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CONFLICT RESOLUTION
02:02
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a lifetime of things to remember
far too many things to forget
leaving me with no solutions
to provide me conflict resolution
I spent my first years in a clouded haze of familial smoke
screams and tears highballs and laughter never in on the joke
we were tripping the era fantastic simultaneously drastic
spending my allowance on SuperElasticBubble Plastic
and dreaming of a time I wouldn't feel this old
people fighting the long standing institutions
people seeking their collective retributions
in our eternal search for CONFLICT RESOLUTION
evolution
total confusion
retribution
violence is no solution
ignorance and apathy maybe for you but not for me
there's got to be a way
(REPEAT)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION (repeats four times and song ends)
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DIMINISHED CAPACITY
02:25
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all of my heroes are gone
all of my heroes have died
I make my own choices
living out the prejudice of pride
not the way I want to live
not the way I thought I'd be
finding way to cope with my
diminished capacity
losing my will
losing my way
a little piece of me dies every day
to the point
where I'll no longer be
completely diminished capacity
(REPEAT ENTIRE FIRST VERSE; REPEAT DIMINISHED CAPACITY OUT)
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you arrive on a gurney
on your hospital journey
monitor all your vitals
no time for being idle
poke prodding deprivation
lie still in your situation
don't roll in your sleep
lest the nurses come in and creep
these are the miracles of modern medicine
modern medicine
bedpans and IV walking
not doing too much talking
minimise all your bleeding
monitor what you're eating
pills all day every hour
wet rags instead of the shower
careful who comes to visit
not much of life, now is it?
these are the miracles of modern medicine
modern medicine
CHORUS:
it's so frightening
and enlightening
the cure can be worse
than what ails you
eyes wide open
you're still hopin'
that you can go home
before your heart fails you
later on comes the billing
take the cash from the willing
sending you on your way
will you be back again someday?
pills and more doctors visits
not much of a life now is it?
not much of a life now is it?
not much of a life now is it?
these are the miracles of modern medicine
modern medicine
(REPEAT CHORUS, then OUT.)
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SAILING SPATIAL SEAS
02:25
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floating with my arms outstretched a mile wide
in the jet stream of my mind
thirty-five thousand feet high without leaving the ground
the screaming of the world around me without making any sound
CHORUS
waiting for the next wave
sailing spatial seas
waiting for the next wave
sailing spatial seas
in a small boat fighting the current
in the wake of larger ships passing by
and the fear of being capsized
makes me panic in their midst
waiting for the next wave
sailing spatial seas
waiting for the next wave
sailing spatial seas
watch the big birds fly
watch the big ships sail
watch me try to rise above
and get caught up in their chemtrails
REPEAT CHORUS
pull me out of this abyss
pull me out of this abyss
GET ME OUT OF THIS!
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from the moment you arrive
until the moment when they grieve
it starts with a slap and cry
and pennies on your eyes when you die
those decisions that you make
linger with you every day
those moments in time frozen
and all the ones that got away
it's a matter of life
it's a matter of death
the time in between
plays out like a movie scene
from the moment that you age
and your body starts to fade
your hair your skin your features change
no one marching in your parade
frustration starts to mount
the things that you used to do
require a herculean effort on your part
to salvage a life you once knew
the years in between
play out in real time
the choices that you made
the people that you knew
the ones that you loved
and the ones who loved you
the ones that you loved
and the ones who loved you
it's so hard letting go
it's so hard letting go
tethered to the faintest strand
and so hard to understand
so hard to understand
impossible to understand...
it's a matter of life (from the moment you arrive)
it's a matter of death (until the moment that they grieve)
it's a matter of life (you only have so much time)
it's a matter of death (to continue to breathe)
REPEAT ONCE, then OUT.
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EIGHT PILLS A DAY
02:16
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the sun is up
welcome to the start of another day
yellow see-through bottles with
protective childproof caps show me the way
take three in the morning
and five more at night
all shapes and sizes
to make me feel all right
CHORUS
eight pills eight pills eight pills a day
eight pills eight pills eight pills a day
(red ones white ones blue ones too
large ones small ones you can't chew
instant pharma knows the way
to keep me above ground one more day)
the sun is setting
another day draws to a close
where these perpetual pills will take me
God only knows
better meds than dead
better meds than dead
better meds than dead
to stop those voices in my head
(REPEAT)
I'm not ungrateful
I have nothing more to say
welcome to my life my friends
on eight pills a day...
