Name: Reinforcements Are Never All That Strong
Duration: P00H05M12S
Description: Written in 2005, I had come to a point where I realized that those who were willing to help were not all that effective. I found that I much preferred to take care of myself and let others do the same.

Reinforcements Are Never All That Strong

from Retreat From Certainty by John Christian

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Written in 2005, I had come to a point where I realized that those who were willing to help were not all that effective. I found that I much preferred to take care of myself and let others do the same.

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Just when you gaze into the far behind
All the pain comes raging through
Lingering around like a broken cloud
The urge is then to start anew
But imagine you are on a silent sea
The sky is blue; the air is calm
When waves of happiness swell inside of you
The raft of pretence is all gone

Though you’re fighting it
There’s no hiding it
These memories are following you home
You call for help but you
Realize that the reinforcements are never all that strong

Now awakened you feel that you must take in
The information to your mind
But there’s a blockage that stops it from sinking in
And you begin to be unkind
So consider love as all that has to be
It’s really simple if you try
Strip away the layers and so you will be real
Then you’ll know you never die

As you hurry back to where the truth is now
This is all you’ll ever need
Capturing the feeling that you are alive
And no prerequisite to bleed
In the conscious mind illusion has its fall
Sets the witness in the clear
Then you see your life and all that you are
Or at least that’s what I hear

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from Retreat From Certainty, released May 29, 2016
John Christian - acoustic guitar, vocals, bass, Mini Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, sound effects, tambourine, arrangements, and production.

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