Cognitive Dissonance (feat. Randy McStine) Artist: Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Composer: Joe Deninzon (BMI work # 42874945) Year: 2021
Genre: Rock BPM 150 Mood/musical elements: Hard rock, male vocal. Social commentary. Distorted guitars, electric violin. mid tempo. Retro-90’s grunge sound like Stone Temple Pilots
Joe says: "'Cognitive Dissonance' is a song about divisions, both religious, political, and cultural. The first verse is a story of two childhood friends who are not allowed to play together because of centuries of religions dogma that they were taught.
"The second is a social commentary on the ideological divide that exists in our society because of our social and news media bubbles. The song ends with the guitar and electric violin screaming at each other like the characters the lyrics describe, fading out but never coming to a resolution...."
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
I had a childhood friend
Sworn together til the end
Playing tag and wrestling
Talking about the birds and bees
He asks if I believe in God
And then I tell him what’s my story
He says I’m gonna burn in hell
Because that’s what his parents told him
Hatred is taught
truth just can’t be bought
All of our lives
We think that we’re so wise
But It cuts you down size
When it’s staring in your eyes
We’re born with open hearts
And a blank slate on our souls
Old grudges we are forced to bear
poison the water
& put-up the walls
Safely behind our screens
Spewing trolling scapegoating
No one can touch us now
Lets start a fire and burn this whole place to the ground
Hatred is taught
Truth just can’t be bought
All of the lies
We tell to feel so wise
But It cuts you down size
When it’s staring in your eyes
C 2020 by Joe Deninzon (Fiddlefunk Music, BMI)
