The Beatless Sense Mongers – Page 85

Scratching The Surface

Posted on June 5, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Are we just scratching the surface
Or, are we already in too deep?

If we could only let the knowledge seep
Into our heart
Into our mind
Into our soul
Maybe we could cut down on the human toll
I don’t want to be the troll of your body
But it’s easy see
But if that’s what you’re calling me

Are we just scratching the surface
Are we in too deep

I believe the temperature is rising
It’s really not surprising
Not the slightest bit
Now it won’t quit
Need more proof
It’s going through the roof

The only problem… our race can’t adapt to living in space
’cause we trashed this place

Scratching The Surface.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
E E7 G

134 BPM / Rock

A song inspired by human induced climate change. Since most of the energy is going into the ocean, many people are fooled by the Earth’s surface temperature.

A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Pie In The Sky
by Daniel Brouse

Logical Infusion

Posted on June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
If you’re gonna believe what you wanna believe
Then please relieve and give relief to the relief that is life
Raised above the plane
Relevo! To raise! Be sane!
Help put an end to strife

See if you can find out
Where that fact is at
See if you can take in
All that has been
And come to a logical conclusion

For real
Believe what is real
Based on facts more than how you feel
It’s more the real than how you feel

Logical conclusion. Logical infusion.

Logical Infusion Music Video.mp4

Logical Infusion.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
F Bb C7 F

90 BPM / Power Pop Ballad

A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.

A song inspired by fear mongers with no scientific basis… such as those opposed to GMO, anti-vaxxers and climate change deniers.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Pie In The Sky
by Daniel Brouse

Hippy Dippy Whetherman

Posted on June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 by admin

Hippy Dippy Whetherman Part 2.mp3

LYRICS
Seriously? Conspiracy theory?

It’s kind-of pungent
To be that ignorant
One thinks it stinks

Seriously? Really seriously?
Your conspiracy theory
So silly
You must be kiddin’ me
Seriously? Conspiracy theory?

Why chemtrails in the sky
Why 9/11… some divine heaven
Why vaccination intimidation

Silly. Seriously conspiracy theory?

Do you like the controversy
When you distort the story
Or is really just pungence
From ignorance
One thinks it stinks!

ABOUT THE SONG
Em C6
C D Em

120 BPM / Hard Rock

A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.

Inspired by social media conspiracy theory posts and George Carlin’s Hippy Dippy Weatherman… the sun will fall from the sky… “Weather tonight: dark. Turning partly light by morning.” (as Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, 1966)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Observe Absurd
by Daniel Brouse

Cruel Rule

Posted on May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 by admin

Cruel Rule Music Video.mp4

Cruel Rule.mp3

LYRICS
I bet that really stings
Makes your ears ring
Causes throbbing pain
Lack of oxygen to the brain

The road less traveled is more unusual
Such is learned by the stampede of the cruel
Do you see the cruelty of the cruel crowd rule?

(bullfight music interlude)

I bet that really brings
Pain and suffering
Obviously misery
Blinding is what I see

Chorus

ABOUT THE SONG
B G7
B G7 C
C Am
Am E B E Am

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Observe Absurd
by Daniel Brouse

Honk, Honk!

Posted on May 21, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Go on! Honk your horn! Honk! Honk!
Go on honk your horn if you support the war machine

Wanna hear something even more obscene?
Sadist relish being mean

Come on honk your horn in support of the American Dream
Come on honk your horn… tax the rich to feed the lean

Wanna hear something even more obscene?
Sadist relish being mean

Come on honk your horn in support! God save the Queen!
Come on honk your horn… from fresh air we must wean

Wanna hear something even more obscene?
Sadist relish being mean

Honk! Honk! Music Video.mp4

Honk.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A7 Esus
Em slide

This song was written at Everhart Park in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Emerging Music
by Daniel Brouse

State Of Siege

Posted on April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Eggbeater circling overhead
And machine-gunners to dread
Supersonic surveillance boats afloat
This is how you spent your vote

Chorus
Home of the not so free
Home of the not so brave
Is that how you want to be
Is that any way to behave

America what are you doing
What is in your head
America what’s pursuing
Do ya wanna end up dead

Chorus

State Of Siege.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
E A G
E G A G E

Written and recorded during the protests in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Uprising

Posted on April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
There’s an uprising in the street
Bound and determined to be doomed — self-defeat

Chorus
Throwing a fit just like a hypocrite
Dowsed and lit… rampage for a bit

There’s an uprising in the street
Destined for destruction… utter downbeat

Hypocrite hypster not so discreet
Into submission you can’t beat

There’s an uprising in the street
No accounting an imbalance sheet

Mister hypocritester bringing on the heat
Time to clock out on your time sheet

Uprising Music Video.mp4

Uprising.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Am Em
Am7 Aadd9+f

A song inspired by the hypocrites rioting in Baltimore, MD. You can not rise up against violence with violence, or you will be a hypocrite. You will become part of the problem.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Revolution

Posted on April 29, 2015May 1, 2015 by admin

Revolution In Baltimore Music Video.mp4

Revolution (Beatles Coversong).mp3

Coversong originally made famous by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney

    A                                   D
You say you want a revolution, well you know
                          A
We all want to change the world
                                          D
You tell me that it's evolution, well you know
                          E7
We all want to change the world

Bm                      E
but when you talk about destruction
Bm                          G     A  F#   E
don't you know that you can count me out

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beatles/275428.html ]
    A                                     D
You say you got a real solution, well you know
                         A
We'd all love to see the plan
                                        D
You ask me for a contribution, well you know
                        E7
We're all doing what we can

Bm                        E
But if you want money for minds that hate
Bm                                G    A  F#  E
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x

