bookmark_borderStep On A Crack

LYRICS
Did you ever, ever step on a crack
Break your mother’s back

Can you take it back?
I wish I had the knack
To take back the crack

Step on a crack
Break your mother’s back
Step on a crack
But, I lack the knack
To take it back

Stepping on a crack

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Catch a sibling by the toe
Ya, know?
Stepped on a crack
Broke your mother’s back

I lack the knack
To take back the crack

White is white
Black is black
What do you think about that?

Step On A Crack.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E A G
Rhythm: 140 BPM / Shuffle Boogie
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEnvy And Pity

LYRICS
Do you envy the gravy
Pity the poverty?

Do you envy the gravy
Do you pity the poverty?
Are you feeling almighty
Like you’re in the position
To have the opinion
To pity poverty
Amongst the things you do
You’re this and that, too

Some sort-of beast
Some sort-of monster
Stir
Gonna stir
Gonna stir the pot
You say why not?
Maybe it’s time we know
Maybe it’s time they go

Envy And Pity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Dm / F C Dm / Dm9 Dus4
Rhythm: 120 BPM / Shuffle Boogie and 60 BPM / Rock and Roll #2
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDunno About That

LYRICS
I don’t know about that

They think their Casey has come to bat
I don’t know about that
Should have looked before you sat
Cut the calories before so fat
Now you’ve got this fat cat
I don’t know about that
No, I don’t know about that

Not an eye does bat
Do you bat an eye
Did I
Why?

I don’t know about that

We might need a better getter of fact
In fact, we might need a better getter of fact
’cause I don’t know about that
They think they’ll bring their Casey to bat
When in fact it’s just another fat cat
I don’t know about that

Do you think he pull a rabbit out of a hat
Do you think he pull a rabbit out of that hat
I don’t know about that
Do you think you’re bring your Casey to the bat
I don’t know about that

Do you really believe that’s where it’s at
I don’t know about that

No more doormat
I know about that
The genre of bastard… the species of rat
I know about that
Where Humpty Dumpty sat
Before the fall
From the wall
Splat
Where Humpty Dumpty sat
’cause all the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
What do you know about that
No more tit for tat
I know about that
Big fat
Fat cat
I don’t know about that
What that
I don’t know about that
What that
I don’t know about that

I know — I don’t know about that

Dunno About That.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em7(11) Em7 Em9 Esus4
Rhythm: 118 BPM / Blues and 59 BPM / Blues Rock
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDreaming Of You

LYRICS
It seems the dream
Is coming true
And it’s you
Seems the dream
Is coming true
And it’s you

Seems the dreams are coming true

Seems dreams do come true
I love you
Seems dreams are coming true
I love you

Dreaming About You Soundcheck.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F#m F# F#m9
Rhythm: 116 BPM / Trance #2 and 58 BPM / Funky Trip Hop
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderYou Are Within

LYRICS
Feelin’
You within
Within my skin
Are you in my skin?

Can’t help but feelin’
I’m fallin’
Feeling I’m falling in love with you

You within the skin
My skin
Feelin’

Can’t help but feeling I’m falling
In love with you

Can’t hide from my hide
When you’re in my skin
Feelin’ I’m fallin’
In Love

And, I’d love to see
If you’re falling in love with me
Are you, too
Are you falling in love, too
Or is it just me

So this is what love is
Effervescence of life
The effervescence of life is
Fizzzzz

Within my skin
Without
I’m out
I found out what I’m about
Falling
Falling without
Within my skin

You Are Within.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em Bsus4
Rhythm: 116 BPM / Ambient #1 and 5 BPM / Funky Trip Hop
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGonna Go Far (Country 12-Bar)

LYRICS
I heard out West the country girl is the best
Standing head and shoulders above the rest
So kick off your spurs… bet that kitty of yours purrs (prrrrrrr)
Check your gun at the door… for sure good time… and more

Come on, Cowgirl, mosey over and dance to guitar
Get really, really close to really, really going far

Allemande left we’ll have a two-step fest
To do-si-do with you is to be blessed
The courtesy to courtesy… may I be your partner
With you by my side, we’re sure to go further

Come on, Cowgirl, mosey over and dance to guitar
Get really, really close to really, really going far
Dance to guitar… piano’s next to the bar
Get really, really close to really, really going far

Gonna Go Far (Country 12-Bar ReMix).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A E / B7 A G E
Recording: digital 3-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Martin Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Piano

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBlip In Time

LYRICS
This blip in time that I call “I am”
Is just fleeting
Can I keep it beating

The blip in time that I am
The blip in time that I call mine
Is it all self
Is it all greed and wealth

The blip in time that I call mine
Is it all fleeting
Can I keep the drum beating
The blip in time that I am
The blip in time that I call mine

The blip in time that I am
The blip in time that I call mine
Is it all just me, me, me
Do you think I could see myself free
See me being free
Wanna see me being free

The blip in time that I call mine
The blip in time that I am
Is it all fleeting
Got to keep this drum beating

Blip In Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E F F# G G#
Rhythm: 116 BPM / Trance #2 and 58 BPM / House
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSpirit Addict

Spirit Addict.mp3

LYRICS
Is it fair to suggest you’re addicted to air?
Will you share… or afraid to go there?
Is it just to say that eating’s a must?
As you need to nourish flesh
Or else you’ll be a mess
If you don’t nourish
Your soul
It will take a toll…

Once you invoke your spirit
You’ll never want it to quit
Spirit addict

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D F C D

144 Beats Per Minute / Cool Night

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Lifterupper
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAll Over You

All Over You.mp3

LYRICS
They say $hit
Happens
That doesn’t mean
You need to play with it

Is that really what you want to do
Get it all over you?
Really want to put your self through
Paying someone else’s dues

Is a dim wit
Rappin’
“They say $hit
Happens”
Diarrhea of the mouth
All over everywhere
Mental health
Of the unaware

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F
F Ddim
F
Am F
Bb F

142 Beats Per Minute / Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Oh Limpics
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSowl

Sowl.mp3

LYRICS
Flight like an owl
Soul on the prowl
Soar in flight
Through the night

As dream
Light beam

ABOUT THIS SONG
A song about taking your spirit out.

Chords — Cm7 Bb
C F G7

146 Beats Per Minute / Soul

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Mystery
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStay

Stay.mp3

LYRICS
The wither does slither
Away
The precision of the surgeon’s knife
Save life
Stay

The breath of birth
Within the faith

The feat of the heartbeat
Witness the flood of blood
Fire on neuron
Spark the start

The breath of birth
Within the faith

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em Bm
C Bm Em

138 Beats Per Minute / Pop Shuffle

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Mystery
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDevilish Whirling Dervish

Devilish Whirling Dervish.mp3

LYRICS

Whirling. Twirling. Spinning ever faster
Whipping yourself into a euphoric state
Going round and round and round
Hoping religion will be found

Hiding. Hunting. Hoping for an Easter
Praying resurrection is your fate

Devilish Whirling Dervish
Religious ecstasy
Devilish Whirling Dervish
Touching divinity

Make the whirling yours
Make the whirling mine
Create the whirling epiphany
Make the whirling divine

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am C
Am G D Am

Written and recorded on January 15, 2013 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 6-track stereo, extemporaneous recording.

The Mawlaw’īyya / Mevlevi Order, or the Mevlevilik / Mevleviye (Persian: مولويه‎ – Molavīyeh) is a Sufi order founded in Konya (present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian. They are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God).

The Mawlawi believe in performing their dhikr in the form of a “dance” and musical ceremony known as the Sama, which involves the whirling, from which the order acquired its nickname. The Sema represents a mystical journey of man’s spiritual ascent through mind and love to the “Perfect”. Turning towards the truth, the follower grows through love, deserts his ego, finds the truth, and arrives at the “Perfect”. He then returns from this spiritual journey as a man who has reached maturity and a greater perfection, able to love and to be of service to the whole of creation.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers‘ album Music Muse
By Daniel Brouse

Back To Church

bookmark_borderRest In Peace (Aqua Marine)

LYRICS
Rest In Peace

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Who me? I don’t want to ever grow up

I don’t want to be old

Why would you want to grow old
Why would you want to grow mold
Why would you want to do what you’re told
Why would you want to grow old

You can grow old
You can grow mold
You can rot
You can rust
But, I say “Not”

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G Gsus4 D7sus4

Written and recorded on January 14, 2013 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers‘ album Music Muse
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDouble Date

LYRICS
The little hand
And, the big hand
Take command
(Of moving time forward)

CHORUS:
What do you do
When it’s either
“I have too many”
Or, “I have too few”

The sun dial…
Hourglass sand
Understand
(As we move toward)

Chorus

Have to develop my style
It appears to be worth the bother
No? No bother?
We’ve got time aplenty

Double Date.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am C
Am G D Am

Written and recorded on January 14, 2013 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 6-track stereo, extemporaneous recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers‘ album Music Muse
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSnake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers

Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers.mp3

LYRICS
Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers

Handle snakes
Speak in tongues
Climb the ladder
To the highest rung
Then, take that leap
Leap

Da, da, da, de, da
Jah jah jah jah
We’re speaking in tongues
Handling snakes
Whatever it takes
To get to know
To get to show

Kabbalah

The message is one
The message is won

Handle snakes
Speak in tongues
Do whatever comes
To get the message out
To get the message in
To get the message through to you

First, take in
Then, chew
The parts we can spew
And, hope to get the message through

Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers
We are the seekers

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Bb Gb F

Written and recorded on January 14, 2013 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous recording. A theme song for the band. It is about being one with God and conveying the message to others… the concept of Kabbalah, speaking in tongues and handling snakes.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers‘ album Music Muse
By Daniel Brouse