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# CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE ARCS

We have five Choose Your Own Adventure paths (NOTE: at least two of them involve ‘Happy Endings’ — though one of them might be Bob Kraft massage kinda happy just like if you had a QB named Watson or a K named Tucker….

- Path (1.) The Honey Pot Descent
- Path (2.) The Underworld Climb
- Path (3.) The Cyclical Blend
- Path (4.) The Modular Curriculum
- Path (5.) The Poet’s Arc

## THE CATALOG AS A WHOLE

I like Choose Your Own Adventure books — so in that fashion, we turned the entire 34-album catalog into a living, branching experience.

Instead of one fixed order, we give you five completely different ways to travel through the same 434 titles. Each path is a full numbered sequence you can follow straight through like a playlist, a rock opera, a play, or a self-guided curriculum. Pick the vibe you want, start at number (1.) of that path, and the titles themselves carry you forward.

## CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE PATHS — OVERVIEW

## Path (1.) — The Honey Pot Descent

This path follows the exact order of the Quick Guide, starting with the lightest, most accessible “honeypot” albums full of love, devotion, and healing, then slowly and deliberately walking you into heavier themes of addiction, collapse, madness, and moral extremity. It is the classic trust-then-betray journey that builds emotional safety first before delivering the full weight of the catalog.

## Path (2.) — The Underworld Climb

This path reverses the catalog completely, throwing you straight into the darkest titles first — addiction, betrayal, psychological collapse, and extremity — then slowly climbs back toward survival, reflection, and light. It is the redemption arc: you start in the abyss and earn your way out, making the final albums feel like hard-won victory.

## Path (3.) — The Cyclical Blend

This path weaves light and dark together in four acts so the albums constantly collide and echo one another. Hope appears, gets shattered, then reappears in a new form; themes repeat and evolve like musical motifs in a rock opera. It mirrors real life most closely — never letting you stay comfortable or stay devastated for long.

## Path (4.) — The Modular Curriculum

This path skips the single story and lets you build your own. Albums are grouped into clean theme blocks (Identity Formation, Love Lifecycle, Addiction & Collapse, Power & Systems, Madness & Extremity, Survival & Meaning) so you can jump straight to whatever subject you want to study today. Perfect for classrooms, workshops, or when you want to treat the catalog like lyrical Legos.

## Path (5.) — The Poet’s Arc

This path arranges the 34 album titles into one single, continuous creative journey. It begins with the earliest titles of identity formation and pure love, moves through distance, pressure, and systemic forces, descends into fracture, addiction, collapse, and extremity, and finally turns toward survival, reflection, and meaning. When read straight through, the titles themselves create a natural, decade-spanning arc.

### PATH (1.) — THE HONEY POT DESCENT

(Original Quick Guide Order — Light → Dark)

Start gentle. End in the fire.

This is the “trust-then-betray” journey. It begins with pure love and healing, then slowly walks you into addiction, collapse, madness, and moral extremity.

Sequence:
(1.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy
(2.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark
(3.) Song List 5 — Love Without a Doubt
(4.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(5.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
(6.) Set List 9 — The Thralls of the Flame
(7.) Set List 8 — Boss Logic
(8.) Set List 3 — Self in the Mirror
(9.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(10.) Song List 6 — Undertows and Afterglows
(11.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing
(12.) Song List 3 — A Day at the Office
(13.) Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance
(14.) Song List 10 — One Piece Missing
(15.) Song List 2 — Sheila Tequila
(16.) Song List 7 — High Tides and Landslides
(17.) Set List 2 — Plurality
(18.) Set List 10 — Go Ask Gramm
(19.) Set List 11 — Noise, Lies and Longing
(20.) Set List 16 — Kneel, Heal and Rise
(21.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
(22.) Set List 4 — Downward Spiral
(23.) Set List 12 — Wounded Masculinity
(24.) Set List 13 — Power Shields
(25.) Set List 15 — Liminal State
(26.) Set List 6 — Definitely Not Love
(27.) Set List 17 — Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries
(28.) Set List 23 — Zionation
(29.) Set List 7 — Extremes
(30.) Set List 18 — Corrugation Row
(31.) Set List 5 — Living à la Mode
(32.) Set List 21 — A Cold Plate
(33.) Set List 22 — Inherent Absence
(34.) Set List 24 — Bi Ride or Die

### PATH (2.) — THE UNDERWORLD CLIMB

(Dark → Light Redemption Arc)

Start in the abyss. Crawl out into daylight.

Throw the listener straight into murder, addiction, betrayal, and extremity first — then slowly climb back toward meaning, survival, love, and hope.

Sequence: (reverse of Path 1)
(1.) Set List 24 — Bi Ride or Die
(2.) Set List 22 — Inherent Absence
(3.) Set List 21 — A Cold Plate
(4.) Set List 5 — Living à la Mode
(5.) Set List 18 — Corrugation Row
(6.) Set List 7 — Extremes
(7.) Set List 23 — Zionation
(8.) Set List 17 — Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries
(9.) Set List 6 — Definitely Not Love
(10.) Set List 15 — Liminal State
(11.) Set List 13 — Power Shields
(12.) Set List 12 — Wounded Masculinity
(13.) Set List 4 — Downward Spiral
(14.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
(15.) Set List 16 — Kneel, Heal and Rise
(16.) Set List 11 — Noise, Lies and Longing
(17.) Set List 10 — Go Ask Gramm
(18.) Set List 2 — Plurality
(19.) Song List 7 — High Tides and Landslides
(20.) Song List 2 — Sheila Tequila
(21.) Song List 10 — One Piece Missing
(22.) Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance
(23.) Song List 3 — A Day at the Office
(24.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing
(25.) Song List 6 — Undertows and Afterglows
(26.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(27.) Set List 3 — Self in the Mirror
(28.) Set List 8 — Boss Logic
(29.) Set List 9 — The Thralls of the Flame
(30.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
(31.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(32.) Song List 5 — Love Without a Doubt
(33.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark
(34.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy

### PATH (3.) — THE CYCLICAL BLEND

(The Rock Opera / Play Order)

Light and dark constantly collide. Hope gets shattered, then rebuilt.

Four acts that mirror real-life emotional whiplash. Themes repeat and evolve.

Sequence:
Act 1 — Awakening
(1.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy
(2.) Song List 5 — Love Without a Doubt
(3.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(4.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark
(5.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
Act 2 — Pressure & Fracture
(6.) Set List 9 — The Thralls of the Flame
(7.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(8.) Set List 3 — Self in the Mirror
(9.) Set List 2 — Plurality
(10.) Set List 10 — Go Ask Gramm
(11.) Set List 13 — Power Shields
Act 3 — The Abyss
(12.) Set List 4 — Downward Spiral
(13.) Set List 12 — Wounded Masculinity
(14.) Set List 16 — Kneel, Heal and Rise
(15.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
(16.) Set List 6 — Definitely Not Love
(17.) Set List 22 — Inherent Absence
(18.) Set List 24 — Bi Ride or Die
(19.) Set List 21 — A Cold Plate
Act 4 — Reckoning & Blend
(20.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing
(21.) Set List 11 — Noise, Lies and Longing
(22.) Set List 23 — Zionation
(23.) Set List 7 — Extremes
(24.) Set List 18 — Corrugation Row
(25.) Set List 5 — Living à la Mode
(26.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy (return)
(27.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark (return)
(28.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
(29.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(30.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(31.) Set List 17 — Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries
(32.) Set List 15 — Liminal State
(33.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
(34.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing (final return)

### PATH (4.) — THE MODULAR CURRICULUM

(Teaching / Lego-Block Order)

Skip the story. Build your own lesson plan.

Group the albums by theme so you can jump straight to whatever you want to study today.

