David

Hothouse Flowers - I Can See Clearly Now

calibration of this cover song

hard-nosed

"realistic and determined, tough-minded" -- Google dictionary. Or "being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising" merriam-webster.com

attraction, aversion

Calibration reveals the essence of these ego proclivities.

shotgun wedding

a wedding which is arranged in order to avoid embarrassment due to premarital sex which can possibly lead to an unintended pregnancy --wikipedia

Miserlou by Dick Dale

Music from the 1960s on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack

authority over demons

At what level does one have authority over them?

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”

Quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet

choicelessness

"offering or permitting no choice" -- merriam-webster.com

doggedness

"great determination to do something, even if it is very difficult" -- Cambridge dictionary

Heart Sutra by Tinna Tinh

Musical adaptation of this well-known sutra calibrated at 780 in Truth vs. Falsehood.

flailing

"beset by difficulties" -- merriam-webster.com

path of least resistance

“The thing, option, or course of action that is easiest to do; that which avoids confrontation, difficulty, awkwardness, or tension.” — thefreedictionary.com

dizziness

"such as feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady. Dizziness that creates the false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving is called vertigo." -- mayoclinic.org

life

"the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter..." -- Google dictionary

trying to make the unreal real

Request: seems to be a common way we deceive ourselves