1) Dan is an anarcho p… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Dan is an anarcho punk band from Darlington England, active from mid to late eighties who went on to release several records before breaking up in 1988. Members went on to form Sofahead.
2) Dan is a Finnish rap-artist.
3) Dan is a Hawaiian singer previously in the Japanese pop group pool bit boys (1997-2001).
4) Dan is an MC from Meridian.
5) Dan is a guitarist from north east of the UK.
6) Dan in a guitarist, singer/songwriter forming one half of UK guitar duo Howard & Dan
7) Dan is a dubstep DJ from Michigan.
8)DAN is a Japanese electronic music artist heading the TO-MAX minilabel.
9) Dan is one half of the Japanese pop duo TWIN CROSS.
10) DAN is a prog artist from Memphis, Tennessee who released the albums Paradigm in 2009, and Level in 2017, both available for free listening via Bandcamp https://danofficial.bandcamp.com.
11) DAN is a German Pop-Rock Band from the 90s.
Control
Dan Lyrics
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And a dive into my fears but I fear I'm not that deep
There's a pool of old thoughts I'm wishing to evaporate
But it's in our nature to want what we cannot attain
A senseless release, my mind is no longer free
And the world melts away leaving shadows where you all would be
Picking me apart with your sullen eyes
When will you realize? I can do that by myself
The harder you fight to escape, the more it consumes you
If giving in feels so good, why consider anything else?
You feel you have nothing to show for everything you've done
To live is to face failure
We control you
A senseful reprieve as I look to see
Who's still around me and why you won't leave
I've tried for so long and seen it all come undone
When's the last time you'll pardon your prodigal son?
The song "Control" by DAN is a sensual and steamy ode to the power of romantic attraction. The opening lines find the singer searching for the right words to describe the intensity of his feelings towards his love interest. He acknowledges that if others could see what he sees in her, they would understand her worth. The chorus then declares that being with her makes him lose control, with her breath around his lungs and her legs around his thoughts.
The second verse continues in this vein, with the singer struggling to keep up with the intensity of his love. He distinguishes between what he should be doing and what he actually is doing, indicating that his emotions are taking over. The chorus repeats the same refrain, emphasizing the idea that being with this person is overwhelming.
Overall, the lyrics paint a picture of an intense and passionate relationship, where the singer is almost overcome by the power of his love. The emphasis is on physical and emotional sensations, and the idea that being with this person is both exhilarating and challenging.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah, yeah
The singer affirms something.
I got a melody
The singer has a tune in their head.
Now I'm tryin' to find the words to
The singer is searching for the perfect lyrics.
Put things in reverse
The singer wants to go back in time.
If you could see what I see (you could)
The singer believes that if someone saw what they see, they would understand.
Then you'd know just what you are
The singer believes the person they are singing to is special.
You're everything I want (you're everything that I want)
The singer believes that the person they are singing to is their ideal partner.
Baby girl, talk the way you're not supposed to
The singer likes it when the person they are singing to talks in a non-conventional way.
Your body can do the rest (you know that)
The singer believes that the person they are singing to is attractive and can convey their feelings through their body language.
And if you need a little mind vacation
The singer is saying that they can provide a mental escape for the person they are singing to.
Press your cheek against my chest
The singer wants the person they are singing to to be physically close to them.
Do you hear the rhythm of my heart
The singer wants the person they are singing to to listen to their heartbeat.
Through the beatin' of my soul?
The singer equates their soul's rhythm to their heartbeat.
When I'm with you, I lose control (I lose control)
The singer becomes overwhelmed when they are with the person they are singing to.
Your breath is wrapped around my lungs
The singer finds the person they are singing to to be breathtaking.
And your legs around my thoughts
The person they are singing to occupies the singer's thoughts.
When I'm with you, I lose it (yeah)
Being with the person they are singing to makes the singer feel like they are losing control.
Give me another second to
The singer needs some time to gather their thoughts.
Try to catch my breath
The singer feels like they are out of breath due to their intense emotions.
My mind is in a mess
The singer is feeling overwhelmed.
You should be on top of this
The singer wishes the person they are singing to would take charge.
But you got me on the run
The person they are singing to has made the singer feel like they are chasing them.
Now I'm trippin' on your love
The singer is infatuated with the person they are singing to.
When I'm with you, I lose control (lose control)
Being with the person they are singing to makes the singer feel overwhelmed and like they are losing control.
When I'm with you I lose control
The singer loses control when they are with the person they are singing to.
(Lose control, lose control)
The singer is emphasizing how their feelings make them lose control.
(All day, all night, I lose control)
The singer's feelings of being overwhelmed and losing control last all day and night.
(Through the beatin' in my soul)
The singer's intense emotions are reflected in the rhythm of their soul.
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
The singer is affirming their feelings.
