⚠️ EXTREME CONTENT WARNING – SET LIST SEVEN (7)
Set List Seven represents the most severe, confrontational, and psychologically destabilizing body of work in the catalog. These compositions do not imply, suggest, or allegorize harm — they depict it directly. The material engages with violence, abuse, coercion, and moral collapse without mitigation, moral instruction, or emotional resolution.
This set deliberately rejects comfort, recovery narratives, or redemptive framing. It exists as documentation — sometimes clinical, sometimes poetic, sometimes brutally interior — of human damage as it occurs.
Many pieces are written from inside disturbing psychological states or viewpoints. Perspective shifts may include perpetrators, victims, bystanders, or fractured internal narrators. These voices are presented without reassurance, justification, or corrective commentary.
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🚨 MAJOR AND SEVERE TRIGGERS PRESENT:
Explicit and graphic depictions of sexual assault and rape
Child abuse, grooming behaviors, exploitation, and ideological indoctrination
Suicide, self-annihilation ideation, and fixation on death
Mass violence fantasies, gun violence, sniper imagery, and premeditated harm
Domestic violence, coercive control, and emotional imprisonment
Religious extremism, spiritual abuse, and authoritarian belief systems
Dissociation, psychological fragmentation, psychosis, and identity collapse
Moral nihilism, dehumanization, and ethical disintegration
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Prolonged exposure to threatening or violent inner monologues
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Language that may feel accusatory, voyeuristic, or invasive by design
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This is intentional and integral to the structure of the set.
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The experience may feel unresolved, disturbing, or psychologically invasive even after completion.
For some listeners, exposure may trigger:
Panic responses
Dissociative episodes
Intrusive thoughts
Emotional destabilization
Re-traumatization
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SET LIST SEVEN (7)
1 Corey Story
2 Daddy Taught Me
3 Shadow Of Smoke
4 Wheat and Chaff
5 Midas Touch
6 Sniper's Song
7 Quest For Immortality
8 Innocence Lost
9 Betrayal
10 A Cop Asked the Witnesses
11 Dirt
12 Either Way (first Part)
(1) COREY STORY
His mama was a nurse
and his daddy sold jewels
A couple hard working stiffs
But both were fools
If the boys got outta line
parents kept their cool
They'd never make a fuss
just leave 'em to the school
Too busy working
to have to raise kids
Right there ya find out
where the problem is
When little boys break the rules
daddy's too drunk to yell
He tried to chase 'em
up the stairs
but down he fell
When you make your own rules
how hard can life be?
Mom's sitting on the couch
just watching TV
Yet it takes more to be a mom
than just making dinner
Gotta teach your kids to play
the game of life to be a winner
All you need's a @#$% to be a father
but it takes balls to be a dad
I wish they read this story
I really wish they had
I always tried to use my brain
while my friend he used his brawn
Now I got it made
While my friend barely gets along
His daddy read him beer bottles
while my daddy read me books
When life gets ugly
you can't get by on looks
Me and my daddy
played throw and catch
Him and his daddy
played throw and duck
When life gets ugly
you can't get by on looks
When you got no smarts
you get by on luck
And when that runs out
it really sucks
(2) DADDY TAUGHT ME
When I was little
My daddy dressed me in white
He said so he could lead me
Through the darkness
and into the light
Mama washed my clothes
Nearly every day
For I'd get them dirty
Whenever I'd play
She told me that if it wasn't white
Then it wasn't good
If the weather got chilly
She'd pull up my hood
Mama told me of Jesus and God
And of Heaven divine
I asked if I'd go there
And she said I'd be fine
She said I was pure
And God made me snow
And that angels would follow me
Wherever I'd go
I couldn't wait to see God
And tell him what was on my mind
I even tried praying a couple of times
But church was much different
Than what I ever though it would be
We'd have mass outside
And we'd light a big 'T'
I had so much fun
When we’d march in parades
Then we'd set fire
To the crosses we made
And I love the holidays
They fill me with cheer
We loved Halloween so much
We had it twenty times a year
For some reason I was always a ghost
Must be the costume my mama liked most
Funny how no one ever got scared
Even when I was trying
Oh, there was that one….
