Tag: climate change

bookmark_borderThe Stop at the End

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LYRICS
They say it’s not the fall that hurts
It’s really the sudden stop at the end
Time may heal all broken hearts
But a broken soul is hard to mend

So, I’m taking it all in just as long as I can
No time to wait and not too late to start
A strange trip — the free fall of man
Before the sudden stop of our heart

They say it’s in us all — the love
And the love we get is equal to the love we send
So, I’m sending in the message from above
Let’s get together before the stop at The End

The Stop at the End Music Video.mp4

The Stop at the End.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
D D9 Asus A
G Asus A
End on D

A premonition about The Sixth Mass Extinction.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Quicksand
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDoes the Pope Poop in the Woods?

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LYRICS
Have you humans no self worth?
Living on a giant pile of filth
Just selfishness and greediness
Leads inevitably to worthlessness

Does the Pope poop in the woods
A bear Catholic… believing God is good
Can you see the trees through the forest
If one falls can it be heard by the rest

Have you humans all gone mad
Not even the lightest bit sad
Am I standing here all alone
Thinking it’s a shame to trash our own home?

Does the Pope Poop in the Woods? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Bb B
C Dm C Em

137 BPM / Rock Shuffle 16 to 12 groove

Stereo 1-track extemporaneous recording

Inspired by Pope Francis’ letter on climate change:
“The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth”

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Embowelment
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOz Moses

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LYRICS
The clouds are looking quite threatening
Obviously a storm approaching
Wouldn’t you have to say
The signs are as plain as day

Chorus
Dorthy why aren’t you in the fallout shelter
You ain’t in Kansas… more like Helter Skelter
In a land where you land at the bottom of the slide
Taking man’s best friend along for the ride
Toto, too? Total, too

The circulation of the wind
The severity of the blowin’
Storm tracker has it pinned
Storm warning’s been growin’
Wouldn’t ya have to say it’s as plain as day
Oz, Moses

Chorus

The clouds are looking quite threatening
Obvious a storm is brewing

My dear God
Oz Moses
Oh so odd
Black roses

Oz Moses Music Video.mp4

Oz Moses.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
B G
C D
G C
G C D
D G

A song inspired by global warming and extreme weather events.

We are not saying that the Earth’s temperature is just going to rise. In general, as energy is added to a system, the fluctuations in the system increase. So, we expect more storms, more droughts, more wildfires, more floods, more fluctuations of all kinds. What we are saying is that weather conditions will become more volatile due to the impact of humans. (Extreme Weather Events)

— S. Mukherjee & D. Brouse (2004)
 

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Embowelment
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderScratching The Surface

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LYRICS
Are we just scratching the surface
Or, are we already in too deep?

If we could only let the knowledge seep
Into our heart
Into our mind
Into our soul
Maybe we could cut down on the human toll
I don’t want to be the troll of your body
But it’s easy see
But if that’s what you’re calling me

Are we just scratching the surface
Are we in too deep

I believe the temperature is rising
It’s really not surprising
Not the slightest bit
Now it won’t quit
Need more proof
It’s going through the roof

The only problem… our race can’t adapt to living in space
’cause we trashed this place

Scratching The Surface.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
E E7 G

134 BPM / Rock

A song inspired by human induced climate change.  Since most of the energy is going into the ocean, many people are fooled by the Earth’s surface temperature.

A 1-track live and extemporaneous stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Pie In The Sky
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPuzzle Monkey

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LYRICS
Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke

Did you see the calamity
Of the puzzle monkey tree?
Oh, you know what’s puzzling me
Unseen inevitability

Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke

The way we spew our debris
Like we’re the champs of society
Coming back a little too fast
Gonna kick me in the ass

Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke

In the midst of demon fits
Gonna smash it all to bits
Kiss of death on our lips
Human induced apocalypse

Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke

Puzzle Monkey Music Video.mp4

Puzzle Monkey.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
B E Am
Am D7

A verse inspired by the wildfires in Chile burning in the forests of 1,000 old puzzle monkey trees. (At least the government of Chile recognizes it as the effects of human induced climate change.) Another verse is inspired by the ISIS destruction of ancient artifacts in Syria using sledgehammers and bulldozers. I guess you could say the song is about human induced destruction of everything.

