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SONG LIST 7 High Tides and Landslides

SONG LIST 8 A Knight for a Lady

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SET LIST 5 Living a la Mode

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⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING – SET LIST EIGHT (8)
Set List Eight explores identity, disillusionment, fear, self-awareness, and the struggle for meaning amid existential fatigue. This set is not explicitly graphic, but it is emotionally intense — layered with spiritual doubt, emotional unraveling, mental confusion, and poetic despair. Across twelve songs, the lyrics confront feelings of personal failure, philosophical paralysis, societal manipulation, and loneliness — all without clear answers or healing arcs.

Listeners may find themselves facing:
Mental health themes (depression, disorientation, isolation, despair)
Philosophical dread (meaninglessness, futility, fractured identity)
Societal critique (propaganda, control, spiritual decay)
Spiritual conflict and loss of faith
Emotional exhaustion and internal war

No physical violence is present, and no overt trauma or abuse is described — but the cumulative effect of these songs may be distressing for sensitive or reflective audiences.

MENTAL HEALTH STRAIN & EXISTENTIAL FATIGUE
Tracks like “Spinning,” “Down,” “Fear,” and “Sky and Light” center around inner chaos, numbness, and a deep loss of direction. In “Spinning,” the narrator confesses they’re becoming an “army of one,” spiraling into emotional and mental disarray. There's no breakdown — only slow, haunted unraveling:

“I fight... my own insides / And all these memories I don’t want to remember.”
Similarly, “Down” and “Fear” confront disillusionment and internal division — logic versus faith, survival versus surrender — and the recognition that sometimes the darkness is not external, but has lived within us too long to ignore.

These pieces may resonate heavily with listeners in depressive episodes, recovery from emotional collapse, or those experiencing burnout, trauma processing, or long-term instability.

SPIRITUAL QUESTIONING & LOSS OF FAITH
Multiple tracks ask hard questions about God, purpose, and whether hope is rational or delusion. “Discartes,” “I Am,” and “Somewhere” are particularly heavy on metaphysical doubt and spiritual disappointment.

“Discartes” plays with philosophical nihilism, questioning whether thought and identity even exist in a system that constantly deletes, reprograms, and forgets. “I Am” delivers lines like:

“I am to their God what the Beatles were to Jesus.”
The tone is defiant, even blasphemous, but not for shock — it’s the cry of someone trying to redefine what’s real in a world they don’t trust. “Somewhere” is quieter, but crushing in its loneliness — praying for a sign from above, searching for meaning that never materializes:

“You know love is inside you… Somewhere.”
These pieces may deeply affect listeners recovering from religious trauma, grappling with spiritual abandonment, or struggling with meaninglessness.

SOCIAL & PHILOSOPHICAL DESPAIR
“Playing Chess” uses war and chess metaphors to explore exploitation, manipulation, and spiritual defeat. The speaker realizes they’re a pawn in a larger, corrupt system — played by forces that don’t even follow the rules:

“Some devils wear suits and ties...”
The song builds from anxiety to resignation, culminating in a rejection of savior narratives and a personal decision to stop playing. It’s not a call to arms — it’s a call to survive by stepping away.

Listeners who feel overwhelmed by politics, systems, or activism fatigue may find this track emotionally exhausting or painfully resonant.

IDENTITY EROSION & PSYCHOLOGICAL COLLAPSE
“Sky and Light” and “Thirty Seconds” articulate a sensation of mental drifting — trying to reach people, trying to express something vital, but failing. There’s a recurring image of language breaking down, of being trapped inside one's thoughts. In “Sky and Light”:

“Every mind’s a piece of unmolded clay... 
Mine’s become trapped inside a maze of words I cannot explain…”
“Thirty Seconds” is brief, frantic, and existential: a poetic monologue delivered in countdown form. The pressure to matter, connect, or wake someone up before it’s too late echoes across the set. For anyone struggling with creative exhaustion, identity loss, or neurodivergence, these lyrics may feel disturbingly familiar.

EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION & HOPE FADING
Many pieces flirt with the idea of collapse — not as melodrama, but as erosion. “Listen” is about inaction and regret. “Timeless to Ten” critiques the lure of fame and hollow validation, suggesting it's better to matter deeply to a few than superficially to many. But even that hope feels flickering — the tone is weary, measured, and aware of failure.

Set List Eight is not hopeless — but hope is weak, weathered, and gasping.

WHO SHOULD USE CAUTION
Avoid or approach carefully if you are:
Recovering from depressive or suicidal episodes
Dealing with existential dread or crisis of faith
Grieving emotional collapse or spiritual loss
In a fragile psychological state where introspection is destabilizing
Sensitive to spiritual doubt, emotional isolation, or the futility of effort
This set may intensify existing emotional weight.

WHO MAY FIND VALUE
Listeners seeking truth over reassurance
Writers, thinkers, and artists exploring doubt or meaning
Philosophically inclined audiences comfortable sitting with discomfort
Those working through burnout, religious deconstruction, or emotional fatigue
People who need their sadness witnessed rather than soothed

TONE & INTENT
Set List Eight is poetic, dark, and thoughtful — less about trauma than the long psychic erosion of living in a world that no longer makes sense. It doesn't scream or sob. It paces. It wanders. It pleads. It presses its forehead to the wall and tries to remember why it still breathes.
There is beauty here — but it's dimly lit, shivering, and sometimes afraid of itself.
Listener discretion advised.

BOSS LOGIC
SET LIST EIGHT (8)
1 Thirty Seconds
2 Pretty Fountains
3 Playing Chess
4 Sky and Light
5 Discartes
6 I Am
7 Timeless To Ten
8 Listen
9 Fear
10 Down
11 Spinning
12 Somewhere

(1) THIRTY SECONDS
I got about thirty seconds…
To get inside your head
So let us save the small talk
For another time instead

Now I have only twenty seconds left…
To sew this little seed to try to
Turn my belief into your belief
How do I get you to see that 
Once you unplug yourself from your TV
You can begin to make a difference
To someone else, yourself and me…

Uh oh…just ten seconds more…

To let you know that there are 
Countless caverns 
Left within your mind
Just waiting to be explored...

(2) PRETTY FOUNTAINS
Yeah, we watch the world spinning
‘round and do our best to fit in
But lately we’ve been getting that feeling
That we’re slowly sinking….
Yeah, we’re slowly sinking…

Spend our time wondering 
What’s left to believe in?
We find we’re falling behind
And searching for the reason
Yeah, we’re searching for the reason….

Is it corporate greed composed by those 
Trying to sell us something that we don’t need

Or else false gods from atop
their soapbox they preach
For divide and conquer
Is a tried and true technique

For the oldest lesson 
Taught and learned in war
Is that battles are waged over ideas
And your mind’s what all sides are fighting for

Welcome to poor judgment theatre… I am your host
You know everybody ‘round here Is pale as a ghost

Taxation without representation
Is what the baby boomers did to
ma-ma-ma-my ja-ja-ja-generation…

They stripped the green from the fields
And carved the snow right off the mountains
Hacking all with their spinning wheels
To watch water flow from pretty fountains

(3) PLAYING CHESS
Burning up...Burning out...
Sitting in an ashtray...
With no way out...

Walking in circles...
Across hot coals...
Something landed on my lap...
What? Only God knows...

This is some new sh#$...
Highly funky...
Caged like a monkey...
Start by turning one key...
End up as a junky…

You may say highly unlikely...
But you could end up just like me....
If you say yes...
Would your life be a mess?
It's anyone's guess...
Well, life's like playing chess...

Let me explain my life
In a way that you can see it
I'm fighting a battle
I'm playing a game
But I know I’ll never beat it

So many moves though
I proceed with caution
While I’m weary of hesitation
Each step must be wise...
Just to escape total domination...