The little girl who was crying
I'm not even sure why
She had tears in her eyes
I really scared her good
I must have caught her by surprise
I can't wait to get older
And be a daddy some day
I'll teach these games to my kids
And the whole family will play
When I get older...
I'll be the best daddy I can be
I just hope I can teach my kids as good
As my daddy taught me
(3) SHADOW OF SMOKE
Just a shadow of smoke
That's how I appear
Try to reach out and touch me
What you see disappears
No living soul can reach me
First you see my face
Vanish into thin air
And then gone without a trace
Just another mystery
A puzzle no one can solve
First I am there
And then I dissolve
Just a castle of sand
Before the tide comes to me
And after a warm embrace
Carries me out to the sea
So back into the fog I fade
My own little solitary parade
Back into the waters I wade
Unable to undo all I have made
I've lost my soul
Through the horrors I've seen
Along with my past desires
Of all I could have been
To the days of old
I can never return
Time passes slowly
When the memories still burn
As I see children laugh
And young mothers dance
I know I've lived my life
There is no second chance
Just a shadow of smoke
That's how I appear
Try to reach out and touch me
What you see disappears
(4) WHEAT AND CHAFF
Your suicide was glorified
Like a police chase on the news
Neither your vanity or your family
Was enough to pull you through
When you crashed in the past
You walked away unscathed
This time you fell it didn’t go so well
The saviour was not saved
The memories are overwhelming
As they all come flooding back
You feel yourself being swept away
The dam burst where it was cracked
Such an explosion of emotion
Leaving everyone taking flak
“His war is over” the priest spoke sober
Then a scream, a yell, a gasp
So for the cries and for the laughs
Let us raise our glass up to the past
To both the wheat and the chaff
For all that was left undone
And for what can’t be taken back
(5) MIDAS TOUCH
What has once been bought
has now been sold
Your Midas touch
turned me into gold
Never to grow young
never to grow old
Death does part
forget to have and hold
Sickness is health
as warmth becomes cold
A face once beautiful
is now pale and blue
Crumbling down
what was once brand new
The question is not how or why
or when but who?
The lesson is be careful
of what you wish for
Because it just might come true...
The wink of the eye
of your future wife
The turn of a corner
and the stab of a knife
Just a second could change your life
So beware of what's around you
Be aware of where you go
Because you never really know...
After your next step
After your next breath
There could be one life and one death
Forget all the rest
(6) SNIPER'S SONG
Who am I?
And what are my reasons?
I've got my rifle by my side
And it's hunting season
I'm just another face in the crowd
Waiting to make my next move
Eight A.M. and I'm already
out on the prowl
I wonder just how long
I can keep my cool
Random is the way it has to be
Can't have any motive or connection
Following after me
One bullet at a time
I write the headlines
of the front page
I am God,
I am death,
I am your old age
At random
Or in seclusion
I am reality
This is no illusion
Who am I?
And what are my reasons?
I've got my rifle by my side
And it's hunting season
I'm just another face in the crowd
Waiting to make my next move
Nine A.M. and I'm already
out on the prowl
I wonder just how long
I can keep my cool
Go about your business
This sniper will find you
Look over your left shoulder
I am right behind you
You cannot see me
I am in seclusion
Death is reality
I am no illusion
Who am I?
And what are my reasons?
I've got my rifle by my side
And it's hunting season
I'm just another face in the crowd
Waiting to make my next move
Ten A.M. and I'm already
out on the prowl
I wonder just how long
I can keep my cool
Some may call me crazy
But I don't see it that way
I am just another hunter
And you are all my prey
I could be your neighbor
I could be your best friend
I could be a terrorist
But only when you catch me...
