I can't seem to see the forest for the trees.

Bed down on the floor and I'm bed down on my knees.

It might be what you want, but I know I'm not what you need.

I'm Sarah Kensier, the author of the best-selling books,

The View for Fly Over Country, and Hiding in Plain Sight.

I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the journalistic

thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine. And the opening song you heard,

oh, sorry, do you want to say what the show's about? That would be good, yes. And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption in the United States and rising autocracy

around the world.

And the opening song you heard is called I Can't Change, and it's by Danny Golden.

Danny Golden is an Austin-based singer-songwriter, a rock and roller, and a lifelong searcher for truth

and people to share it with.

He says, the artist's job is to investigate

the depths of our world and bring some meaning back to the surface.

His projects have included members of Austin music staples

like the Black Puma's, White Denim, and Sh and shaky graves. Shaky Graves is a really cool

name for a band. Golden's 2021 EP changes is his first release in almost two years. It's a lifetime look

at a man coming to terms with himself and struggles, both inner and external. It kicks off with a symbol crash and a

wall of guitar sound as Golden begins to examine a descent into a painful period with the single

I Can't Change. It's a search filled with dead ends and I Can't Change documents the songwriter

grasping for clarity. We can all relate to that. After a fruitless search for answers

outside of himself, Golden finds himself forced to look inward, and the music reflects a reckoning from

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