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Confirmation Bias

from Silver Smoke of Dreams by Victor Krummenacher

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CONFIRMATION BIAS

Well Francis was a mystic
I saw him walking in the fields
He said he’d never felt as hopeless
Never felt as lonesome, and never felt as free

Once I was young and running wild
But time has had its way with me
Now I’m resolute and restless
Scorned, forsaken, lonely
Maledicted and released

And in this shared hallucination
The unproven is believed
What’s the point in looking around
How dare we call things into doubt
If we know just what we think
We know just what we think…?

Well Francis said they’ll never stop
Because you know they can’t believe
That they’re only here this moment
That they themselves are finite
And they just refuse to see

They’ll burn this world like it won’t run out
Like its abundance will not cease
Like it’ll fill a void so lonesome
Fill a void so hopeless
There’s no end to what they need

And it’s our confirmation bias, friend
We reinforce what we believe
What’s the point in looking around
If you dispel the truth with doubts
And disavow the things you see
You disavow the things you see?

So smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
Have another round or two
You know this party’s going nowhere
I said this party’s nowhere
There’s nothing much to do

Just rearrange my expectations
Elevate me if you can
From out of this swamp of complications
Of nuanced situations
Of this tedious last stand

It’s our confirmation bias, friend
It keeps us disarmed and well deceived
All the world is upside down
Or is it the other way around
Do you know what you believe?
Yeah, do you know what you believe?

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from Silver Smoke of Dreams, released October 15, 2021
VK-acoustic guitar. bass
Micheal Jerome-drums
David Immerglück-guitars, mandolin
Willie Aron-B3, piano, backing vocals
Bruce Kaphan-wurlitzer, synth bass

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Victor Krummenacher is a founding member of Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom. In addition to a solo career spanning 10 albums over 25 years, he is also a member of The Third Mind (with Dave Alvin), and has played bass for Eyelids, Cracker, M. Ward and Casey Neill among others. Victor's 10th solo album, Silver Smoke of Dreams was released in October of 2021. ... more

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