Araucaria araucana — commonly called the monkey puzzle tree
The origin of the popular English language name ‘monkey puzzle’ derives from its early cultivation in Britain in about 1850, when the species was still very rare in gardens and not widely known. Sir William Molesworth, the proud owner of a young specimen at Pencarrow garden near Bodmin in Cornwall was showing it to a group of friends, one of them – the noted barrister and Benthamist Charles Austin remarked, “It would puzzle a monkey to climb that”. [Because it takes a 1,000 years for them to grow, young specimens are tiny.] As the species had no existing popular name, first ‘monkey puzzler’, then ‘monkey puzzle’ stuck. — Wikipedia

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSwallowed Fly

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LYRICS
Why did the old lady swallow a spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
Can you conclude why spray sulfur at a high altitude
I don’t know why we swallowed the fly
Perhaps we’ll die

Manage a moment to ponder solar radiation management
I fear what we geo-engineer
May endanger all we hold dear
Better ask why we’re foggin’ up the sky
Perhaps we’ll die

Why did the old lady swallow the horse
Why did mankind maintain this course
Looks like we beat a dead horse to death
Wake up world we can’t take it with
No matter how you dread… in The End… the old lady’s dead

Swallowed Fly Music Video.mp4

Swallowed Fly.mp3

Swallowed Fly Video Prodcution
Swallowed Fly Video Prodcution

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
D7 D6 G
Interlude — C Am G

A song about Man coming up with crazy schemes in an attempt to mitigate global warming.

Schemes to tackle climate change could prove disastrous for billions of people, but might be required for the good of the planet, scientists say.

That is the conclusion of a new set of studies into what’s become known as geo-engineering.

This is the so far unproven science of intervening in the climate to bring down temperatures.

These projects work by, for example, shading the Earth from the Sun or soaking up carbon dioxide.

Ideas include aircraft spraying out sulphur particles at high altitude to mimic the cooling effect of volcanoes or using artificial “trees” to absorb CO2.

Long regarded as the most bizarre of all solutions for global warming, ideas for geo-engineering have come in for more scrutiny in recent years as international efforts to limit carbon emissions have failed. — BBC

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Chill While Possible
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSleigh Ride

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LYRICS
I don’t know if we can go
Dashing through the snow
I don’t have a horse
By the way, I don’t have a sleigh

The way the climate’s changing
From human’s re-arranging
It will be par for the course
If we can’t get snow to lay

Hey, hey, hey
Ho, ho, ho
Don’t know
If we’ll have snow

Will dreams of a white Christmas
Start to fade away
Those days I sure will miss
Oh God hear us pray

Hey, hey, hey
Ho, ho, ho
Don’t know
If we’ll have snow

Sleigh Ride Music Video.mp4

Sleigh Ride.mp3

Songwriting -- Sleigh Ride
Songwriting — Sleigh Ride

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
G Em Am D
Em G

This is a song inspired by global warming and extreme weather events.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

More from the Christmas Album

bookmark_borderLiving On The Moon

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LYRICS
Would you consider me a loon
If I insist we’re living on the moon
Can’t I see that’s lunacy?
Yet we won’t believe in reality

The Earth’s getting hot, hot, hot
Before you know it, we’ll be not
It’s not surprising
The temperatures rising
Is all logic forgot?
What kind-of ticket have we bought

Time we take some giant steps
To our balance there are checks
Yup, giant steps are what we take
If we could only awake
Yup, giant steps are what we take
Leaps and bounds from the fake

Living On The Moon.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Ab/C Eb

142 Beats Per Minute / Reggae (with some inspiration from the Police song “Walking On The Moon”)

The song is about the human race not taking responsibility for global warning and other “real life” man-made atrocities… while getting all wrapped up in make-believe and conspiracies.

Written and recorded West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Dawning Of The Day
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAttention Siren

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LYRICS
If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population

“General Population reporting for duty, Sir.
From my naivety you may infer!”

If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population

Not on my leg using your urine
Not through some giant money siphon
More like firin’ up the horizon
The enlighten siren

Sirens of silence
Falling on deaf ears
Sirens of silence
Playing out our fears

If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population

Not the ice that’s crashing into the sea
Not the smog foggin’ up what I see
Not ozone in the wind a blowin’
Not ebola in the gut growin’
You’d think these would all make a fine sign
Nooooo… we pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
We’re taking the free trial of denial for certain

Sirens of silence
Falling on deaf ears
Sirens of silence
Playing out our fears

Attention Siren.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — F F#m
Cm F

98 Beats Per Minute / Trance 2

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards and Synths

From the album Outbreak
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Mirage Of Camouflage

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Song Writing and Recording Along the Brandywine
Song Writing and Recording Along the Brandywine

LYRICS
While under the attack of a hawk
I heard a bluejay say, “Squawk!”
As I looked around…
I found… something fishy… wishy-washy

The mirage of camouflage

All the while your style
Appearing perched on the edge of the ledge
Like you might jump at any moment
But, wait a minute!
You mean…
All the while before a blue-screen
I mean
All the while before a green-screen?

