BTR - Law of the Shadows Dream

A New Day

Shadows like them
Can show you the way through the dark 
Shadows like them
Can give you a shiver deep in your heart

If you don't believe what you see
Skeptical heads could disagree
Missing the forest for the trees
Shadows like them, lost on the breeze

Shadows like them
Were once as alive as you and me
Shadows like them
Used to be shining, young, and free

If you don't believe what you hear
You could be paralyzed with fear
The future is always drawing near
Shadows like them will disappear

If you don't believe what you see
Logic and reason guarantee 
Both of us will always be
Shadows like them, missing at sea

Shadows like them
Shadows like them
Shadows like them

Shadows like them
Always hidden from the sun
Shadows like them
End of days has just begun 


Shadows Like Them

All you really want is information
I could help you make a little calculation
Only takes three thousand acre feet
Once it gets delivered it will taste so sweet

Everybody knows you’ve got a reputation
For greasing your way with lubrication
You don’t care what comes out of your mouth
Hot air rises but the needle goes south

(chorus)
Rob will rob you blind
From the bottom line
He sees dollar signs
Rob will rob you blind

All you really need is deviation
I could help you change your sorry situation
But everybody tells me that I’m blowing smoke
Laughing in my face as if I told a joke

You still act like I’m on your side
Like I would never notice being taken for a ride
You are like a snake movin' through the grass
No one gonna care when I whup your asp

(chorus)
Rob will rob you blind
From the bottom line
He sees dollar signs
Rob will rob you blind

(bridge)
He was appointed to a vacant seat
Which he took for a trampoline
To win elections for a higher place
it's gonna blow up in his face

(chorus)
Rob will rob you blind
From the bottom line
Until the end of time
Rob will rob you blind


Rob You Blind

Down, down down
(They go) down, down, down

Down in the valley
They grow alfalfa
To feed the mutants
Roaming in the fields
They are gigantic 
Like tanks with sweaters
They scare the vultures
And squint at the sun
They’re drilling deeper than they ever have before
To find the water that will fill their hands with gold

Down, down down
(They go) down, down, down

Electric fences
Cannot contain them
They can escape 
Any time they like
Glow in the dark
Throughout the winter
To find intruders
Eat them for dinner
They’re drilling deeper through the layers of the clay
To find the water that will chase the dust away

Down, down down
(They go) down, down, down


Dangerous Mutant Sheep Herd

There is not enough for everyone
But you want to have your cake and eat it too

Waster
Racing to the wasteland
Drinking every drop
Wasting all you can

Waster
Bracing for the impact
Bracing for the kickback
Wasting all you have

There are far too many people in this world
But you don’t care – it’s not your problem to solve

You’re a Waster
Racing to the wasteland
Drinking every drop
Wasting all you can

You’re a Waster
Bracing for the impact
Bracing for the kickback
Wasting all you have

Only wanted to grow your garden
Didn’t bother to beg our pardon
Pay today for tomorrow’s bargain
Point of view will congeal then harden


Wasters

No one here but you and me
As far as anyone can see
Our footsteps echo gracefully
In an empty travel agency

Bad dog bark for no good reason
Plant the seeds in picking season
Pledge allegiance with more treason
Fallow the land and start again

Irrational man
Irrational man
Irrational man

Irrational to the end
And to the end we go
Irrational in the head
The evidence will show

No one here to make you happy
Or turn off your relentless yapping
Population always napping
Turn your cheek for more bitch slapping 

Gone today, here tomorrow
Sticking out like Kilimanjaro
Empty head make words ring hollow
Ego way too big to swallow

Irrational man
Irrational man
Irrational man

Irrational to the end
And to the end we go
Irrational in the head
The evidence will show

Bury your head beneath the sand

Irrational to the end
And to the end we go
Irrational in the head
The evidence will show

Irrational man
Irrational man
Irrational man
Irrational man


Irrational Man

Hiding in the sun
Won’t you let the blindness come
Your shadow is undone
I believe the light has won
In this arid land
Nothing grows in the sand
We could use a helping hand
Just a sliver of a strand

Rain coming down hard
Tears of a star
Fall from the sky
I’ve got clouds in my eyes

Falling to my knees
In the shade of Camphor trees
Just a quiver of a breeze
Make it pour, if you please
Nothing in this stream
Dry as bone, vapor steam
I can hear the desert scream
Got a cloudburst of a dream

Rain coming down hard
Tears of a star
Fall from the sky
I’ve got clouds in my eyes

Cloudburst of a Dream

Law Of The River

Brahms' Third Racket is a cinematic rock band from Southern California.  

BTR has a new single Dopamine Slave, which is the first song released from the upcoming record The Trouble With Robots.  BTR has released 4 prior albums:  Water Hammer (2016); Fantastic Shadows (2015); Out of Order (2014); and Strings Attached (2013).  

The name Brahms' Third Racket comes from a brilliant line uttered by John Cleese's character Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, the short-lived, much-acclaimed, insanely funny BBC show from the 1970s.

BTR members:

Wishnefsky (vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming)
R. Matthew Carroll (bass)
Mary Ann Pelino (vocals)