I wrote Seek No Solace in a time of determination and pain.  I was a youth of 27.  I was humbled by raw power of Wuthering  Heights and when Heathcliff speaks to Linton offering him "Solace" I was reminded of how powerful a single word can be.  It reminds me that we are all not as strong as we hope to be and that we all share a common desire to find someone that cares enough to help us through our own hardships.  We all have our own demons to deal with.  Mine was finding a friend I could turn to at the end of every day.   Perhaps not as hard as others may have it; for instance drugs.  I've never done drugs so I never had that problem but I've seen others hope for some solace when their own demons attack them.  But in the end we all hope for solace in some way against our own hardship.  

I wrote Seek No Solace in admiration of the word and in part in appreciation for a personal logo I wore on my shirt for a time.  My band adopted it as it's logo.  This seems to set a harsh tone to my song, but again we all have our own battles and demons.   Yet, the song Seek No Solace is a song of hope.  It a song that provides an answer. It was an answer I found.  It was an answer I wanted to share with others that may have experienced the same problem in love.  The answer is the title.  The answer was something I learned to live, and its all about loving yourself enough so others can love you back.  Like most all songs I've written, Seek No Solace is about believing in yourself.  I once told someone, "Fake it till you feel it."

The answer is in the last line...The answer is not to look for solace, solace finds you.   It finds you when you provide yourself the strength to be the person you see imagine yourself to be.  I once told someone, "Fake it till you feel it."  Seek No Solace is about being strong enough to recognize your own weakness, if you don't you can't fix yourself.   In short, don't go looking for the answers.  Just be yourself and solace will find you. 

Seek No Solace

Seek no solace, it's your furthest friend. Seek no solace as a means to an end,
find your edge, take control again. Seek no solace, no mans land

Unrequited logic, phantom fears, believe in your wisdom it will get you there
Choke emotion, now or never, the stranger inside you is dancing clever.
 
How can the mind decide this way- push the character to reprove?
I'm the only image of what I see that stands tall- what the mind sees is where it moves.
While solace is a memory you need to regret
Even though you have the answers you can still fail the test.

Systematic instinct, heroes will notice, take control, seek no solace

Reflex arrogant- crush what's real, the image they'll see can't touch what you feel
Your darkness hides your colors, you're the strongest color too
When you're own darkness blinds you - Solace finds you.