The mirage of camouflage

Gonna call your bluff
On crying “wolf”
Gonna chill your marrow
When you discover you’re really in peril
You’ve become sterile
So much for tomorrow

The Mirage Of Camouflage Music Video.mp4

The Mirage Of Camouflage.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em
G Am Em

Written and recorded live along the Brandywine Creek between Lenape and Chadds Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was inspired by the wildlife and the imminent danger that humans present (in particular due to global warming.) There was a sucker fish lying on the bottom with camouflage that made it look like shadows.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Eat It!
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHarvest Fest

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LYRICS
Looks like the rule of the sun is done
After all, it’s turning into fall
There’ll be more darkness than light
Looks like the day is ruled by the night

It won’t be long now ’till the Harvest Fest
On the raised praise may we digest

Dear you hear them warn of a winter storm
Said to feature a severe Nor’easter
I’d hat for us to miss this Christmas
Not to get remiss until Easter
The presence of your presence the present
It’s all that need be sent

Did you hear them warn of a global warn
Growing faster — extreme weather disaster

It won’t be long now. All to the Harvest Festival
On the raised praise. Celestial.

Harvest Fest Music Video.mp4

Harvest Fest.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 1
C Am
Am Em
Am+Bb

Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Features vegetables ready to be harvested including tomatoes, beans and summer squash.  As the seasons change, you have to wonder what will happen to Fall and Winter as the impact of global warming is felt.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Eat It!
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhose Planet

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Recording on the Streets of West Chester, PA
Recording on the Streets of West Chester, PA

LYRICS
Look what you’ve done to me
Walking all over my back
Look what you’ve done to me
Spit in my face and a whack

I’ve been here a long, long time
Before any “me, mine or I’m”
Likely I will reside
After your self-genocide

The rise of the human demise
‘less you realize this ain’t no surprise

Look what you’ve done to me
Create pollution as you please
Look what you’ve done to me
Spread disease as you please

Mother Earth will prevail
Even if you insist to fail

Whose Planet Live Music Video.mp4

Whose Planet.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E D A E
E D A G E
E D

A song written from Earth’s point-of-view. After all, how would you like people walking all over you? Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Moonster… from the Darkside, Thereof
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDread Not Us Dreadnoughtus

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Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus

LYRICS
What beats the largest beasts not eating us
Dreadnoughtus
Dread not us

Perhaps we might be a salt lick
But no need to think quick
’cause to hi ribs we won’t ever, never stick

No need for fear
Rendezvous with herbivores
’cause we won’t be their hors d’oeuvre

No need to be nervous they’ll find us delicious
(oh what a delectable ‘lil morsel)
I can’t even think why you’d be extinct
Ya’ll re-arranging climate change?

Dread Not Us Dreadnautus.mp3

Dread Not Us Dreadnautus Alternative.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E D B
E A B

Inspired by the discovery of largest dinosaur. Dreadnoughtus means “fearing nothing” in Old English.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Songwriting Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhen The Well Runs Dry

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Songwriting At Lake Wynonah
Songwriting At Lake Wynonah

LYRICS
When the well runs dry
No matter your try
What are you suppose to do?

When it’s hell on land
We’ll understand
The creeks run dry, too

Though the sea level rise
Will rise the tide
It’s not potable for you

‘less you’ve the notion
For desalinization
And pollution that turns you blue
With diseases… more than a few

When The Well Runs Dry Music Video.mp4

When The Well Runs Dry.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — D A
A D

Written and recorded live on the banks of Lake Wynonah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Timed
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRhumba Numba

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Rhumba Numba.mp3

LYRICS
Meandering Jet Stream
Like some sort-of rhumba line dream
Fruit salad on the brain
Civilization drain
Watch us strain
Human induced climate change

Woo woo… last call for the last train
All aboard ‘less you’re the new strange

ABOUT THIS SONG
A song about extreme weather events and the meandering jet stream.

Chords — Dm
Dm G Dm C Dm
F Em Dm C Dm

127 Beats Per Minute / Rhumba

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Theremin

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Worldly Influence
By Daniel Brouse