E

    A                                            D
You say you'll change the constitution, well you know
                           A
We all want to change your head
                                           D
You tell me it's the institution, well you know
                            E7
You better free your mind instead

Bm                                 E
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
Bm                                  G  A  F#  E
You ain't gonna make it with anyone any  how 

                          A     D           
Don't you know it's gonna be, alright 3x
  A
Alright

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by the riots in Baltimore, MD.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
Rick Reinhart — Bass, Vocals

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Baltimore

Posted on April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
All this riotin’ and lootin’
Doin’ nothing but pollutin’
Your solution
Undermine your revolution

Son, had you begun in Ferguson?
Watch the gore for sure in Baltimore

You can’t hate hate unless you partake
You can’t take part with what’s at stake
When you behave all irate… at any rate

There’s a moral lack when you strike back
At others not involved in your attack
Doesn’t matter whether they’re a shade of grey, white or black
It’s just a matter of fact
That ain’t no way to act

Is it any wonder they wanna put you in a cage
The way you behave all in a rage
You’re more likely to engage as a sage
Put a The End to that book… and look to a blank page

All this riotin’ and lootin’
Doin’ nothing but pollutin’
Your solution
Undermine your revolution

Watch the gore for sure in Baltimore?
No more! No more!

Baltimore Soundtrack.mp3

Baltimore Alternative Version.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Ab Ebm / F#
Db
Absus4

118 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

A 1-track stereo live and extemporaneous sound recording.

The pictures in the video are believed to be public domain photos from all of Baltimore’s famous riots.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller, Computer, Midi Software

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Spotlight

Posted on April 26, 2015 by admin

Spotlight.mp3

LYRICS
If you think it’s a question of maybe
When it comes to killing a baby
Then it’s time to grasp reality
Put away the grenade
Into the light. Out of the shade.

If you think there’s nothing wrong
With dropping a wedding bomb
Peace will forever long
Military parade charade
Into the light. Out of the shade.

Lurking in the shadows
A wolf in our meadows
Dressed in sheep’s clothing
Nothin’ more worth loathing
Hatred fade! Into the light. Out of the shade.

ABOUT THE SONG
E A
B7 A E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album First Puddle From the Sun
by Daniel Brouse

Sickle And Hammer

Posted on April 10, 2015 by admin

Sickle And Hammer.mp3

LYRICS
Everybody is rushing to have a revolution
Yet they’ve got no system substitution
Nobody is looking to find a solution
Instead pushing for a Russian revolution
Could be the fall of us all (x2)

For the laborers, the hammer will fall
For the peasantry, the Reaper’s sickle
When death does call
She’s none to fickle
Could be the fall of us all (x2)

Everybody is flushing their toilet
Forgetting whose downstream from their inlet
Can’t just keep streaming our crap
Onto our neighbors’ lap
Could be the fall of us all (x2)

ABOUT THE SONG
D Em G A D
C G D
C A D

A song about being careful what you wish for:

The hammer and sickle (☭) is a Communist symbol that was conceived during the Russian Revolution. At the time of creation, the hammer stood for industrial laborers and the sickle for the peasantry; combined they stood for the worker-peasant alliance for socialism and against reactionary movements and foreign intervention.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar (finger-picked), Whistling

From the album Dimensionia
by Daniel Brouse

Reason To Be

Posted on April 5, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
Up over head
A clear blue sky
Have you said
Your purpose… why?

A reason to be
Be one with free

Under your feet
There’s solid ground
Can your feat
Ever be found?

Buffoons to the left
Hypocrites to the right
Blatant theft
In plain sight

Reason To Be.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
C Em Am
Am C

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Dimensionia
by Daniel Brouse

Our Better Days

Posted on April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 by admin

LYRICS
We’ve been straying a ways
From our better days
On a path of destruction
Evolution dysfunction
Mating with Neanderthal
Going to lead to our fall
Take on the shape
Of crawling back to the ape

And at this rate (And at this rate)
Approaching our expiration date
And at this rate (And at this rate)
Casting our destiny’s fate

We’ve been straying a ways
From our better days
On a path to damnation
Eternal dysfunction
Any orgy of imps
Resembling chimps
Squirting demons’ seaman
On the Succubus in all of us

Our Better Days Music Video.mp4

Our Better Days ReMix.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
E D A C G E
B E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocal, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer

A six-track stereo recording

From the album Dimensionia
by Daniel Brouse

Lyin Tamer

Posted on March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 by admin

Lyin’ Tamer.mp3

LYRICS
I aim to tame
I’m…
The lyin’ tamer
Constitutional framer
Lyin’ tamer

The politic
The rhetoric
The hypocrite
Who you calling a heretic?
Enough to make me sick
You couldn’t be much lamer
Look out! Here comes the lyin’ tamer

It’s a jungle out there
Better beware
Those elected officials have the initials
F.U.
F you
They say F! you and then some, too

The lyin’ tamer
Lying in wait
To participate
In the taming of your ass
An opportunity I couldn’t let pass

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm
Bdim C Dm Dm7 and variations

124 Beats Per Minute / Digi-rock

Dedicated to our elected officials. Get out your whip and chair!

1-track live extemporaneous stereo recording

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer

From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse

No Need To Panic

Posted on March 20, 2015 by admin

No Need To Panic.mp3

LYRICS
There’s probably no need to panic
Certainly someone’s gonna catch it?

They’ll switch the panic switch
Flip the switch to which?
I offer off… or?
All else is nor. (‘fur sure)

It’s probably gonna work out alright
Humans couldn’t really be the blight?

Everyone says they’re apt to adapt
Where is that secret kept at?

ABOUT THE SONG
A D G A

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Death Defying Acts
by Daniel Brouse