Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderThe Things We Get Into

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LYRICS
Ohhh… the things we get into
Something old
Something (k)new
Something blue, too
The rush of flush
Thrill of the chill
Know the unknown

Went against the current
Said no to “with the flow”
Know I can make a pig fly
If you say I can’t, still I will
In the course of the force
Goal: square peg in round (w)hole

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Am D7 Am7(11) Asus4 / Em D Am / Em Am; 152 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderLive On Location

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bookmark_borderHarp On The Truth

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LYRICS
The truth is the truth
Whether I like it or not
Why attack a fact?
Like it or not… caught
Between rock!
And a hard place
Just sayin’ the way it is
If I fancy it, or not
This is is
Soon to be was… because
That’s how time and space
Embrace

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A B7; 111 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderPlease Help Yourselves

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LYRICS
Please help yourselves
To hors d’oeuvres
Devour the ours
Please help yourselves
Empty the shelves
Devour the hours
Time… friend or foe
Do you know
If “I’m”
Time
Eat, glutton
Even if gluten free
Eat, vegan
In the name of humanity
Devour ours
Until the hours
Are theirs
Until the ours
Are there’s
Hours are there’s

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Gb G / Gb Gbm; 164 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderMusic (Till We Die)

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LYRICS
Well, what I meant
In the basement
Was meant to permeate
The substrate
Seep from the deep
And clear the air
Up there
From the cellar of my soul
To the seller of my soul
The dues and toll
Of rock n’ roll
At hand garage band
Making music to live by
Last found underground
Making music till we die

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A D E; 118 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderDrastic

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LYRICS
I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That the soap fell on the floor
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn more
About slip and fall lore

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That I was swimming with the fish
You might assume I’m spastic
Screaming “I’m not the fish’s dish!”
Until you learn more
About great white lore / lure

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
The weather was very frightening
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn the lore
Of thunder and lightning

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D F D / G F D; 120 BPM Epic Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIs Something Burning?

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LYRICS
Maybe I’m thinking just a bit too hard
Careful I don’t leave my brain scarred
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Maybe I’m taking it a bit too far
Might cause a neurological scar
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Another day under the sun
Still can’t figure 1+1
Am I really the only one
… don’t you know it’s 2, too?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Bb F G / C G D7; 100 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderCitizens’ Pop Quiz

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LYIRCS
After…
A long time coming
It’s a short lived life / life lived
America’s dumbing
Rife, it is
Hey, now citizen a pop quiz:
Tell me since when
Is it hers or his?
All the while
A total population denial
Why hesitate to participate
The harder it gets the longer we wait
Jump right in start at begin
Set ’em straight… we ain’t beggin’

All the while
Gullible salvation is the style

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F Bb Eb F / Bb C7 / Bb F; 140 BPM 8-beat Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderWe All Bleed

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LYRICS
If all of the states were to secede
Not only in fact, but in deed
Indeed, would there be a union
Or just man-for-man one-on-one
Too late to hide? Better run!

Hatin’ bein’ free
While trying to be
Being free of free
One’s destiny
As tryin’ to be
Being free from free
You’re confusing me

Birds wrestling in the leaves
Trees bending at the knees

If all were to concede we all bleed
Instead of eat the “meet” we would feed
Nourishing our humanity
How we’re meant to do
I’m asking you
Can we be humanity?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk
Chords: D D9 G / Em C D G
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderCome In

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LYRICS
No you can’t come…
No you can’t come in
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
But, nooooo… you can’t come in
Big, bad beast
Wished he’d ceased
Now my feast?
Come on in!
And, soooo… you can come in
Yes, come right in
No less
Yes
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
So, yes, come right in

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about finding the “silver lining”
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D B / C#7 B F#; 128 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderThe Moral of the Story

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LYRICS
Did you every question “skin the cat”
What’s up with that?
Take your hand and circle round
Ashes, ashes fall down
… Jack fell down
And broke his crown
Sorry
What’s the moral of the story
Really?
Look at me
Still mortal
Full of mortality
More totality

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ambient / Progressive Folk
Chords: C A / C E / E C / A A7 Asus4; 79 BPM 16-beat
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderQuick Logic

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LYRICS
IF you say “there’s no way out!”
How did we ever get in?
If you say “there’s know way out!”
Where did we ever get in?
Sometimes the air is thick
With an error of logic
Think quick!

If you say “there’s no new way”
How did we ever get on?
If you say “there’s no knew way”
How did we get it on?
Sometimes the air is thick
With an error of logic
Think quick!

If you say “care for no one”
How did we ever get known?
If you say “don’t care no, none”
Victory is never won/one
Sometimes the air is thick
With an error of logic
Think quick!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em F#m / C D Em; 183 BPM Hard Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderPut To Bed

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LYRICS
Can we meet face-to-face
Has the brain gone insane
Or is the notion of meathead
Finally put to bed?

Let’s get together
Weather the stormy whether
Forever

Can our human rights embrace
And hatred start to wane
Everything we said
Finally put to bed?

Let’s get together
Weather the stormy whether
Forever

Can we finally get a taste
Of everything we waste
The riot act read
Finally put to bed?

Let’s get together
Weather the stormy whether
Forever

Can we really get some space
To enjoy the human race
Before we’re dead
Finally put to bed?

Let’s get together
Weather the stormy whether
Forever

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Em / C D G
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderGetting Old

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LYRICS
I don’t know where the times went
Our youth and innocence spent
Mother Goose is cooked
Bother is overlooked
Turn the page on age

If I can be so bold
Growing old is getting old
Mother Goose is cooked
Bother is overlooked
Turn the page on age

Sunrise in the east set in the west
Forgetting your lover is probably best
Move on to the next get on with the rest

I don’t know why your dreams ran dry
Never too late to give ‘er a try
Mother Goose on the loose
Wiggle out of your noose
Turn the page on age

Imagine you learn how to pretend
Sign, seal and then you send
Mother Goose on the loose
Wiggle out of your noose
Turn the page on age

Sunrise in the east set in the west
Forget her is likely best
Get on with the rest

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F Bb / C7 Bb F; 128 BPM Hoedown
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderDizzy

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LYRICS
What’s causing such a stir
Dizzy
Everything’s all a blur
No time for such a stir
Busy
Everything’s all a blur
The changes that you put me through
Are causing a commotion
The ranges of your “brew and stew”
Are extreme emotion

What’s the deal, baby
You are driving me crazy
With your flippant attitude
And your manners oh so rude
Tell me what’s the deal, baby
You are driving me crazy
With an intellect too crude
Eating babies for your food

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#m G G# / G#sus4 G# G#m; 122 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob