FAWM: "Happy Monkeys"

Happy Monkeys

Liner Notes

My First FAWM song! Look forward to another fun year!!!!!!!

#poppunk #rock #diy #homestudio #punk #altrock #alternative #alternativerock

Lyrics

trust is a strong word for what we have
more honest calling it complacent but mad
we are trapped and our cage has a mat
that we sit in our crap
begging for better lives but theres no fruit left to grab

and if it makes you mad
you have no options left
get up and go to work
smile and pretend your glad
for all the crumbs youve earned
the sum of all youve learned
you've been burned, and they expect you to asuage your doubts

no rat race was every effective
at improving the lives of the unwashed collective
the king has bananas that all happy monkeys
would like to once savor but won't have the chance or the means

and if it makes you mad
you have no options left
get up and go to work
smile and pretend your glad
for all the crumbs youve earned
the sum of all youve learned
you've been burned, and they expect you to asuage your doubts

Comments

@atornberg 1w

Great punk/alt/grunge sound washing over the lyrical ode to modern frustrations. I think this is a great, angry song about the societal push to cave in and become part of an unjust economic system.

@bradbrubaker 1w

Great music! I miss listening to punk like this. Favorite lines: "more honest calling it complacent but mad" and "smile and pretend you're glad"

@djclark 2w

I read "smile and pretend your glad" wondering how you would handle the phrasing in that section, and I really liked it. This is a really raw-emotion kind of song.

@jerrypettit 2w

Now that is some punk metal!!!! Great, great job on this--and THAT DRUMMER IS CRAZY!!! ❤️

@rogerhammond 2w

That's some wild drumming. Loads of energy. I get some Placebo vibes. I like the harmonies and some great sounds in there. You managed to get it all to gel in the mix too, which is pretty hard in my experience, especially when there's a lot happening in the track.