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SONG LIST 3 A Day at the Office

SONG LIST 4 A Traveler in the Distance

SONG LIST 5 Love Without a Doubt

SONG LIST 6 Undertows and Afterglows

SONG LIST 7 High Tides and Landslides

SONG LIST 8 A Knight for a Lady

SONG LIST 9 Between Us and Love

SONG LIST 10 One Piece Missing

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SET LIST 2 Plurality

SET LIST 3 Self in the Mirror

SET LIST 4 Partnered to the Crime

SET LIST 5 Living a la Mode

SET LIST 6 Definitely NOT Love

SET LIST 7 Train Off the Tracks

SET LIST 8 Boss Logic

SET LIST 9 Thralls of the Flame

SET LIST 10 Go Ask Gramm

SET LIST 11 Noise, Lies and Longing

SET LIST 12 Wounded Masculinity (Silhouettes of Pride)

SET LIST 13 Power Shields

SET LIST 14 6,000KM to DK (Six-Thousand Mile to Denmark)

SET LIST 15 Liminal State

SET LIST 16 Kneel, Heal and Rise

SET LIST 17 Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries

SET LIST 18 Corrugation Row

SET LIST 19 Della of Troy

SET LIST 20 The Cost of Light

SET LIST 21 A Cold Plate

SET LIST 22 Inherent Absence

SET LIST 23 Zionation

SET LIST 24 Bi Ride or Die

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SONG LIST 4
A TRAVELER IN THE DISTANCE

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING – SONG LIST FOUR
This song list enters explicitly dangerous emotional territory. Unlike previous lists that circle heartbreak or longing, Song List 4 walks directly into death, self‑destruction, despair, violence, addiction, and existential collapse. Several songs contain imagery and narratives that may be distressing or triggering, particularly for listeners with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, or trauma.

This list contains themes including:
Explicit suicide ideation and graphic self‑harm imagery (One Slip of the Knife)
Death, corpses, graveyards, and fixation on mortality
Hopelessness, nihilism, and worthlessness
Addiction (alcohol, cigarettes, intoxication as coping)
Emotional numbness, dissociation, and depersonalization
Depression masked as philosophy or acceptance
Repeated references to failure, being “too late,” or having no escape
War, fallen soldiers, and collective trauma
Spiritual abandonment and loss of faith
Manipulation, powerlessness, and inability to break cycles
Social alienation and being treated as expendable (“pawn,” “concrete people”)
Romantic despair that curdles into self‑loathing
Political disillusionment and moral injury (Fight for Peace)

⚠️ STRONG CONTENT WARNING:
One Slip of the Knife includes direct references to suicide, blades, blood, and death, presented in a stark, narrative form. This song alone may be unsafe for some audiences.

Other tracks (Stranded, Overrated, Maybe Someday, Pretty Toys) portray prolonged depression, emotional decay, and the normalization of despair. There is little resolution offered — survival is implied, not promised.

This list may be especially difficult if you struggle with:
Suicidal thoughts or self‑harm urges
Depression or addiction recovery
Grief involving violent or sudden death
Existential dread or loss of meaning
Feeling trapped in cycles you can’t break
Political or moral burnout
Feeling unseen, disposable, or already “counted down”

These songs are not passive background music. They confront the listener, sometimes aggressively, sometimes quietly — but always without flinching.
Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you are in a vulnerable mental state, consider skipping this list or listening with support. This is the record where the clouds don’t just fall —
they crush.

A TRAVELER IN THE DISTANCE
SONG LIST 4
1. Fallen Clouds by William Elmore & Tom Jensen
2. Stranded by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen
3. Coming off Fall by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen
4. Breaking the chains By Tiffany Anne & Tom Jensen
5. One slip of the knife by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen
6. Overrated by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen
7. Maybe someday by Bryan Magsayo & Tom Jensen
8. First place by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
9. Sleep walkers by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
10. Pretty toys by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
11. Concrete people by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
12. Fight for peace by Lynette & Tom Jensen

(1) FALLEN CLOUDS
by William Elmore & Tom Jensen

The stories told beside a campfire 
so many years ago
Still echo through the canyons
melt the newly fallen snow

The legend of great heroes 
now rest upon the stars
Along the craters of the moon 
lay dark and blemished scars

There's no one here 
to judge the living
Or sort through the dead
No one here to dictate terms
Nor record what was said

The laws of these lands 
has not been etched in stone
The king who holds the scepter 
can still be overthrown

Hanging clouds drift above 
after the battle in the sky
Fallen soldiers through love and war 
each one picking sides

So many wandering souls
Set adrift way up high
Listen through the canyons
We hear another deep sad sigh

You can never see their face
They can never find their place

When lightning strikes 
The fire runs wild

Falling raindrops through the sky…
Fallen clouds…
Fallen

(2) STRANDED
by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen

Hanging by a rope
We each cling to hope
Stranded on an island
Where screams fall silent

Giant crashing waves
No hope of being saved
Sailor standing on a dock
Sunrise is his clock

The moon rising overhead
The sailor falls dead 
The tide comes rolling in
The cycle ends
A new one begins

(3) COMING OF FALL
by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen

There's a man too wobbly to stand
On the topside ledge of a mountain

Sitting... searching for the truth
For some worldly proof 
Of an eternal fountain

ooh

Kneeling...
He stares at his withered hands
All the while peeking 
Over his shoulder

Feebly he attempts to stand
Sensing Northern winds 
Blowing colder

ooh

Through a clear sky 
he enters into a haze
With wrinkles around his eyes 
He gazes
To the west

But he forgets although he tries
He numbers his time in minutes not days
He wonders if time will let him save
But now the past has died...

The sun sets over a distant horizon
The calming darkness begins to call...
A breath of October quietly exhaled
There is no mistaking the coming of fall

There's no mistaking
There's no mistaking
There no mistaking
The coming of...
Fall

(4) BREAKING THE CHAINS 
by Tiffany Anne & Tom Jensen

Out in the distance 
I think I hear someone 
Calling my name
I guess even here I am still not alone

To think that solitude
Was the reason I came
To be out here so far from home

No matter where you go
Something or someone will find you
You'll never be able to break every chain
There is always one that will bind you

Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try to break the chain

Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try 
But some things will never change

Out in the distance
I think I hear someone 
Calling my name
I guess even here
I am still not alone

To think that solitude
Was the reason I came
To be out here so far from home

No matter where you go
Something or someone will find you
You'll never be able to break every chain
There is always one that will bind you

Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try to break the chain

Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try
Go ahead and try 
But some things will never change 

(5) ONE SLIP OF THE KNIFE
by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen

Whenever you feel down
When in your mind you feel truly alone
Take a walk among the dead
Read each name upon each stone

If your eyes don't change
Join them in name join them in spirit
Be one and the same

From some pains you can never run away
Though sometimes forgotten 
-- the scars will always stay
For sometimes it seems like there's no escape

And yet all it takes is one simple mistake
To burn down the mansion you built 
To knock the clown off of his stilts

But don't let your judgment fail you
Know what you're finding before it's found
Don't ever let your cross nail you
A weight so heavy it'll drag you down

And when your inner voice 
seems to have no sound
And all this pain builds up inside
You are here alone - with no one around
One thought stalks you: 
there's nowhere left to hide...

And on the table lies a 12-inch blade.
As night creeps in as black as a spade

Would it really matter?
One slip of the knife?
Would anyone notice 
-- a worthless life?

She lies on the floor
Her last thought so guilted
Clutching a rose now fallen and wilted

(6) OVERRATED
by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen

It's all the same 
yet so much has changed
Since ten years ago

There's so much I've learned 
but still I've returned
To what I used to know

New strangers appear
Old friends disappear
For some reason I've let them go
So simply stated:
My book no one's read it…
My life story nobody knows

Though my cover is quite plain 
my text is full and rich
Be it fact or fiction
Who knows which is which?

I fake my happiness, hold back my tears
So I appear elated
It's best that I hide behind these hollow eyes
While I'm intoxicated

It's all the same yet so much has changed
Feeling high, then feeling low
I've visited here and I've traveled there
But what have to show

It's all the same 
yet so much has changed
Since ten years ago

There's so much I've learned 
but still I've returned
To what I used to know

New strangers appear
Old friends disappear
For some reason I've let them go

So simply stated
Life's too complicated
Tired of telling my tale of woe

It's suddenly so clear to me
That I may never be
What I want to be
So hopefully being the best
Is overrated…….Overrated

(7) MAYBE SOMEDAY 
by Bryan Magsayo & Tom Jensen

Maybe someday all my wounds will mend
When I got drawers on my chin and I'm wearing Depends
I've tried everything but this feeling won't end
No wonder darkness has slowly become my best friend

Confusion is my brother; I'm the son of desperation
Lost is my desire and I'm still searching for motivation
Every morning I wake up and I pray I can stay in bed
Sleep can be so peaceful and so good for the head

I've put off everything off until the end of time
My friends think they're psychics trying to read my mind
I want to scream at them even though they're being kind

