Trigger Warning – Set List Twelve (12) Set List 12 is an unflinching exploration of trauma, mental illness, and relational collapse. It contains explicit portrayals of depression, suicide, self-harm, emotional manipulation, domestic conflict, psychological abuse, abandonment trauma, and identity dissolution. Several tracks are written from multiple perspectives, including those of parents, partners, and victims, and the set does not offer comfort, resolution, or redemption. This is not a safe or neutral listen for vulnerable audiences. The set includes extremely graphic content relating to suicide and self-harm. In Clinical Depression, for example, there is a stark narrative of a young woman preparing to die by overdose, including explicit depictions of her parents' aftermath. Themes of perfection pressure, emotional neglect, and the finality of loss dominate this track, which alone may be unsafe for anyone experiencing suicidal ideation, recent grief from suicide, or depression with feelings of worthlessness. Themes of untreated mental illness and emotional collapse run throughout tracks such as Underrated, Victim of Fate, Empty Eyes, and Smiles and Frowns. These songs depict emotional numbness, anhedonia, dissociation, identity erosion, and surrender as a coping mechanism, leaving the listener in a persistent state of hopelessness without relief or redemption. Toxic relationships and emotional abuse are central to songs like This Very Room and Get Outta My House. This Very Room presents psychological torment with gaslighting, jealousy, and haunting memories of past partners, blurring the boundaries between past and present relationships. Get Outta My House portrays domestic conflict through verbal and physical violence, where dark humor does little to soften the impact of spousal aggression and humiliation. Shame, guilt, and self-blame appear strongly in Bite of the Apple, On the Rocks, and Valentine's Woes, reflecting infidelity, secrecy, moral failure, and emotional guilt, often intertwined with parent-child dynamics framed by shame and fear. Romantic idealism collapses into self-reproach across these tracks. Misogyny, bitterness, and emotional hostility emerge moderately in Empty Eyes, Dora, and Smitty's Anthem, presenting anger toward women, resentment after rejection, and emotional detachment as a defensive strategy, potentially triggering for survivors of verbal or emotional abuse. Additional recurring themes include depression framed as moral failure, parents unknowingly contributing to psychological harm, irreversible consequences of silence, emotional isolation even within relationships, memory as a form of torture, love morphing into surveillance, self-worth tied to romantic validation, and emotional exile following romantic abandonment. Overall, this set does not offer healing. It documents collapse, aftermath, and regret. There is no triumphant arc, reassurance, or "it gets better" framing. Listeners may experience emotional flooding, rumination, resurfacing grief, dissociation, and sudden mood drops. This set should be avoided by anyone currently depressed or suicidal, individuals in early recovery from self-harm, those with unresolved trauma related to family pressure or emotional neglect, people grieving a suicide, or anyone seeking comfort, motivation, or hope. Conversely, it may be appropriate for those intentionally processing grief with professional support, writers or clinicians examining mental illness narratives, and listeners seeking unfiltered realism who understand this as documentation rather than endorsement. Set List Twelve is brutally honest. Honesty does not make it safe, and it must be clearly labeled, warned, and approached with care. Listener discretion is not just advised—it is necessary. WOUNDED MASCULINITY (SILHOUETTES OF PRIDE) SET LIST TWELVE (12) 1 Bite Of the Apple 2 Empty Eyes 3 On the Rocks 4 Smitty's Anthem 5 Victim of Fate 6 Dora 7 Get Outta My House 8 Valentine's Woes 9 This Very Room 10 Smiles and Frowns 11 Underrated 12 Clinical Depression