undone Oh, the things I've seen This monkey on my back weighs a ton A weight so heavy I cannot out run There must be something in my genes This monkey on my back weighs a ton A weight so heavy I cannot out run There's always something in my jeans Just as the sun comes up My head goes down I pick up the paper And then I put it down I may waste my life But at least it's just my own You won't read about Any killing sprees from me When you get home I may be on page fifty-six Another kid, another lesson Another druggie looking for his fix Wrong place, wrong time Got bagged for possession In the home of the brave And the land of the free You get to choose Your own obsession I'm a druggie I'm an alki I'm a nicotine fiend I'm a loser An abuser Do you know what I mean? What I've done Can't be undone Oh, the things I've seen I've always got something To write about I always find myself in a tunnel In which I can't get out As the light keeps getting Dimmer in the distance Every night I'm on the card For the heavyweight bout I once was strong But now I'm beginning To have my doubts I think I may be in need Of some assistance (8) ALCOHOL I am a victim though I feel like a hero You make me feel like number one yet I'm a zero All this you put me through and still I go back to you What is wrong with me? Why can't you let me be? I saw you once and then I saw you twice Now I see you all the time When everything is said and done I'm the one who pays the price You never treated me kind I had to descend from the highest mountains Just to come back to earth I climbed up the slopes of the valleys For what any of it is worth Still I come back to you after all that you put me through You and I walked hand in hand and I picked you up when you fell I thought you were my ticket to heaven and still I landed here in hell Our conversations were one-sided…I never tried to hide it You've never given me good advice Still I come back to you When everything is said and done… I'm the one who pays the price Every time I try to stay away you cross my path nearly everyday I fight so hard to walk a straight line I fight so hard to leave you behind Once false step and I'm back again and no further on then where I began Still I come back to you after all that you put me through What is wrong with me? Why won't you let me be? (9) EMPTY BOTTLE I know you're thinking Pondering tomorrow I finally quit drinking Drowning in my sorrow Saved myself from sinking I put down the bottle When it started leaking Some things you only borrow So I know what you're seeking Who do you lead...whom do you follow? We both know of what I'm speaking What do you need and what is hollow? Do you see your reflection In an empty bottle? You don't know where you’re going Only God knows where you’ve been But the river keeps on flowing And the part of you unknowing Always goes wading on in Signs read danger, don't fall in Or you don't know the trouble you're in Water so sweet it tastes just like gin Take a dip and be baptized In the pool of sin Yet this path you walk Wasn't chosen all on your own As the thoughts you think are so deceiving Everyday drifting farther from home Now you regret the day you thought of leaving The hard stuff's in the freezer The 30 pack's in the fridge The troubles of the world are building Which way to the bridge? You don't know where you’re going Only God knows where you’ve been But the river keeps on flowing And the part of you unknowing Always goes wading on in Signs read danger, don't fall in Or you don't know the trouble you're in Water so sweet it tastes just like gin Take a dip and be baptized In the pool of sin I know you're thinking Pondering tomorrow I finally quit drinking Drowning in my sorrow Saved myself from sinking I put down the bottle When it started leaking Some things you only borrow So I know what you're seeking Who do you lead...whom do you follow? We both know of what I'm speaking What do you need and what is hollow? Do you see your reflection In an empty bottle?

(10) MY BEST FRIENDS One day at a time Step by step Suck toxins down With every breath In my time of weakness I was never all alone I despise the day Tobacco seeds were sewn Hand in hand Right by my side And when we went Our separate ways A part of me died My twenty little friends Though small in size Became my foes Whom I now despise When the truth is clear They kill you slow There’s no pleading ignorance When everybody knows (11) OLD FRIENDS It looks like I’m stuck inside the house again Because I said goodbye To all of my party friends Going straight can be so tough When I’m alone it’s especially rough That is why I write for you It really kills the time thinking up rhymes After all that I’ve been through If you listen up then I can save you some time I’ve written stoned I’ve written sauced But I had trouble Getting my point across While trying to find myself I often got lost But with the devil gone Now I’m the boss The liquor store’s It’s still open My dealer He’s still smokin’ Only one call away I could ease my mind Get a little number That’s why I took his number And I threw it away Before I throw it all away Girls who’ve been with me They always forced me to choose Now every one of them is history And I’m the one left singing the blues Anytime I hear about old friends It’s only been bad news Something like, “Hey, he’s in jail” “Can I borrow some money for bail?” I’d ask how he got there They answered the cops found all the clues The men in blue arrived at his house… And started asking questions Smelled something funny… So he got bagged for possession When he goes to church He should ask god for repentance The last time he got called into the station Judge gave him probation With a two-year suspended sentence The list goes on and on And it keeps getting worse All my friends are hexed I had to cross my name Off of the list Before I was next For this black cloud hanging over me It’ll follow me for two years Before I am free And if my probation officer I don’t see I’ll sleep for the next six months Inside a correctional facility (12) LET ME LIVE THE DREAM I woke up… My mind was racing When my feet hit the floor… they soon started pacing Craving the apple I was once tasting Footsteps to the past I began retracing Running from old enemies I once was facing All the while believing I was escaping I never show my weakness even when I am breaking up inside The only thing stronger than my ego is my foolish sense of pride Sometimes I sacrifice all I've made To live within a lie The only cross to which I'm bound Is burning me alive Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen From the blaring whispers of compulsion Very few mortals can hide Freedom is just another word for failure For all those who have lost when they've tried For the key to unlocking the mind is different To each be them young or old In trying to reach what they're searching for Yet have never been able to hold Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen I tried staying with my own kind I tried swimming within my own mind But so slowly the path unwinds Though I keep following what I hope to find Even when life looks grave as you're running out of time Could reality ever match my dream? Will this nightmare ever end? Will a new day ever begin? Can I learn to make myself whole again? To live without and change within? Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen Out of sight can mean out of mind Yet what I am running from is never far behind Once distant memories now mirror the present As the shadowless clock has stopped telling time No, you can't escape the voices Echoing inside of your ear As thoughts become desires Speaking all too loud and clear Although you may bow your head While pretending not to hear When the calming silence is gone You know what is there Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen