Solution in Absolut (Castle Suite)

This arrangement of Solution in Absolut was inspired by the song Castle by Halsey.

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Certain life skills simply cannot be taught
The finest education won’t supply these kind of tools
No trite qualification can come close to what is sourced
From some place some way deeper than curriculum can teach
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As far as talents go
This one is seldom ever seen
Even then there is no guarantee that we will ever comprehend how to extend our inner reach
Rule-of-thumb advises it’s the eyes that we believe
Meanwhile we remain snowblind to all that lies beneath
All that lies beneath
(All that lies beneath)
All that lies beneath
(All that lies beneath)
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All that lies beneath
(All that lies beneath)
All that lies beneath
(All that lies beneath)
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Advised to follow each rule to the letter
Make the best of our tool-set
And call ourselves go-getters
Yet for our very best drip-fed endeavours
We are tethered to unbendable design
Thereby resigned
That we can only lend consensus when they let us
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Adhering to career paths fixed to quicken deconstruction
Arriving at a juncture where compunction punctures basic function
Lacking any gumption
As the train derails from tracks
Blaming nature for the interruption
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None shalt dare proceed across the line
Until such time as we’re so uninspired
The dreams once patronised destabilise
Seem plagiarised
Obliged to break the cable ties and take a dive
To where all traces of creative vegetation dies
Space and time are relative
To each best effort hidden
Barely strength left to request permission
Meanwhile any hope we show is to our own derision
Undermined of faith
By jaded eyes
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Chosen few are known to tackle thankless role of psalmist
Artists love their souls as souls propose to love their artists
Precious few will see the signs
Fewer still will heed them
Dreams will soon recede when cleaved of reason to redeem them
Still we trust the voice of reason
Such unjust a noise misleading
Casting doubt when poised for leaping
Slanting down these grounds uneven
Leaving us devoid of hope
When it should be our choice alone
Embracing pains as we disrobe
To soothe all wounded hearts exposed
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Find a voice to rejoice in the dense crowd of pollution
Steeped in once told sorrow
Reap tomorrow
Absolution
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Find a voice to rejoice in the dense crowd of pollution
Steeped in once told sorrow
Reap tomorrow
Absolution
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When beseeched to use our heads
Need to trust our guts instead
Even when we bust them trying
Leaves us on the cusp of flying
Thus defining us as justified to rise
And touch the same skies that our minds remind
Are out of sight
When such ain’t right
.
Certain life skills simply cannot be taught
Feels high time to reiterate
To deviate from template
Make our own way to those end games
And luxuriate our thoughts
.
Tell tall tales of epic scale
To fortify our throne room
Take it farther still
Beneath the skin we’re in
All-in to pinpoint aches and pains to shift them into focus
(Focus)
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Once we locate source
Well then the time is nigh of course for taking notice
Find a voice to rejoice in the dense crowd of pollution
Steeped in once told sorrow
Reap tomorrow
Absolution
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Reap tomorrow
Absolution
Absolution
.
Reap tomorrow
Absolution
Absolution
Solution
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Solution
Reap tomorrow
Reap tomorrow
Solution
Reap tomorrow
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