Tag: Cracked Open

bookmark_borderEarth, Wind, Fire

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LYRICS
Desire
Reign higher
Earth, wind, fire
Ultimately
All burns down
… just look around
Ashes to ashes

Desire
Transpire
Lifting consciousness higher
Setting hearts on fire
Ultimately
All turns up
Just stardust
… we’re just stardust
All tuned up
… foot in the stirrup
Ride, Captain, rid
Reign higher
Desire

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Rock / Progressive
Chords: E Em7 / B A G E; 140 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Ballad of Sir Vent

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LYRICS
One on the day you’re born
How long
Does it take to learn
To cherish every moment
’til you’re rendered silent
Light from the candle’s either ends
Shines bright on the message it sends

A life unfurled
In a wind whirled
How long does it take to understand
From a fetus curled
’til my dust becomes land

After fulfilling your purpose
Do you feel worthless
What with my time shall I do
Oh, God, I’m asking you
Can you make this servant
Permanent

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Em C / Am C Em; 100 BPM Piano Ballad
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Recorded on Mother’s Day May 13, 2018

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFaith Based

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LYRICS
No matter what you do
The faith I have in you
Is based on what you do
If it’s all a lie
That’s what I’ll take when I die
If it’s all for real
Then, life’s a real good deal

Are there pro’s and con’s to con
Or are all the pro’s long gone
Are there pro’s and con’s to con
Will your legacy live on and on
Are there pro’s and con’s to con
Or will our faith move on

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Dm F G Dm / C Dm; 93 / 110 / 133 BPM Jazz Ballad
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderQueen Be

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LYRICS
In a sweet deal
The Queen Be
Gets the honey
But is it real
Could it be
The money’s funny?

Could it be those she’s among?

Might end up getting stung
An ironic sort-of thing
Be-ing the victim
Of a sting
Can you picture being framed
As you wallow in the gallow
What are you going to do
When the executioner is you?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Am Dm / Dm F Am; 138 BPM 16 Beat Ballad #3
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCountry Waltz

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LYRICS
Hey! Wait for me!
I’m just trying to see
What’s ahead… more clearly
Should you have an urge
To build a bridge
Or perhaps swerve
Around a curve

Say, “Wait for me!”
If you’re trying to see
Ahead more clearly
Should we have the urge
To converge
And figure how to yield
At the merge

Hey! Wait for we!
We’re just trying to be
What’s a head… more dearly
… more clearly

Country Waltz.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Waltz
Chords: E7sus4 E Em11 / C D E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPast Tense

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LYRICS
Should I be surprised
Or previously realized
Well rounded
In dumbfounded

Should I be surprised
Or previously realized
Making me tense
In the past tense

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Dm F C; 132 BPM Slow Band
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFlow Of The Go

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LYRICS
Judging by the flow of the go
Must know something
I don’t know
Just in time
To get in line
Participate
In hurry up and wait

Will you take the cue
To add hast to what you do
Hurry up… hurry up and queue
It would be simply lovely of you

Fat cat caught in the rat race
Got caught with egg on his face
Revolutionary turning sedimentary
Energy burned by hypocrisy

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: A A7 Am7 / E C A; 220 BPM Dixieland
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCountry Summertime Blues

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LYRICS
A good thing (x3)
’bout the country summertime blues
Eyes may be blue
And blue skies, too
But it’s never blue inside of you
Listening to the birds sing
While wedding bells ring
Loving all life has to bring

A good thing (x3)
’bout the country summertime blues
Cool pool’s blue hue
Under skies of blue
But it’s never blue inside of you
Watching birds on wing
A the bees join in
Loving all life has to bring

Country Summertime Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: acoustic rock instrumentation, country influences, blues influences, folk influences, mild rhythmic syncopation
Chords: G G6 CM9 / Em C
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDown To The Core

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LYRICS
Getting down to the core
Is there any more
At the depth of root
Mute
Point
Tip of the iceberg
Is there so much more?
Large
At the point
Down to the core
Charge
To the point
Down at the core
Explore for more
Explorin’ in
Explorin’ in for more
At the core

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: F#9 G#7sus4; 98 BPM Trip-Hop
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn The Image Of

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LYRICS
Well, well, well
What have we hear?
Something sounds
A little queer
If the / y(our) contra-beat
Is contradictory
To the / y(our) story
I’m sorry
Turning glory
Into defeat
Rise up! Raise! Praise!
Real-eyes! Praise the / y(our) glory
Made in the image of…
Made in the image of…
Love

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: G9 Em Em7(11) Esus4; 100 BPM Digi-rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOver The Mountain

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LYRICS
Don’t know if you can see
Don’t know if you can see me
I am
Over the mountain

Don’t mean to cause a show
But it’s time for me to go
Over the mountain
I am
Over the mountain

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Am Am7(11) / G F Am; 160 BPM Rock and Roll #2 and 78 – 122 Organ Ballad
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOff Track

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LYRICS
Back in the day
You could get your jolly
(Riding) on the trolley
Now they say
It doesn’t go this way
Tracks in disarray
Leaving the traveler in dismay
Ohhh… man’s folly
Off the tracks?
Better check your facts
None-the less… trackless
Never-the-less… trackless

Back in the day
You could gain some sane
(Riding) on the train
Now they say
It doesn’t go this way
Tracks in disarray
Leaving the traveler in dismay
Ohhh… man’s insane
Off the tracks?
Better check your facts
None-the less… trackless
Never-the-less… trackless

Ohhh… man’s folly
Did away with the trolley
Ohhh… man’s insane
Ain’t no riding the train

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk / Reggae
Chords: E Eb5 A E / G A E; 120 BPM 6/8 Rock and 110 Reggae
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in West Chester, PA.

From the album Cracked Open by Daniel Brouse
and The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderGoing The Distance

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LYRICS
If it’s too far to go
Well, I just don’t know
’cause if you stay here
I won’t be near
I’ve got to go the extra mile
Whistling all the while
Then, it’s never too far
From being where you are

No matter the distance
Try to keep that smile
Won’t be sitting on the fence
Or shadow of the sundial
If it’s getting hard to hear
What I have to say
’cause you’re getting farther from here…
… as here is on our way

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: D6 D G G6 A7; 140 BPM Country Waltz
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse