CTP (20260404 S3E146) Human Nature Missed In Music BTS/SP video

Joseph M. Lenard

CTP (S3E146) Do We Want Comfort Or Truth About War  Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond    We take a classic rock peace anthem and test its claims against human nature, free will, and the real incentives that drive war. We also share how we use music playlists and original songs to keep our writing grounded in truth rather than comfort.  • why “no more presidents” is a hopeful line that ignores human nature  • the problem with utopian politics and “imagine” style thinking  • free will under God and why forced unity is not realistic  • why peace is a goal but hope is not a strategy  • reading seemingly opposing Bible verses in full context  • using a massive Life and Living series playlist as writing fuel and bonus material  • introducing Suno tracks about hectic life, complex people, and tough love truth  * Easter weekend related: Necessary as Rain (Easter Sunday)- https://suno.com/s/iZkihsTM755btlvh  https://tinyurl.com/SubscribeToCTP   CTP Audios: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBuzzsprout  CTP Videos: https://tinyurl.com/JLDonBITCHUTE  https://tinyurl.com/CTPgear   Ugh, pardon, how many times have I said I AM HUMAN a flawed and can make mistakes?!?!? nire = more. Yes, a typo that didn't get caught during editing. LOL --- HOPE is great, we need more Hope, but Hope is NOT a strategy!!! Yes, seek PEACE, but as go into in piece "for all things, there is a Season" including (sadly) War.

Transcript

00:00Hello, welcome to another episode of Perstitutionalist Podcast.

00:06I am your host, Joseph M. Leonard.

00:09That's L-E-N-A-R-D, it's the French, it's not, it's Leonard without an O.

00:17Thank you for tuning in, as Graham Norton used to say, on his show.

00:24Let's get on with the show!

00:26Hello, gang, how are you doing?

00:30This is a cheat segment.

00:34I am recording this as a lead-in to a standard Saturday show

00:43that is going to now air through the audio platforms,

00:5125 plus, of Perstitutionalist Podcast.

00:56What was formerly a CTP video exclusive

01:02that I feel needs to go out as a regular show.

01:07So, bear that in mind, when recorded, it was a video exclusive.

01:15So, the dates, it could be from a month ago, it could be from a couple months ago.

01:22So, bear that in mind, when you hear things regarding time frames,

01:29it may be from a while ago.

01:32So, particular references may be a little dated.

01:38And this segment of cheat, right?

01:42I'm recording it, I'll be using it,

01:44with several video exclusives turned Saturday episodes.

01:50Without further ado, let's get on with the show!

01:55I just had some, it is Saturday, February 7th that I'm recording.

02:03This is probably won't air for quite some time,

02:07but Saturday, February 7th,

02:10I'm supposed to be recording with someone in 12 minutes.

02:14It's 11.48 a.m. here in the Detroit, Michigan area.

02:21And last minute, they say they're having an issue with a microphone

02:27and need to push it off later in the day.

02:30So, okay, I said, sure, how about let's go for 4 o'clock,

02:36because I do have a 2 o'clock interview.

02:38At any rate, I am working on my fifth book in my Life and Living series.

02:48It just came to me the other day, and I started it.

02:55So, I want to talk to you, though, what does that have to do with anything?

03:01White Lion had a song, When the Children Cry.

03:06That's the genesis of this episode, to talk about that song.

03:11But it relates to the Life and Living book five.

03:16Well, it doesn't relate to that book,

03:19but it relates in that it is part of the playlist.

03:25I created a soundtrack, a musical score, if you will,

03:31for my Life and Living series books.

03:34tinyurl.com slash lifeandlivingseries.

03:39All pushed together, of course.

03:42tinyurl.com slash lifeandlivingseries.

03:46Yes, I love using the tinyurl services.

03:51Otherwise, links are way too long.

03:54It's up to, like, 900 songs.

03:57So, you've got days and days worth of music videos there,

04:02because it's a YouTube music videos playlist

04:06for the Life and Living series of books.

04:10I've been using it as inspiration and background play

04:16while I've been writing my Life and Living series of books

04:20to help give partial inspiration.

04:23And also, in many of the Life and Living series books,

04:27I mention musical artists or a song or two

04:31that relate in the stories that I'm telling.

04:36It gives you an extra layer, like a picture tells

04:42can be worth a thousand words,

04:45well, mentioning a song title can be like a thousand pages story

04:53added into a story if it relates properly and well.

04:59But the playlist, tinyurl.com slash carpe diem official playlist.

05:09tinyurl.com slash carpe diem official playlist.

05:15That's the Life and Living series soundtrack or musical score bonus material.

05:23I like giving you bonus material online,

05:27out of the book, on top of the, you know,

05:31extras for your money.

05:33Who else is doing that?

05:35At any rate,

05:37White Lion, When the Children Cry came up,

05:40doesn't relate.

05:42It's a Life and Living song,

05:45and it's one I like,

05:47so it's in the playlist,

05:49and it happened to come up the other day.

05:51Well, I want to talk about a couple lines.

05:54Yeah, it's a good song.

05:56It's a great, you know,

05:58hopeful, wonderful, joyous,

06:03can't we all just get along kind of song.

06:08One line,

06:10no more presidents,

06:12and the wars will end.

06:15Well, let me give them grace.

06:18I'm sure they're not referring to

06:21Wilson,

06:23Wilson,

06:24U.S. President Wilson,

06:26and U.S. President FDR,

06:28who entered the United States into

06:30the two world wars,

06:33and brought those world wars to an end,

06:36or all of Europe,

06:38and probably Asia,

06:39would be speaking German,

06:41potentially us.

06:42Now, yes,

06:44English is a Germanic derivative language,

06:48so please don't send me a nasty gram.

06:55Well,

06:55kind of,

06:56sort of,

06:56you already are talking German.

06:59English is a Germanic descendancy language.

07:03French.

07:04So,

07:05that aside,

07:06yes,

07:07go back in the

07:08Constitutionalist Politics

07:10Podcast Platform,

07:13especially

07:14BitChute,

07:15Constitutionalist Channel,

07:18J. Leonard Detroit Channel,

07:21Origins of Language,

07:23I,

07:24yes,

07:24English is a Germanic derivative language,

07:27blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

07:29but no more presidents,

07:31and the wars will end.

07:32Well,

07:33I'm,

07:34I'm sure they're being generic there.

07:38Presidents,

07:39premieres,

07:41kings,

07:42queens,

07:43whatever.

07:44You know,

07:44I've written and recorded music,

07:47you,

07:48the line would,

07:49no more presidents,

07:51or,

07:52premieres,

07:53or kings,

07:54or queens,

07:55or,

07:55or leaders of any sort.

07:58It's too long a line,

08:00and too hard to rhyme.

08:03So,

08:04no more presidents,

08:06and the wars will end.

08:07Well,

08:08again,

08:09a great,

08:10wonderful,

08:11intended sentiment,

08:12I'm sure.

08:14We would all love peace,

08:17but,

08:18and I'm about to get into this more,

08:20it is devoid of human nature.

08:24Humans,

08:26we're,

08:26I'm sorry,

08:28tribes in memoriam

08:31of,

08:32through all time,

08:33humans have been warring,

08:35tribal creatures.

08:37God gave us free will.

08:39I'm going to get into that more in a minute.

08:42So,

08:42but let me,

08:43so let me give them grace.

08:45No more presidents.

08:46I'm sure they mean,

08:47you know,

08:48they're preaching kind of a libertarian,

08:51anarchical society.

08:54No governance,

08:56no leaders.

08:57We all just coexist together.

09:01Oh,

09:02wonderful,

09:03kumbaya,

09:05right?

09:06John,

09:07imagine,

09:08there's no countries.

09:10B.S.

09:11Again,

09:12devoid of human nature

09:14and understanding

09:15humankind.

09:16Also,

09:18when the children cry,

09:20line,

09:21one united world

09:23under God.

09:26Oh,

09:27again,

09:27great.

09:28Who wouldn't want that?

09:30It would be great.

09:32It would be so wonderful.

09:34It's devoid of understanding God for one

09:40and humanity for the other.

09:43God gave us free will.

09:46So the only way one united world

09:49under God is going to happen

09:51is if God decides to take away free will

09:56and comes down and takes away all weapons

10:02of any and every kind.

10:06So we have no tools to war with.

10:10That's devoid of reality.

10:13God gave us free will.

10:15Some will use it for evil.

10:19Some will use it to seek power

10:22and control over others.

10:24Some will use it to war their free will

10:28who want to oppress others

10:31and put themselves as ruling elites

10:34over everybody else.

10:36That's the reality of human psychology 101.

10:42Human nature and the human condition.

10:45So,

10:45one united world

10:48under God

10:50is a wonderful notion.

10:53it's just not real.

10:57It's a great sentiment,

10:59a great notion

11:00and I give them credit

11:01for the song

11:02and the desire

11:04and the wonderful intent.

11:06Right?

11:06Because it's children.

11:07It's young people generally

11:10that are sent

11:11to fight and die

11:12in our wars.

11:14And the children,

11:15of course,

11:15younger children

11:16really suffer

11:18during it.

11:20Adults

11:20can manage

11:22usually

11:22to take care

11:24of themselves.

11:25Oops,

11:26I got a pop-up notice.

11:27Since it's two minutes

11:29to noon,

11:30hey,

11:31you're supposed

11:31to start your Zoom.

11:33Hey,

11:34Zoom,

11:35I'm in the middle

11:36of a Zoom.

11:37Shut up!

11:38They

11:40rescheduled

11:42one united world

11:44under God.

11:44Unless God

11:45takes away

11:46free will,

11:47not gonna happen.

11:49Not gonna happen.

11:52It's devoid

11:53of reality

11:54of human nature.

11:55So,

11:56unless God

11:57takes away

11:58free will

11:59and wipes out

12:00all weaponry

12:00on the planet,

12:02not happening.

12:03Oh,

12:04back to President,

12:05right?

12:06Recently,

12:06Trump

12:07made

12:08preempt.

12:09So,

12:10it's not

12:10United States

12:11Presidents.

12:12Again,

12:12giving them grace.

12:14I'm sure

12:14they didn't

12:14mean just,

12:16hey,

12:16eliminate

12:17United States

12:18Presidents

12:18and there'd

12:19be no war.

12:20They don't

12:20mean that.

12:21Trump

12:21preemptively

12:22made strikes

12:24in Iran

12:24lately

12:25to prevent

12:25them from

12:26having

12:26a nuclear

12:28weapon

12:28or at least

12:29delay it,

12:31stall them

12:31from getting

12:32it because

12:33they chant

12:34death to

12:35Israel and

12:36death to

12:36America,

12:37the Ayatollahs,

12:38the Gijias,

12:39as I call

12:40them,

12:41terrorstrikes.info

12:42slash G-I-J-I-A-S,

12:46terrorstrikes.info

12:48slash Gijias,

12:50global Islamic

12:51jihadist

12:52interim army

12:53soldiers,

12:55Islamic

12:56fundamentalist

12:57morons

12:58wanting to

12:59destroy

13:00others,

13:02kill others,

13:03especially Jews,

13:06Israel is

13:07just the

13:08little

13:08Satan to

13:09them.

13:09The United

13:10States and

13:11all the

13:11West,

13:12Western

13:13culture in

13:14general is

13:14the big

13:15Satan to

13:16them.

13:16They chant

13:17death to

13:18Israel,

13:19death to

13:19America,

13:20and they

13:21mean it,

13:21and they

13:22force their

13:23people to

13:24chant it

13:24also.

13:25So to

13:25prevent or

13:27at least

13:27delay a

13:28nuclear

13:29Holocaust,

13:30Trump took

13:32out nuclear

13:32sites in

13:33Iran,

13:34a preemptive

13:35war to

13:36hopefully prevent

13:37a bigger

13:38broader war.

13:40It's the

13:41reality of

13:42the world

13:43we live

13:44in,

13:44one united

13:45world

13:46under God.

13:49Great

13:49notion,

13:50wonderful,

13:52never

13:52happening,

13:55unrealistic.

13:56But again,

13:58thank you

13:59White Lion

13:59for the

14:00song.

14:00I love

14:01the song.

14:02It's part

14:02of tinyurl.com

14:04slash

14:05carpe diem

14:07official

14:08playlist.

14:09Anyone and

14:10everyone can

14:10play online.

14:12Great tune.

14:13Glad you

14:13wrote it.

14:14Glad you

14:15recorded it.

14:15I love it.

14:17It's a

14:18wonderful

14:18sentiment.

14:19It's just

14:20not real.

14:21Minor

14:22skirmishes.

14:23Hopefully you

14:23want to avoid

14:24bigger ones so

14:25you don't have

14:26World War

14:28Three.

14:28More destructive

14:29than all the

14:30previous wars

14:31combined like

14:32World War I

14:33and World War

14:33II ended up

14:34being.

14:35I had to

14:36talk about

14:37it.

14:38And again,

14:39it came up

14:40because the

14:41working title

14:42of my fifth

14:43book in the

14:44Life and Living

14:45series,

14:46again,

14:46tinyurl.com

14:48slash

14:48Life and

14:49Living

14:49Series,

14:50they're all

14:51loosely related

14:53even though they

14:54have different

14:54main characters

14:55based on the

14:57concepts of

14:58being about

14:59life and

14:59living,

15:00not death

15:00and destruction,

15:01though there

15:02can be some

15:03of that in

15:04the books,

15:05but the

15:05human condition,

15:07human nature,

15:08life on this

15:09fallen planet,

15:11humans given

15:12God,

15:14given free

15:15will by God

15:16and some

15:17will choose

15:17bad as

15:19their choice

15:20and as the

15:21Rush song

15:21says,

15:22and yeah,

15:22that song's in

15:23there,

15:24if you choose

15:24not to decide,

15:25you still have

15:26made a choice.

15:27You allow

15:28others to

15:28make the

15:29choices for

15:30you.

15:30Again,

15:31great tune,

15:33just devoid of

15:34all realistic

15:35human nature

15:36and acknowledging

15:38God gave us

15:39free will.

15:42Okay,

15:43cut,

15:44cut,

15:44cut.

15:45I'm

15:46terminating

15:47the video

15:47exclusive there.

15:49I'm just

15:50going to chime

15:50in to add

15:52some additional

15:52thought.

15:53It's kind

15:54of like,

15:55again,

15:56thank you

15:57White Lion.

15:57It's a

15:58great hope

15:59song.

16:00Hope is

16:01great,

16:02but hope

16:02isn't a

16:03strategy.

16:04It's a

16:05great aspirational

16:06tune.

16:07We should

16:08want peace.

16:10We should

16:11work toward

16:12peace and

16:13for peace,

16:14but recognizing

16:16for all

16:18things,

16:19turn,

16:20turn,

16:21yeah,

16:21music,

16:22the song,

16:22it's biblical,

16:23it's scriptural,

16:24there is a

16:25season.

16:26Just the

16:27other day,

16:28oh,

16:29I don't have

16:29the notes

16:30here,

16:30I was

16:31talking about

16:32the scriptures,

16:33the one

16:34scripture where

16:35it says,

16:36turn your

16:37sword into

16:38a plowshare,

16:39another

16:40scripture says,

16:42let those,

16:43let them sell

16:45their garments

16:45to buy a

16:46sword.

16:48Are those

16:49contradictory?

16:50No,

16:51the whole

16:53Bible in

16:54full

16:54context.

16:57Contextually,

16:58for all

16:59things,

16:59there is

17:00a season.

17:01Some,

17:02you hope

17:03for peace,

17:04you work

17:05for peace,

17:06you try

17:06for peace,

17:07but sometimes

17:08war shows up

17:10at your door

17:11whether you

17:12want it

17:13or like

17:14it or

17:15not,

17:16and have

17:17to deal

17:18with it.

17:20Those

17:21are contradictory

17:22scriptures,

17:23they must

17:24be taken

17:24in the

17:25proper

17:26context

17:27of which

17:28they are

17:29intending,

17:30and also

17:31music.

17:33Is it

17:34the Beach

17:34Boys?

17:35Wouldn't

17:36it be

17:36nice if,

17:38blah,

17:39blah,

17:40blah,

17:40wouldn't

17:40it be

17:41nice if,

17:42yeah,

17:43if,

17:44I'm using

17:44air quotes

17:45there,

17:46if.

17:48great to

17:49have hopes

17:50and dreams,

17:51wonderful to

17:52look back

17:52and say,

17:53oh,

17:54wouldn't it

17:54be wonderful

17:55if that

17:56could have

17:57happened?

17:57Well,

17:58it didn't.

17:59Or wouldn't

18:00it be nice

18:00if this

18:01could happen?

18:02Well,

18:03it ain't.

18:05Reality

18:07versus

18:07delusion.

18:09And,

18:10I'm going to

18:10cut it here

18:11because I'm

18:12gone too

18:13long already.

18:14I want,

18:15speaking of

18:16music,

18:16tack on a

18:17few recent

18:18songs I've

18:19created with

18:20Suno.

18:21tinyurl.com

18:22slash

18:24JLD

18:25on Suno.

18:26I cut out

18:27the rest of

18:28the video

18:28exclusive.

18:30I fell back

18:31into talking

18:31about my

18:32books again

18:32about human

18:33nature.

18:34Because,

18:34again,

18:35yes,

18:35human nature.

18:36We need

18:37to understand

18:38it.

18:39We need

18:40to talk

18:40about it.

18:41It's part

18:41of the

18:42reality

18:44versus

18:44delusion.

18:45at

18:46Suno.

18:47Tinyurl.com

18:48slash

18:49TLD

18:49on Suno.

18:50There's a

18:51tough love

18:52gospel song.

18:53I'm not

18:54going to

18:54share that

18:55one here.

18:56I've shared

18:56it on other

18:57episodes.

18:58I'm going to

18:59share with you

18:59Patriots,

19:01the people,

19:02we,

19:02a song called

19:04Heptic

19:05Living.

19:05We need

19:06to slow

19:07it down

19:07about

19:08life in

19:09general

19:10and our

19:10modern times.

19:11and another

19:12one about

19:14human nature

19:15and the

19:16human condition.

19:17Oh,

19:18what's the

19:18title?

19:19Oh,

19:19boy,

19:20I'm forgetting.

19:21Let me,

19:22oh,

19:22I can't

19:23shrink this

19:23while I'm

19:24zooming.

19:25Oh,

19:26anyway,

19:27there will be

19:28a third

19:28one on

19:29there.

19:29I just

19:30recorded

19:31last night.

19:32Complex

19:33Beings.

19:33Oh,

19:34thank you.

19:35Complex

19:35Beings.

19:36We are

19:36complex

19:37beings.

19:38This is a

19:39fallen world.

19:39It's complex.

19:41It's complicated.

19:43Hence the

19:44one title

19:44of my book,

19:45Complicated.

19:46Things aren't

19:47going to go

19:48the way we

19:49want them

19:49to all

19:50the time.

19:51We must

19:52deal in

19:53the reality

19:54of sometimes

19:55the sad

19:57way things

19:58are,

19:59human nature

20:00the way

20:01it is,

20:02not the way

20:02we wish

20:03it would

20:04be.

20:05White

20:06Lion.

20:07Again,

20:08great song.

20:09hopeful,

20:11aspirational,

20:12and we

20:13should hope

20:13and want

20:14and work

20:15for better.

20:16But understand,

20:18if it

20:19don't happen,

20:21that's life,

20:23that's reality.

20:24Okay,

20:25anyway,

20:25thank you

20:26all.

20:26Take care.

20:26God bless.

20:27Love you

20:28all.

20:52All sides

20:54accountable.

20:55Spare me

20:57your BS

20:57talk.

20:59You

20:59spin the

21:00story

21:00sideways.

21:01We walk

21:02in that

21:02straight

21:03walk.

21:04Values and

21:05principles

21:06necessary,

21:07yeah,

21:08plaudible.

21:10Lip service

21:11is easy,

21:12living it,

21:13that's the

21:14obstacle.

21:14no flip,

21:16flip,

21:17flip,

21:17flam from

21:18me.

21:19I stand

21:20where you

21:20can see

21:21consistent

21:22and firm.

21:23That's key.

21:25That's what

21:25you'll always

21:26see from

21:27Patriots,

21:28the people,

21:31we,

21:32from Patriots,

21:35the people,

21:37we.

21:38Hey,

21:43you're

21:44selling us

21:45quick fixes,

21:46we paying

21:47in long

21:48scars,

21:49we measure

21:50you in

21:51actions,

21:52non-speeches

21:53and gold

21:54cars.

21:55We don't

21:55bow to

21:56titles,

21:56we question,

21:58we stay

21:59free.

22:00Respect is

22:02earned in

22:02daylight,

22:03not whispered

22:04behind screens.

22:06No flip,

22:07flip,

22:07flim,

22:08flam from

22:09me.

22:09I stand

22:10where you

22:11can see

22:12consistent

22:12and firm.

22:14That's key.

22:15That's what

22:16you'll always

22:17see from

22:18Patriots,

22:20the people,

22:22we,

22:23from Patriots,

22:25the people,

22:27we,

22:28stand up.

22:33I hold

22:34all sides

22:34accountable.

22:36Spare me,

22:37UBS.

22:38Values and

22:39principles

22:40are necessary.

22:44Inlaudible.

22:51No flip,

22:52flip,

22:53flip,

22:53flam from

22:54me.

22:57Consistent

22:58and firm

22:59is what

23:01you'll always

23:02see.

23:02from Patriot

23:05Americans,

23:07the people,

23:09we.

23:21Hectic living,

23:24we went from brother,

23:25can you spare a dime?

23:27Nowadays, brother,

23:29can you spare some time?

23:32fast-paced,

23:33fast-paced,

23:33hectic days,

23:35need return to simpler ways.

23:38Get it quick,

23:39need slow it down.

23:41We're lost and need be refound.

23:44Can we turn it around?

23:49We went from bread lines,

23:52bread lines,

23:53from brother,

23:54can you spare a dime?

23:56to brother,

23:58can you spare some time?

24:02Get it quick,

24:04need to slow it down.

24:07All this gold

24:10can't buy solid ground.

24:14Fast-paced,

24:15hard-skipping every sign,

24:19we're losing ground.

24:22Brother,

24:24can you spare some time?

24:30Screen glow,

24:32midnight,

24:34eyes still wire.

24:37Chasing every little fire,

24:41but the hot chocolate's gone cold.

24:44The kid's outgrown,

24:47and we missed it,

24:49scrolling on our phones.

24:54Get it quick,

24:56need to slow it down.

25:00All this gold

25:02can't buy solid ground.

25:05Fast-paced,

25:07fast-paced,

25:07hard-skipping every sign,

25:10we're losing ground.

25:13Brother,

25:15can you spare some time?

25:19Maybe trade this rush for a walk,

25:22round the block,

25:23talk like we used to talk.

25:26Hey,

25:30counting blessings,

25:32it's not the overtime,

25:35just your hand in mine.

25:40Get it quick,

25:43need to slow it down.

25:46All this gold can't buy solid ground.

25:52fast-paced,

25:54fast-paced heart,

25:54skipping every sign,

25:57we're losing ground.

26:00Brother,

26:02can you spare some time?

26:04could you spare some time?

26:33Yeah,

26:33see you in the next video.

26:34In our skin, quiet storms behind a grin

26:38One word, whole day changes

26:40Heart rewrites its own pages

26:43We're just complex beings, that's what we are

26:46Puzzle piece, hearts, little bite-sized scars

26:48We got ups, we got downs, still we stick around

26:51On a dime, we can turn it, turn it all around

26:53Complex beings, tangled and true

26:56Half of me running, half running to you

26:58Complicated, yeah, the book spells out the reasons

27:03But I love you through the chapters and the seasons

27:10You're a sunrise, you're a shutdown

27:13You're a soft laugh in a letdown

27:15You go quiet, then you're singing

27:17Every mood, every shade, still clinging

27:21I'm a question in your doorway

27:24You're an answer set the long way

27:26Both hands full of tiny treason

27:28Still we stay, still we stay through the reasons

27:31We're just complex beings, that's what we are

27:34Puzzle piece, hearts, little bite-sized scars

27:37We got ups, we got downs, still we stick around

27:39On a dime, we can turn it, turn it all around

27:42Complex beings, tangled and true

27:44Half of me running, half running to you

27:47Complicated, yeah, the book spells out the reasons

27:51But I love you through the chapters and the seasons

27:59Complex beings, we have moods, we have ranges

28:03Seasons and changes

28:08We have ups and downs, on a dime can turn it around

28:13Complicated, the book spells out some of the reasons

28:22Complex beings, we got moods, we got ranges

28:26Little storms in our teacups, hope climates

28:31Seasons and changes

28:33We go quiet, we go wild, we go tender, then tough

28:36One word, one look, one moment

28:38Can be way too much

28:43We're just complex beings

28:45Breathing, trying to make some meaning

28:48From all these turns and twists inside

28:51We fall apart, then realign

28:53We're just complex beings

28:55Reaching, hearts cracking, open, healing

28:58We got ups and downs, on a dime can turn it around

29:02Oh, some days I'm the hero, some days I'm the doubt

29:07I'm the riddle and the rumor and I'm still working it out

29:10Complicated like the book spells out some of the reasons

29:14Every chapter, every scar, every quiet little treason

29:20So if I change in the middle of a sentence

29:23If I laugh when I'm breaking down

29:25That's just all my different versions

29:28Showing up at once right now, hey

29:31We're just complex beings

29:34Breathing, trying to make some meaning

29:40From all these turns and twists inside

29:45We fall apart

29:48Than real life

29:51We're just complex beings

29:53Reaching, hearts cracking, open, healing

29:56We got ups and downs, on a dime can turn it around

30:00On a dime can turn it around

30:03No

30:04No

30:05No

30:28It ain't all sweet songs by the fire

30:32Warm hands, soft words, pretty quiet

30:40If I cut out the thorns from the story

30:46I'd be dressing up a grave as glory

30:49This is tough love gospel

30:52And I just can't fire shine

30:55If I sand down the edges

30:58I turn truth into lies

31:02Reality or delusion

31:04I can't serve both sides

31:08I'm not here just for the choir

31:10I'm here where the hurt hearts hide

31:15Some pages bleed red in the margins

31:18Hard lines, hard calls, hard bargains

31:21If I skip over storms for your comfort

31:24Then your house gets washed in the flood water

31:28This is tough love gospel

31:30And I just can't fire shine

31:33If I sand down the edges

31:36I turn truth into a lie

31:39Reality or delusion

31:43I can't serve both sides

31:46I'm not here just for the choir

31:48I'm here where the hurt hearts hide

31:52At all

31:52Do you want a dream or do you want a mirror?

31:56Do you want a joke or do you want it clearer?

31:59If the truth cuts deep let it cut through fear

32:02Better scars that heal than a sweet lie in your ear

32:07This ain't cotton candy truth

32:09Ain't a campfire sing-along rhyme

32:13You can't sell sweet dreams

32:16While the house burns behind

32:18If it never cuts deep

32:21It will sugar all along

32:25If you skip the hard pages

32:27You just rewrote the song

32:31This is tough love gospel

32:34Not rainbows on a wire

32:37If you hide the hard words

32:41You're just planting the fire

32:43I won't preach delusion

32:46Just to make it sound lighter

32:49If I only sue the choir

32:52I'm a singer

32:53Not a fighter

32:57You can hum all the feel-good lines

33:00While your neighbor breaks inside

33:03Quote hope like a slogan

33:06And look away from the crime

33:09But a bandage on a bullet wound

33:12Is a pretty little lie

33:14If the truth never offends us

33:18Did we ever even try?

33:21This is tough love gospel

33:23Not rainbows on a wire

33:26If you hide the hard work

33:29You're just planting the fire

33:32I won't preach delusion

33:35Just to make it sound lighter

33:38If I only sue the choir

33:41I'm a singer

33:43Not a fighter

33:45I'd rather lose that crowd

33:47Than sell them painted grace

33:50I'd rather stand alone

33:53And smile

33:55And dodge the weight

33:57Don't ask for easy comfort

34:00Then curse the honest cost

34:03Love that never warns you

34:06Will leave you more than lost

34:10This is tough love gospel

34:12This is tough love gospel

34:13Not rainbows on a wire

34:15If you hide the hard work

34:18You're just planting the fire

34:21I won't preach delusion

34:24I won't preach delusion

34:25Just to make it sound lighter

34:27If I only sue the choir

34:30I'm a singer

34:32Not a fighter

34:33Oh, if I dress up the danger

34:38I'm a liar

34:40Not a writer

34:43Tough love

34:45The bible isn't just rainbows and lollipops

34:49Singing kumbaya around the campfire

34:52You cannot ignore the harsh reality drops

34:56To peddle such makes you a liar

35:01Reality verse delusion

35:04Speaking

35:05Not just to the choir

35:09This, that

35:11And in all things transpire

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