Good songwriting and storytelling. Enjoyable listening.

2024 needs some kind of answer to Sting's "Russians" from forty years earlier.  I gave it a decent try.
First thought is "why did you not put an instrumental intro"
But if you hear this thing about 3x then it grows on you

my main website:
http://exedexes1.com

itch.io page:
http://exedexes1.itch.io

Lyrics:

Give me an abstraction
And I will show you that it's a mistake
A mirage in the desert, a trick of the mind that we make.
Possession being nine-tenths of the law
was bound to stick in someone's craw

The terms do well as a matter of course
Until they hit a counter-force
Legalisms tend to pall
When speciousness smacks into a wall

When the tables turn,
And the balance shifts,
The rules that once seemed solid,
Begin to drift.

The unruly state of nature
In which nations chart their course
Born of cold calculation
Without compassion or remorse

So we must be wary,
And we must be wise,
For what we think we safely hold,
Can quickly turn to lies.

298 : Geopolitical Quicksand released May 29, 2024

Feature.fm link to this track:
https://ffm.to/geopolitical-quicksand

SoundCloud for this track:
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/geopolitical-quicksand

Spotify for this track:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3PheTq7Tv66iebL2zTiWKL

Douglas P Stoothoff main site:
https://exedexes1.com/

Feature.fm overall Artist Bio link:
https://ffm.bio/dbx6kbg

Master Track List on SC:
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tracks

Artist page on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EuvIQRQESX9WFtwI6GqWB

Artist page on Apple:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/doug-stoothoff/1687430940

Artist page on Amazon:
https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0C4YK678Y/douglas-p-stoothoff

Youtube Artist Topic Channel (autogenerated):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZCySWQ-wAQ0GMtXag

Artist page on Bandcamp:
https://dougstoothoff.bandcamp.com/

Artist page on Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/39485859

Artist page on Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff/1155579

Artist page on Boomplay:
https://www.boomplay.com/artists/70114948

Artist page on Pandora:
https://www.pandora.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff/ARjZ7nth7x9xvpg

Artist page on Qobuz:
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpreter/douglas-p-stoothoff/18758728

Artist page on iHeart Radio:
https://www.iheart.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff-40424070/

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Geopolitical Quicksand

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A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

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