In that there is no compromise
All the devils have eyes...
Some wear suits and ties...
And tell dirty lies...
Some things just won't die

Someone watching
From way up high
Is playing chess with my mind

And I think the general
He wants me to die
As he sends me to the front
Of the battle lines

I've been a pawn
For far too long
Even though I'm still fighting
I don't know which side I'm on
Every time I look behind me
The general's gone

I hear checkmate
I now stand alone
And half-way around the world
Is a long way from home

Somehow I was taken
And played just like a fool
And I was mistaken
Thinking everyone plays
By the same set of rules

When I smash the board
I'll free myself
When I drop my gun
They'll enlist someone else

For I am no hero
I've lost all hope
Of saving mankind
If I can save myself
Then at least
I won't be wasting time

If I ever get that far
Then I'll try to free the others
One at a time

Show them what to be weary of
And all the warning signs
For even on top of the world
There are still mountains left to climb

(4) SKY AND LIGHT
I scared myself today
When I saw the world
In a whole new way

Every mind’s a piece
of unmolded clay
And mine’s become trapped
inside a maze of words
That I cannot explain
or write nor say

We all live beneath the same sky
Yet we don’t all see the same light
Some see nothing
but the summers sun
While others look up
at a winters night
While waiting for the other shoe
to drop unto the floor
I've given up trying to make sense
of anything any more

For this stale air has
finally gotten the better of me
Had to take a walk outside
to try to change my scenery

Everything I have known has
decided to play tricks on me
My past is my shadow
that no longer stands beside me

Long ago we parted
and went our separate ways
Long before this whole mess started
Before this city was set ablaze

I scared myself today
When I saw the whole world
In a whole new way

Every minds a piece
of unmolded clay
And mines become trapped
inside a maze of words
That I cannot explain
or write nor say

We all live beneath the same sky
Yet we don’t all see the same light
Some see nothing
but the summers sun
While others look up
at a winters night

Yes, I had to take a walk outside
and change my scenery
And hopefully bleed
some new blood into me

Escape from my surroundings
and all of this abject poverty
Provide my eyes a change
and find something new to see

I scared myself today
When I saw the whole world
In a whole new way

I scared myself today
Became trapped inside
a maze of words
That I could not explain
nor write or say

(5) DISCARTES
I hear whispers from the lost souls of man
Questioning everything that I think that I am
So I do not think therefore I am not…
Part of the problem or solution
Since my character no longer
Plays any role in the plot

It is then my mind reminds me
I have no memory
And there was something else…
But I forgot

Today, what is not needed it gets deleted
Just as in ancient times
When translated, annihilated
Just meant defeated

No, not just the soldier in retreat
But his dog, his flag and his whole family
I hear whispers…
Voices unknown to me
Hence I fall back into a dream-like state
Looks like everything will have to wait

Living in a dream…
To wake up one must fall asleep
Returning to reality…
Close your eyes as the same process repeats
Peace!

(6) I AM
I am to their God
What the Beatles were to Jesus
Independent thought
Is the only thing that frees us

Even chained to a cross
I claim that you
Can still get lost
But not everyone believes this

Noah floated in a flood 
And the reason was all because
Humans are just like 
Viruses and diseases

Just as peasants are to power
As dangerous as weeds
Are to a flower...
And Brutus was to Caesar

Living in the age of painted rust
Sure looks pretty but do you trust
That it would even hold your weight

Or all those behind you trying to escape
From all you corporate hypnotists
Going around brainwashing little kids

Almost too slippery it's so surreal
The way I think and the way I float
The way I vote and the way I feel

Almost too good it should be destroyed
But then again that would leave
An awful lot of people left unemployed

And we know they'd need something
To kill time and fill the void
Some choose crime over rhyme
And Sarah Palin over Arundhati Roy

Oh to be a master to many
And a slave to none
Won't you tell me all about it
It sure does sound like fun

(7) TIMELESS TO TEN
Sure going viral might 
getcha paid and it 
might even getcha laid 
and make grandma need
a new hearing aid

“What'd ya say?”

