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Comatose
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Dan Sheehan is a rock musician and songwriter writing about social justice and saving the planet, and led the bands The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy and Banter.
Dan Sheehan's The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis, is a concert experience and forthcoming album emphasizing the immediate urgency of the climate crisis. With songs ranging from melancholy tales of caution to vigorous calls to action, the songs entertain while calling on listeners to do their part to combat climate change through voting and holding politicians accountable, limiting their personal carbon footprints, and inspiring others to advocate and act. Through songs rooted in rock, folk, soul, funk, and hip-hop, The Seas Are Rising tells the stories of people around the world already dealing with intense, climate-induced consequences. Listeners hear the stories of Puerto Ricans facing deadly and ravaging hurricanes, Pacific Islanders facing loss of their home due to rising sea levels, Australians fleeing destructive brush fires, and eco-heroes in Latin America working under constant threat to preserve their natural treasures. Sheehan and band have performed throughout the US, UK, Ireland and Spain. His previous concept album and live show, Tales from Earth Incorporated, tackled corporate and political greed and earned Sheehan Songwriter of the Year honors at the New Jersey based Elephant Talk Indie Music Awards as well as Best Political Subject Album from the music director awards at radio station WHFR-FM in Detroit, USA. Sheehan has previously won awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Song Info
Charts
Peak #314
Peak in subgenre #33
Author
Dan Sheehan
Rights
2007 Daniel Sheehan
Uploaded
June 13, 2014
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MP3 3.4 MB 160 kbps 2:59
Story behind the song
The two main parts of this song were written separately when i was experimenting with very different guitar styles, and one day it just occurred to me how well the two parts meshed. Lyrics are about the frustration one can encounter when trying to understand the deeper meaning of life and the universe.
Lyrics
Comatose words and music by Dan Sheehan Sifting through the memory banks Of some forgotten day Trying to recover the thoughts You lost along the way 'cause there's a message to be found Beneath the ever-deaf'ning sound Heard in the echoes of the halls Masking the writing on the walls Time keeps moving onward Taking us places we don't know Life keeps pushing forward But life won't show us where to go Life will make demands But life won't show us what to do Our hearts will place commands But they won't see the orders through Mesmerized by those who claim hell and Heaven are the same Unimpressed by those who wait in the hell that they create As we lie in comatose, feel the future coming close The possibilities confined by the walls inside our minds Driven by imagination unfueled by inspiration Caught up in contemplation, or is it just hesitation? Like creatures running blind looking for what we cannot find And as we delve into our minds, we find our passions have resigned Overwhelmed by those who claim hell and Heaven are the same... And I can't see what you place in front of me And I can't hear what you whisper in my ear And in the valley of the night Ten thousand messengers take flight A stimulation overdose Awakes us from our comatose
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