Will you be safe again
(7) QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
I have finally found
a reason for waking up
It is my job to unite the legions
Who just don't give a fu$%
When you're laying foundations of concrete
You had better stand clear
For in the name of progress
Sometimes a few people disappear
One more voice left unheard
Amidst the deepest of frustrations
Only one man could kill
with complete racial equality
I would drop the bomb
without any hesitation
Just waiting for the man
to come calling on me
I would drop the bomb
without any reservations
Nah, I told myself
I've got to give in
And live on the same grid
as the competition
No more applying my time
to going fishing inside of my mind
But please just one more time
for the sake of mankind
If I could just find
the perfect poetic lines
Maybe then my hatred would mend
So I'll keep on searching
for another solution
Or else I'll plot out my own demise...
the final end
My presence is important
Just the fact that I roam the earth
Makes it all but certain
That I could be the one
who lifts the curtain
Or perhaps be the person
Who pushes the button
Snaps, cracks and attacks
All of a sudden
I start putting people in the oven
Dozen by dozen by dozen
The time has come
Face it... it's done
I will never be the chosen one
Better go and grab the gun
And see how fast
these clowns can run
No, not everybody's presence
is a gift
Yet still you've got to learn
to live with it
(8) INNOCENCE LOST
I've sat at every bench in this park
Both before and after dark
Looking out at an ocean oh so deep
When everyone else is asleep
I see the sailboats stopped
Lookin' just like upside down lollipops
I see the seagulls pecking
Down by the beach
But it all seems out of reach
Take off my shirt to get a tan
Wondering about life's master plan
Just when my troubles
start to fade away
I have to go to work soon
so I cannot stay
But oh what a price I pay...
As soon as you're high
Something brings you down
As soon as you smile
Something makes you frown
As soon as you blink
The second has passed
As soon as you're first
You wind up last
This world can be such a tease
As soon as I feel
That my mind's at ease
Just when I think I have it made
Rain falls down on my parade
I've had my shares
Of ups and downs
Cried like mimes
And laughed like clowns
I've been dwarfed by guilt
And knocked off of my stilts
I've seen the flowers bloom
And I have watched the pedals wilt
Here at the park
I collect my thoughts
Try to find a pair of scissors
When I'm tied up in knots
Then these words
Became my thoughts...
As soon as you're high
Something brings you down
As soon as you smile
Something makes you frown
As soon as you blink
The second has passed
As soon as you're close
You run out of gas
I watch the children
I've seen so many times before
And their innocent eyes
Not yet knowing what's in store
With every game
comes a new surprise
Every truth told contains
At least a part of a lie
Under a parent's eye
they run so free
Not a worry in the world
The way life should be
And yet as they grow a little older
The winds blow a little colder
But we all know it is calm
Before the storm
Mommy still has a blanket
To keep them warm
She protects them
for as long as she can
There are some things children
Should never have to understand
Don't tell them the secret...
As soon as you're high
Something brings you down
As soon as you smile
Something makes you frown
As soon as you blink
The second has passed
As soon as the sun rises
The shadow's been cast
Yes I was once a child
many years ago
And I learned the hard way
The things I didn't know
Life was once so simple
But like a gunshot to the temple
I was told I couldn't go any higher
And then was thrown into the fire
Now all I can do is dream
Back to the days
When my own eyes did gleam
Someday when everyone is asleep
That same child
will come here to weep
And they too
will write their song
About how the innocence
They once knew is gone
And they'll say...
As soon as I'm high
Something brings me down
As soon as I smile
Something makes me frown
As soon as I blinked
My childhood passed
What I loved so much...
I want it back
(9) BETRAYAL
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
These thoughts run ‘round in her head
She had been bruised inside
Blood trickled down the side of her face
He was twice her size
She was just half his age
She fought so hard
but she was unable to resist
That’s okay,
I like it better this way, he hissed
When she tried to say no with her knee
He said yes with his fist
But luckily, when he swung he had missed…
At least the first time
He pinned her down
Leaving red welts on her wrists?