It might make you friends
Send ya on an upward trend
Spiraling high above the earth
Until you find yourself 
coming crashing on
back down again

“So what then?”
But by being bold 
and staying true
Could and would you
Call your life a failure
If you find you’ve inspired 
the minds of just a few?

Can't you see 
that it's better to be
Timeless to ten rather than 
having fifteen minutes 
of fleeting fame 
with the minions

They say a stitch in time 
It may save nine
I say I’d rather be 
timeless to just ten
Without regard or sentiment 
for or of public opinion

I’d rather be loved by some
And feared by none
As opposed to reigning supreme
Over any other living beings

I’ve been thinking it’s better 
to use my powers to heal
To try to unify 
and not divide us all up 
into different social classes
Delivered from temptation
Let me not yield
For I’d much rather level 
the playing field
Than to try to climb
And rise above the masses

(8) LISTEN
Down on the corner
Of Ocean and Demora
I’ve seen a lot of drama
My fair share of horror

Sometimes you see it coming
Or you’re hearing people running
As you’re thinking ain’t that something
That the prey has gone out hunting

Though you’re not sure what it means
You’ve fallen deeper in the dream
Begin to question your beliefs
Leaving others to plant seeds

What will grow? 
What will grow? 
What will grow?

It’s hard to know
Sometimes it shows
Other times it don’t show

What do we make
Of all these mistakes?
Try hard, trying hard
Keep falling on my face

Down on the corner
Of Ocean and Demora
I’ve seen a lot of drama
My fair share of horror

And though you know that it’s a trap
Your biggest failure’s not to act
It’s too easy to look back 
Long after the fact
Saying I wish I did this
And I didn’t do that

Inaction and indecision
Leaves you full of things you’re missing
And now it’s lost
The gift you’ve been given

You paid the cost
No, you didn’t listen

(9) FEAR
My fear is my friend 
So long we’ve been together 
From the beginning 
Until the very end 

Some call it other names 
Play their silly games 
Pretend they’re still the same 
Though facts remain unchanged 

You’re hearing two voices 
Coming from different places 
With two opposite choices 
As you find yourself now facing 

A separation of church and state 
In this case it’s your logic and faith 
One is gone the other’s been misplaced 
Lying in ruins and laid to waste 

Yet it takes dialogue and not debate 
To make whole again this fractured state 
We need common ground not lines in the sand 
For unity to be found in our fellow man 

With this goal in mind we must forge ahead 
While biding our time with our feet on the ledge 
Tight to our toes lies a precipitous drop 
But with our backs to the wall we cannot stop 

The daylight is dwindling 
As darkness draws near 
Every path towards escape 
Has circled back here 

I’m not alone… 
It’s my friend who comforts me… 
Fear

(10) DOWN
When you’re down
That’s when they show
Funny how
They always seem to know

A cloud of doubt
Soon you’re all wet
Burned out black out
Less we forget

Our history’s
Full of regret
What we pretend to be
Sans our secrets

When you’re down
That’s when they show
Funny how
They always seem to know

A man like me 
Teeters back and forth
Between being benevolent
And a fan of force

Half of me believes
There can only be
One king of the jungle

My other half isn’t deceived
And keeps reminding me
To stay humble

When you’re down
That’s when they show
Funny how
They always seem to know
So…

If you find yourself in a hole 
The first thing to do is stop digging
What I’ve learned you will soon know

You lose the right to choose 
when you’re begging
Once you took pride in self-control
Now you take whatever you’re given

That warm smile’s turned frosty cold
You’re making a mistake 
- this ain’t really living

First find some sunlight 
Then you can grow 
Discover who and what you are
Rather than keep it hidden

Now behold 
The shooting star
You’ve always been
And always are!

And now you know
What before...you didn’t

(11) SPINNING
It is said that every 
body is a temple
So surely somewhere in here 
there's a place of healing

Lately I've found my hands 
folded and praying
Though I'm not sure 
if I should be standing, 
sitting or kneeling

I've been having 
the strangest of feelings 
But I can't quite 
put my finger on it

Though I know 
there is a key 
unlocking and revealing

That which I have been 
searching and seeking
Still I have yet to 
lay my hands upon it

In all of these -- 
my wheelings and dealings
Perhaps I lent it, 
lost it or pawned it

For this isn't how 
I planned it
I've slowly become 
an army of one

I'm beginning to sense 
that I'm surrounded
As around and around 
and around I'm being spun

And I spin...
Seems I can't win
Yet I'll die before 
I ever surrender

So I fight...
My own insides
And all these memories 
I don't want to remember

I can't lie...
Or try to hide
In this journey 
of mine to venture

Into the very 
core of my mind
Just to see what 
is at its center

So I pry...
From here outside
Whenever I find a room 
with a chained door

That I know still has 
yet to be explored 
One that some day 
I shall have to enter

(12) SOMEWHERE
A handful of empty promises 
all about a better tomorrow
I’ve found them to be all hollow
Leaving me here 
with just this sorrow

Once I had all I thought I’d need
But now I got nothing but memories
It’s time to show me a sign
God, let me know you’re up there…
Somewhere
Lately it seems my faith 
has somehow been misplaced
I hope it hasn’t disappeared
And that it’s still round here…
Somewhere

When the yellow sun is glowing way, way up high
You could never expect to see any stars in the sky
But you know they’re up there…
Somewhere

But it can boggle the mind 
just what goes on… up there
Surely the stars still shine some places sometimes…
Somewhere

Yet where we come from 
and where we all go surely I don’t know
But everything here 
had to come from…
Somewhere

It’s lonely in the dark 
on a cold night
Feeling without an ember, 
without a spark
Clinging to emptiness oh so tight
Yet you know love is inside you…
Somewhere

Yes, you know love is inside you…
Somewhere

BOSS LOGIC 
SET LIST EIGHT (8)
positive philosophy
Thoughtful, grounded, and searching—these songs explore the ideas that help us make sense of existence. Drawing on philosophy, spirituality, and hard-won wisdom, this collection offers not answers but better questions.

Philosophy & Wisdom, Self-Examination, The Examined Life, Spiritual Inquiry

(1) Thirty Seconds
(2) Pretty Fountains
(3) Playing Chess
(4) Sky and Light
(5) Descartes
(6) I Am
(7) Timeless To Ten
(8) Listen
(9) Fear
(10) Down
(11) Spinning
(12) Somewhere

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Set List 8 — Boss Logic

Lead Rating: PG

Total Points: 18

Strategic Arc: Spiritual reflection, existential questioning, hope.

Trigger Warning: Existential anxiety, identity crisis, disillusionment. No explicit content.

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Song
Rating
Musician/Artist
Four-Word Summary

1
Thirty Seconds
PG
Wake up

2
Pretty Fountains
PG-13
Illusion of progress shown

3
Playing Chess
PG-13
Setup from the start

4
Sky and Light
PG
How we see everything

5
Discartes
PG
I think, therefore I am?

6
I Am
PG-13
I will not be broken

7
Timeless To Ten
PG
Substance beats the noise

8
Listen
PG-13
Failure to act hurts

9
Fear
PG-13
Always at my side

10
Down
PG-13
Climbing back again

11
Spinning
PG-13
Trapped inside my mind

12
Somewhere
PG
Love is inside somewhere

Collection Summary: An introspective set exploring identity, disillusionment, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world. These songs wrestle with fear, failure, and the quiet hope that clarity exists somewhere.

Artist Comparison: Pink Floyd, Björk, David Bowie

Key Themes: Identity crisis, existential fatigue, perception, resistance, hope