(8) FIRST PLACE
by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Dooo

Hey look at me...
I'm still laughing and joking
Even though I quit smoking
While I was working I was thinking
I'm so glad that I gave up drinking

Listen to me speak...
Well I guess the first place to start
Would be to tell you I got love in my heart
(love in my heart)

For a heart without love 
is a glove without a hand
Or a brain without a mind
A mind that can't understand
Or ears that can't hear 
this song that I sing
Or a tongue that won't taste 
these chocolates that I bring

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

Hey look at me...
Well I guess once when I lost my way
Here's another fact
Is that I can't really say
I ever really fully came back

Listen to me speak...
Just what is this
To have to come back to?
In what was once such a sacred place
Now lies a land of ruin

Where even the sky
Seems to burn my eyes
As I wash my face
In this dirty pool

I thought I'd been freed… 
Now I see I was a fool
Poor hurried me… 
Following the rules I learned in school

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

For a heart without love 
is a glove without a hand
Or a brain without a mind
A mind that can't understand

Or ears that can't hear 
this song that I sing
Or a tongue that won't taste 
these chocolates that I bring

(Oh Yeah!)
Woo hoo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

(9) SLEEPWALKERS
by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen

When they're playing chess with you...
The game never lasts very long
Still haven't got a clue... why do you...
Why do you smile when you take a pawn?

Then their bishop overtakes your knight
When he wasn't even dressed to fight
Soon their queen upends your rook
Before you could even look

Another smile...
your knight just claimed a pawn
But now... 
now your little horsie's gone
He didn't run away... 
he just got sleighed
As the king of your castle 
he numbers his days

Yeah, you're wondering and pondering 
As you're endlessly wandering 
on and on and on...

And you're scribbling and scrabbling 
Along the chessboard of life 
feeling you're just a pawn

Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers

You just made a list of things 
that you need to say
About yourself, about the world 
and all its ways

Sometimes you think that 
it's a lie that hard work pays
Now that everything has been numbered 
- yes even your days

Why is everyone... 
sleepwalking around this globe…
This giant wheel?
Seems as a whole we can no longer feel 
While deep in this slumber

For the gift of the presence of love 
we no longer hunger
When our dreams are gone... 
yet we still walk on and on and on and on...

You just made a list of the things 
that you need to say
And it 'tis just one...
There's hardly no time left for anyone

As names and faces keep fading farther away
Still, you know you've got so much to give... 
so with this guilt you live

I'm sorry, but there's just too few hours in a day
You find your precious time becomes taken up 
Oh look now how... You're so easily led astray...
How'd your life become this way? 

(sleepwalkers)
Is this what you say?
(sleepwalkers)

While you're wondering and pondering 
As you're wandering on and on and on and on...
As you're scribbling and scrabbling 
Along the chessboard of life 
feeling you're just a pawn

sleepwalkers
sleepwalkers

(10) PRETTY TOYS
by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen

With every hurled stone that is cast
I walk one step closer to becoming broken
With every coming sunset I manage to outlast
Ahead lies a sunrise by which I may not be awoken

With every cigarette I smoke
I see another small sign of cancer
With every question that I ask
I find I come closer to the answer

As I look within your empty eyes
You create a new fantasy to fill the void
You play some music to cover your sighs
and fill your room with all those pretty toys...

Hey rich girl...
Throw the keys to your Mercedes down to me
You'll have to leave it all behind 
if you really want to be free 

I look at my hands 
they're all beaten and torn
Sometimes you must get dirty 
if you want to be reborn

Hey rich girl... 
tell me what did you see 
when you traveled the world?
Did you do all you were told 
like daddy's good little girl?

Come away with me 
and maybe I'll write you a song
I've come here to teach you 
that everything they taught you was wrong...

Hey rich girl... Just what makes you think 
Father always knows best?
Sure you've found some answers 
but you still must take the test

With every hurled stone that you cast
You walk one step closer to becoming broken
With every coming sunset you manage to outlast
Ahead lies a sunrise by which you may not be awoken

With every cigarette you smoke
You see another small sign of cancer
With every question that you ask
You come much closer to the answer

Look within your empty eyes
A new fantasy to fill the void?
Play some music to cover your sighs
Fill your room with more pretty toys...