Sequence (by theme blocks):
Identity Formation
(1.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(2.) Set List 2 — Plurality
(3.) Set List 3 — Self in the Mirror
Love Lifecycle
(4.) Song List 5 — Love Without a Doubt
(5.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(6.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark
(7.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
(8.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy
Addiction & Collapse
(9.) Song List 2 — Sheila Tequila
(10.) Set List 4 — Downward Spiral
(11.) Song List 7 — High Tides and Landslides
(12.) Set List 12 — Wounded Masculinity
(13.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
Power & Systems
(14.) Set List 9 — The Thralls of the Flame
(15.) Set List 10 — Go Ask Gramm
(16.) Set List 13 — Power Shields
(17.) Set List 23 — Zionation
Madness & Extremity
(18.) Set List 6 — Definitely Not Love
(19.) Set List 7 — Extremes
(20.) Set List 18 — Corrugation Row
(21.) Set List 21 — A Cold Plate
(22.) Set List 22 — Inherent Absence
(23.) Set List 24 — Bi Ride or Die
Survival & Meaning
(24.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing
(25.) Set List 11 — Noise, Lies and Longing
(26.) Set List 15 — Liminal State
(27.) Set List 16 — Kneel, Heal and Rise
(28.) Set List 5 — Living à la Mode
(29.) Set List 17 — Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries
(30.) Set List 8 — Boss Logic
(31.) Song List 3 — A Day at the Office
(32.) Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance
(33.) Song List 6 — Undertows and Afterglows
(34.) Song List 10 — One Piece Missing

### PATH (5.) — THE POET’S ARC

## The Journey

This path arranges the 34 album titles into one single, continuous creative journey. It begins with the earliest titles of identity formation and pure love, moves through titles that explore distance, pressure, and systemic forces, then descends into titles of fracture, addiction, collapse, and extremity. Finally it turns toward titles of survival, reflection, and meaning.

When read straight through in this order, the titles themselves create a natural arc — a complete progression from beginning to end that mirrors how a body of work unfolds across decades.

The Poet’s Arc Sequence:
(1.) Set List 1 — Glass Half Something
(2.) Song List 5 — Love Without a Doubt
(3.) Song List 8 — A Knight for a Lady
(4.) Set List 14 — 6,000 km to Denmark
(5.) Song List 9 — Between Us and Love
(6.) Set List 19 — Della of Troy
(7.) Set List 9 — The Thralls of the Flame
(8.) Set List 10 — Go Ask Gramm
(9.) Set List 13 — Power Shields
(10.) Set List 3 — Self in the Mirror
(11.) Set List 2 — Plurality
(12.) Set List 20 — The Cost of Light
(13.) Set List 4 — Partnered to the Crime
(14.) Song List 7 — High Tides and Landslides
(15.) Set List 12 — Wounded Masculinity
(16.) Set List 6 — Definitely Not Love
(17.) Song List 2 — Sheila Tequila
(18.) Set List 4 — Downward Spiral
(19.) Set List 16 — Kneel, Heal and Rise
(20.) Set List 11 — Noise, Lies and Longing
(21.) Set List 23 — Zionation
(22.) Set List 7 — Extremes
(23.) Set List 18 — Corrugation Row
(24.) Set List 22 — Inherent Absence
(25.) Set List 21 — A Cold Plate
(26.) Set List 24 — Bi Ride or Die
(27.) Set List 5 — Living à la Mode
(28.) Song List 3 — A Day at the Office
(29.) Set List 15 — Liminal State
(30.) Song List 1 — The Last Man Singing
(31.) Set List 17 — Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries
(32.) Song List 4 — A Traveler in the Distance
(33.) Song List 6 — Undertows and Afterglows
(34.) Song List 10 — One Piece Missing

Follow the numbers in order for the complete journey.

You can also start at any number and continue forward, or combine this path with any of the other four Choose Your Own Adventure paths.

The catalog is not a collection of songs. It is a curriculum — and now it is also a Choose Your Own Adventure with five distinct ways to travel through it. Or plug the entire catalog into your favorite online brain and have it make you one to your choosing using the brief album descriptions. Make it your own private read ;)

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