(REPEAT CHORUS and OUT.)
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NOLIFENOLOVENOSOUND
03:11
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no life no love no sound
my heart is sinking to the ground
the world makes me wonder why
we fight for a world in despair
we have no life from you
we have no love for you
no sound to the words that cross your lips
no chains I'm only feeling your whips
(GUITAR SOLO)
we run from each other
calling out those who disagree as our enemy
we run from each other
calling out those who disagree
as our enemy....(in the land of the free)
no life no love no sound
no life no love no sound (ENDS COLD).
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STILL STANDING STILL
03:34
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sometimes it seems like life goes by...so fast
and in the blink of an eye...you're left
CHORUS:
standing still
still standing still
if you don't do it now
you never will
(REPEAT)
your time is running out
of that, you have no doubt
REPEAT CHORUS
you know life's too short to have regrets
what's done is done
get on your mark, get set and go
you still have a race to run
REPEAT CHORUS
you have feet of clay
every single day
you can't walk and you can't run
before you know it
you're all done...
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SIGHT UNSEEN
04:05
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everything I thought I ever knew
changed on that day
I was lying on my back
without a word to say
quivering in agony in so much pain
I felt there was an explosion in my brain
the sights I hadn't seen
the things I didn't know
I had come so far
but I had so far to go
I was alone
I heard the sound of clanging metal in the distance
and the sounds of people screaming out
I had no idea - was I somewhere in a dream?
only then I found something in my sight unseen
I could not speak
no idea where I'd gone
the morning light arose
and I had carried on
sight unseen (repeat four times)
and in the aftermath
all I could do is smile
let out a nervous laugh
gonna be here for a while
never will I be the same
that I know for sure
the doctors have opinions
but not a vaiid cure
it will all fall on me
to figure out where I've been
living life with open eyes
to find those sights...unseen
sight unseen (repeat four times)
and in the aftermath
all I could do is smile
let out a nervous laugh
gonna be here for a while
never will I be the same
that I know for sure
the doctors have opinions
but not a valid cure
it will all fall on me
to figure out where I've been
living life with open eyes
to find those sights unseen...
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RUTHLESS
03:44
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look what they did to you...(repeated off the top)
and the doctors sent you home
there was nothing left to do
(look what they did to you)
and the church said they couldn't do
any more for you
(look what they did to you)
you know they lied
(look what they did to you)
and all the tears you cried
(look what they did to you)
they never ever told you...the truth
(look what they did to you)
and you fought and bled and battled
'til there was nothing left of you
you fought until you cried
they left you there to die
CHORUS
I know just what the truth is (look what they did to you)
you left us feeling ruthless (look what they did to you)
(REPEATS TWICE)
you left us feeling ruthless
you left us feeling lost...
(look what they did to you.)
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HALCYON BRIDGE
02:04
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the story starts at the beginning
even though it is the end
standing on one side of something
seeking out my family and friends
stretching out to the horizon
for as far as one can see
to a point that's never ending
across the skies and across the seas
I keep feeling my feet they're moving
to a sort of a precipice
I look back over my shoulder
wondering where the future is
I am walking but I can't cross
I have won and I have lost
it's not the time for this to resolve
some they call it purgatory
some say it's a state of bliss
dangling in suspended animation
wondering where the future is
this mystery between life and death
I haven't yet taken my final breath
this conflict I cannot resolve...
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and so before you carry me away
I have a little more to say
please accept my apologies...
I hope I haven't made you sad
or worse still I've made you mad
I did my best to live my life but now it's time
CHORUS:
time to say goodbye
time to fly away
time to cross the bridge
time enough at last
time enough has passed
time to move on
(REPEAT ONCE.)
and so before you share your memories
I have one last thing to say
please remember me well
there are those who believe that you only have one chance
to love and laugh and enjoy the happenstance
of this life
of all life
of my life
(REPEAT CHORUS)
and so...
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David Tolar Millis, Massachusetts
David Tolar is a singer/songwriter based in the Greater Boston area who has been performing virtually his entire life. His
three solo albums, "THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE", "SANDBOX ETIQUETTE", and "CONFLICT RESOLUTION" are windows inside this unique artist's soul.
In 2020, DT released a compendium of music culled over the past 40 years - check out "MELLIFLUOUS MELODIES & PULCHRITUDINOUS PROSE"!
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