Pretty toys…
Pretty toys…
Pretty toys

(11) CONCRETE PEOPLE
by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen 

Concrete people like to hide behind gold
Concrete people will collect what they're owed
Concrete people leave you out in the cold
Concrete people hate most to be exposed

Concrete people ain't got no souls
They traded them in for high priced clothes
Concrete people with their hearts of stone
Even sold out my beloved rock and roll

Concrete people never hang their heads low
Concrete people never let their feelings show
Concrete people keep their statues in rows
Concrete people always reap what they sow

But me, I ain't no concrete man
I mess things up every now and then
I slave for those who do me wrong
And I find relief in the rock and roll song

Rock and roll song
Rock and roll song

Concrete people think I'm wasting my time
Concrete people never step out of line
Concrete people hate the shirt that I wear
Concrete people find me too hard to bare

Concrete people ain't got no souls ...
They traded them in for high priced clothes
Concrete people with their hearts of stone
Even sold out my beloved rock and roll

And me, I ain't no concrete man 
I mess things up every now and then
Slave for those who do me wrong
And I find relief in a rock 'n roll song

Rock and roll song
Rock and roll song
Rock and roll song

(12) FIGHT FOR PEACE 
by Tom Jensen & Lynette

Come now citizens of the world
Let us knock down this mental wall
Time to let a new flag unfurl
Large enough to cover us all

Endless sea of humanity
That will bridge both the land and shore
Become one global family
Let us not divide anymore

Realize difference makes us great
Opposed to tearing us apart
I swear to you it's not too late
And all it takes is one to start

It could be you who makes a stand
One burning monk can end a war
Wouldn't fight in Iraq...I ran
Didn't deem it worth fighting for

Unlock the door you have the key
Finally let this madness cease
Everybody say it with me
What is my belief? Can’t fight for peace

Come now citizens of the world
Let us knock down this mental wall
Time to let a new flag unfurl
Large enough to cover us all

Endless sea of humanity
That will bridge both the land and shore
Become one global family
Let us not divide anymore

Realize difference makes us great
Opposed to tearing us apart
I swear to you it's not too late
And all it takes is one to start

Unlock the door you have the key
Finally let this madness cease
Everybody say it with me
What is my belief? Can’t fight for peace

The songs explore themes of struggle, self-discovery, and reflection. They depict emotional journeys, from loneliness and loss to the pursuit of meaning, with a focus on personal growth and societal critique.
Love & loss, hope & despair, personal struggle & societal critique, and reflection & renewal
A TRAVELER IN THE DISTANCE
SONG LIST 4
1. Fallen Clouds by William Elmore & Tom Jensen
2. Stranded by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen
3. Coming off Fall by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen
4. Breaking the chains By Tiffany Anne & Tom Jensen
5. One slip of the knife by Justin Justice & Tom Jensen
6. Overrated by Tyler Thompson & Tom Jensen
7. Maybe someday by Bryan Magsayo & Tom Jensen
8. First place by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
9. Sleep walkers by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
10. Pretty toys by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
11. Concrete people by Klaus Bluetner & Tom Jensen
12. Fight for peace by Lynette & Tom Jensen

Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance

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Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance

Lead Rating: PG/PG-13

Total Points: 21

Strategic Arc: Death, despair, addiction, hopelessness with artistic framing.

Trigger Warning: Explicit suicide ideation, graphic self-harm imagery, death, addiction, hopelessness, war trauma, spiritual abandonment.

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Song
Rating
Musician/Artist
Four-Word Summary

1
Fallen Clouds
PG-13
William Elmore
Ghosts of the past

2
Stranded
PG-13
Justin Justice
Clinging to fragile hope

3
Coming of Fall
PG
Tyler Thompson
Searching for some proof

4
Breaking the Chains
PG-13
Tiffany Anne
Some chains never break

5
One Slip of the Knife
PG-13
Justin Justice
Death waits in shadows

6
Overrated
PG-13
Tyler Thompson
Life's accomplishments feel empty

7
Maybe Someday
PG-13
Bryan Magsayo
Darkness slowly becomes friend

8
First Place
PG
Klaus Bluetner
Giving up drinking hurts

9
Sleep Walkers
PG-13
Klaus Bluetner
Pawns in endless game

10
Pretty Toys
PG-13
Klaus Bluetner
Broken by rich fantasies

11
Concrete People
PG-13
Klaus Bluetner
Hearts of cold stone

12
Fight for Peace
PG
Lynette
Is this an oxymoron?

Collection Summary: A set that walks directly into death, self-destruction, despair, and existential collapse. These songs contain imagery that may be distressing or triggering, particularly for listeners with a history of depression or suicidal ideation.

Artist Comparison: Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Band

Key Themes: Despair, addiction, nihilism, existential collapse, suicide ideation
