Rough Beast Rising ©2019

Lyrics by Craig Bach and Katie Fine

Music by Craig Bach

[INTRO]

1x through with just One Guitar

1x through with Full Band

[VERSE 1]

Well our hard earned dollars don’t go far

But we treasure our flags and muscle cars

And we love some Sunday apple pie

God’s kingdom is in the sky

[CHORUS 1]

There’s a rough beast rising in you and me

It rages and tears at our decency

Couldn’t agree to disagree

It was time to defend our own

We call it change not “hope”

[VERSE 2]

We love tiny houses and higher ed

We got water filters and compost sheds

Talk about free speech and compromise

(But) how dare you take the wrong side

[CHORUS 2]

There’s a rough beast rising in you and me

It makes us hold our ground with no mercy

It was just too damn easy

For you and me to come to blows

Over an old con man’s ego

[GUITAR LEAD]

2x Em-to-Bm

Bm - D - E (Build-Up into Lead)

Lead guitar over 2x Verse Sequence

[CHORUS 3]

There’s a rough beast rising in you and me

We were warned there’s hell to pay for apathy

But we watched it all happen

We lost all sense of reason

We took it all too far

[SLOW DOWN]

[SLOW VERSE]

When you’re coasting by on years of the same

Our leaders sell their souls and votes for fame

But you trust the process, Netflix and chill

Blind faith is a bitter pill

[SILENCE] 2, 3, 4… [Craig]

[CHORUS REDUX]

There’s a rough beast rising it’s you and me

We got no respect

No restraint, no civility

We’ve all lost our way back home

We’ve all lost our way back home

[OUTRO]

Who’ll walk together off this battleground?

What soothes the rage of these feral howls?

Where is the virtue in finding common ground?

How do we get back up

When we’ve fallen so far down?

Surely some revelation is at hand

The center… cannot hold

[END on Em]