To mom and dad she cried:
I’m sorry to have to tell you this:
But Jesus wasn’t the only one
Who was betrayed by a kiss
Yet never in Sunday school
did they ever cover this…
And this was her first time
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
So many thoughts run round in her head
Once it was known
That his seed had been sewn
She carried the child like a disease
For when the baby came
How could she explain
That a rapist’s eyes
were all that she sees
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
So many thoughts run
round in her head
Conflicting voices
whisper in her ear
She tries to drown them out
but they won’t disappear
Her pastor’s sermons
and a voice
that she hadn’t heard before
Every day that voice
Speaks louder…
She knows soon
It will speak no more…
(10) COP ASKED THE WITNESSES
A cop asked the witnesses
Did you see the driver of the car?
The witnesses responded
She couldn't have gone that far
It's amazing where fate'll bring you
All the way to a cell
It's amazing where fate'll bring you
Down to the depths of hell
The night was dark and dreary
The rain was pouring down
The faces of the happy
Were quickly turned to frowns
November twenty-sixth
And there's not much thanks to give
It's hard to be rejoiceful
When daddy didn't live
A cop asked the witnesses
Did you see the driver of the car?
The witnesses responded
She couldn't have gone that far
Mommy ran into a restaurant
Screaming someone hurt my love
Mommy showed the owner
The broken wings of her dove
Two lives were almost taken
As soon as they begun
A two year-old child
And the young driver on the run
People dressed in black
Now put flowers on his grave
Daddy died a great hero
And his little girl he did save
A father's life is over
And a family torn apart
A mother's constant weeping
And a child's bleeding heart
A cop asked the witnesses
Did you see the driver of the car?
The witnesses responded
She couldn't have gone that far
There's fresh blood on the sidewalk
And tears fallen to the ground
Flowers on a gravestone
And a deeply saddened town
About the girl on the run
Are you sorry for your sin?
Your only chance at Heaven
Is turning yourself in
(11) DIRT
Who’s got the dirt on you?
Or maybe you’ve been
keeping secrets from yourself
Do you know who
I’ve been talking to?
No it wasn’t her
it was somebody else…
Ooh, I see someone’s
afraid of sunlight
Stays lurking in the shadowy realm
To only be happy when it’s cloudy
Would seem to me
to be trapped in a living hell
Who’s got the dirt on you?
Won’t you whisper just what
your little secret is worth
Certainly no one
could have deserved this
Never seen you look so nervous...
your eyes darting back and forth
Well sure we all make mistakes
Yet this one was so easy to trace
You didn’t look guilty
just heavily disgraced
That would best describe
the look on your face
Who’s got the dirt on you?
Has anyone offered
to cut you a deal?
Or are they just
letting out the line?
Let you run a little
knowing they hold the reel
(12) EITHER WAY
I’m a vessel of violence
Live alone on an island
I can never keep silent
They keep playing violins
To cover everybody’s crying
I got no one to hear me
No family lives near me
No friends close by
No friends at all
- that was a lie
No one to call or stop by
That’s why sometimes I cry
You would to
When I got nothing to do
It gives me something to do
Many say medicate don’t educate
Become an arsonist to your history
Self-knowledge just drags in complication
When some things are best left a mystery
The agony of meeting expectations
Has led to the cancelling
of many celebrations
In both your honor and your name
Yeah, it was all for you
but you never came
If you only die when you’re forgotten
Anonymity must sure be rotten
The value of reality
lies in immateriality
For everything that lives
externally dies
Though the worth of life
is measured by the soul
Which we all know
can be compromised
The choice could be fame or integrity
Will you have riches or character?
That is what she said to me
Now you know why everybody’s after her
She gives like its charity
With instant familiarity
A true gem that’s a rarity
Indeed she’s looking so lovely
Those brown eyes gazing back at me
Feeling like there’s no one above me
As she stares right through me
It’s like she’s always knew me
Let us hope she never forgets
Remember...
you can’t give somebody everything
Because then you’d have nothing left!