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Daniel Conley
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Lieutenant Masterson
"Real hip hop is about the feeling and the subject" - Of course it is. But it's also music. A guitarist might have the idea for the greatest riff in the world, but if his technique with the guitar is terrible, any beauty in it gets wasted because it can't be expressed in a way that's interesting, impressive and dramatic enough. The same goes for rapping with a flow. You lose the flow, you're doing spoken word. Even traditional poetry has its own kind of flow, and often, it follows certain rules and ideas for how its presented. If you have great ideas but can't rap them, you should be an orator, not a rapper. The issue with Bull's flow is that he is pretty good at putting together words that rhyme or alliterate, but he's terrible at keeping his flow interesting. It's static, his voice is monotone and droning, it never changes pitch, it never has a good rhythm to it. Flow is the cornerstone of rap; feeling and/or message are what validates it.
"The subject of this is that most chart rappers focus too much on flow and feeling" - Sure, you can find popular rappers that aren't very good at making good points. But honestly, at this point, this has become an ascended meme. It's easy saying "oh look at all these rappers all they talk about is guns, bitches and bling", but when confronted, asked to name some, most people either go silent or give an objectively wrong answer. This point is fairly stupid anyway. Just because you fancy yourself smart and think that providing a pre-chewed pop science lecture in every song is a great idea, doesn't mean you're in a position to mock anyone who doesn't do the same. Most rappers don't do that unless they can make a point that is a bit more advanced than baby's first naive opinion, and Bull should try to join those ranks. Also, it's stupid to make a dumbass diss track, then spend the last handful of lines completely backtracking. "Oh, all that stuff I did just now? Yeah you shouldn't do that", great sense of moral superiority, buddy. There's a reason "an eye for an eye" is considered outdated. And while we're addressing this point, as said, I'm doubtful that Bull has ever really given Jay-Z, Juicy J or Ortiz a listen. What, are you going to label them, too, as "guns bitches bling" because the only thing you ever heard from them was Control? Because I doubt anyone who had tried to listen to them would say they don't deserve their fame. Who is Bull to think he can show Jay-Z or Ortiz how to rap? Do you think Juicy J is defined by the mainstream music he made after almost two decades of being an underground legend for his lyrics?
"Dan is quite a touching fellow" - How? All he offers is gaming themes, "wow I'm better than you" (one video is even titled "autistic guy raps better than you" - wow, great job with the acceptance there), or pre-chewed, simple ideas like "we should all hug" or "wow science is a nice thing and civilization is evil at times". Simple ideas can be made profound with presentation and feeling. But when you leave simple ideas alone, and focus your songs around them like they were a grand revelation, all you get is low-hanging fruit. What you attract is the so-called intelligentsia of the internet, the kind of people who liked I Fucking Love Science and think bitcoin will revolutionize the economy. Congrats, you just listened to Dan Bull rap about how Jay-Z shouldn't talk bad about people, and did it by talking bad about Jay-Z. Do you feel smarter now? You wanna be smart, don't think a three-minute rap more focused on sounding like a Dyson with a bit of paper in the funnel than being educational will get you anywhere closer to it. You wanna be smarter, educate yourself and don't listen to all this pop science crap that only makes you feel rewarded for listening to the cool guy say being smart is good.
"Dan uses all these techniques mentioned with great skill" - Really now? Gee willikers, waiting a minute to hear him say "all these pussies still have their hymen attached" really made me rack my brain until I understood the genius of this line. No, great skill is the kind of lyricism that you don't realize until the fifth listen, the tenth, or years later as you're browsing Rapgenius. This isn't deep or brilliant or even skillful. This is just the simplest double entendre ever. Real skill is painting pictures with your words, instead of punching words directly in the listener's ear. It's obscure references, complicated, extended metaphors, and iceberg theory. The only iceberg theory Dan Bull has mastered is considering making a song about how sad it was that the Titanic sank and letting you in on the secret that a bunch of people died, which was really sad.
PS. "The last time I saw an eye sore, I sawed my eyes in half" does use a poetic technique. It's alliterative, using "eyes" and "eye" with a following s sound, and playing with the similarity of "sore" and "sawed".
Tristan Steinhelfer
I think people are taking Dan to seriously in this rap.
I doubt he is actually trying to insult anyone. If he was, he wouldn't have the upbeat attitude in this video. He raps for fun, so even his most insulting verses don't have more than a couple bad words and he wouldn't just start dissing someone for no reason
mini golf
I love these diss raps...just so many Dan good rhymes!
Kokopelli
"They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but I say the way I hold the mic is mightier than yours" Great line.
pleasant phucker
Dan this was excellent. "It's indisputable that i'm thing king of New York, and that's despite the fact that I've never been to New York." Thank you!
EmiJay
Everyone taking this song so seriously and saying (x) rapper would fuck dan up in rap, then I am sitting here thinking "maybe he is just poking fun" nothing else but a bit of banterish rap about other rappers
Lando Zierenberg
this is why I love Dan Bull, one of the few rappers I enjoy listening to.
Jon
Dan you're so awesome, keep making this amazing content <3
Marshal Lee
I can't explain how much I love this, or how valid the points he makes are. All I can say is, Dan Bull, I love you.
Dwatthaell
Haha! Love it, Dan! Rap that says something meaningful and says it well.. you put these "big names" to shame.
Cazron
Dan Bull, just keep this up, I cannot get enough of your work.