Tag: Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat To Do?

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LYRICS
What am I suppose to do
When there’s nothing I can do
What am I suppose to do
I’m asking you

Gotta get back on my feet
By keeping upbeat
Defeat defeat
When my heart’s complete

Maybe if I help the world
Before I get too old
The idea ain’t that bold
Oldest story ever told

No reason. There is no “why?”
We’re all going to die
Will you transcend the sky
Because you decide to try

I’m asking you…
I’m begging you

What To Do? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written and recorded while my mother is in hospice dying of cancer and complications.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C B7 E / E F# A B7
Recording: digital 7-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Fortitude

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LYRICS
The fortitude in you
The attitude of fortitude
Have you?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

Have you got it?
Come on and get it
Go get it
Have you got it in you?
Come on, do you?
Do you, too?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

In a compassion fashion
Not rude and not lewd
With the love of a peace dove
Fortitude
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

The Fortitude.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the will to live. Written about my mom while she is in hospice.

Style: Alternative Country Blues
Chords: E7 hammer on E / E A G / B7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHelpless

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LYRICS
Feeling helpless
Oh so helpless
Alas, one more “unless”?
Hopelessly helpless
Helplessly hopeless
I must confess
I wish there was something I could do
I wish there was something I could do… for you
Feeling blue
Turns to black
There’s no turning back

There’s no place to hide
We’re along for the ride
See you on the other side

I don’t understand
I want to hold her hand
I want to save the life
… of my wife

Helpless (Music Video).mp4

Helpless.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written with my father, James, at the bedside of his wife, Chris.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C C7 Am7 / Em C Am / C B7
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWait-less / Weightless

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LYRICS
Did you discover…
Your complaint of having to wait
Is over
Yes, wait less
Now you are wait-less
Your weightless
You’re weightless

Same ole fate
Meet-your-maker date
They say…
It could be any day

Angels are your wings
And other amazing things
Unfurled
Wonders beyond the world

I think you’re seeing heaven
Heaven, again
You know…
From whence one will come, one will go
Heaven, again

Wait-less (Music Video).mp4

Wait-less.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written during the solar eclipse with my mother. She was in hospice on Marshall Street in West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em harmonics / C D E / C E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderChris

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LYRICS
I’m so lonely without you at home
Yes it is
It’s Chris I miss

It’s so lonely at home without you
Can’t hardly cry myself to sleep
No matter how I weep
I don’t know what to do
When are you coming home
I feel so all alone
Where am I going now?
I’ve got to help her somehow
When is she coming home
When is she?
I’m so lonely
When is she?

Chris.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song my Dad help write about my Mother.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am / C G Am / C F# Am / Am C / C-e+a
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPop The Cork (On Love)

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LYRICS
Got a nice thick froth coming to a head
Bubbling over
Sense the effervescence essence getting put to bed
Bubbling over
An aroma that’ll raise you from a coma
Bubbling over
Not hard to tell when you love the smell
Bubbling over
With a love finer than champagne
You’re the champion
Shower our “our”

Ya did pop the lid… the quirk to pop the cork
Bubbling over
You know how to make the glass overflow
Bubbling over
Finer than the finest wine… fine, fine, fine
Bubbling over
A perfect blend to help hearts mend
Bubbling over
With a love finer than champagne
You’re the champion
Shower our “our”
Love bubbling over our
Happy hour

Pop The Cork.mp3

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E A A E Em7 / B7 A E
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSocietal Cancer

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LYRICS
Here the war weep
Hear the battle cry
The blood runs deep
And,we can’t answer why
Civilians playing uncivil war
Until there are civilians no more

All consuming
Consumption damage
All consuming
Consumption “Damn Age”
Hear the war weep
Here the battle cry
Yipiyi-a-a-a-a
Yipiyi-o-o-o-o
Woe oh oh oh oh….
I don’t know
I just don’t know

Societal Cancer.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about how hate groups are like giving yourself cancer.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am Em / Dm Am; 67 BPM German March
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGiving Heart Attacks

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LYRICS
Have you ever been warned
About the calm before the storm
Before all hell breaks loose
And you’re left swinging…
Under a noose
I’m getting into knowing
The winds of change are blowing
Giving heart attacks
To any heart that lacks

Give your heart an attack of love
Letting in light from above
Feel your heart start
Let the hate depart

Black is black
White is white
I’d say you’re out of the grey
Not so fine… crossing the line

Giving Heart Attacks.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song inspired by The President of the United States of America

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: Em C / Am C Em
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderOld Fiddlers’ Picnic

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LYRICS
Outback in the hills of Chester County
There’s a sight you’ve got to hear to see
Just bring a fiddle to solve the riddle
Do tell! A jig to keep you well
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
We’re starting ‘fore noon
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
Play ’til we’re under the moon

Groove in the grove in Chester County
It’s alright… the sound you’ll see
Strum a guitar, sing-a-long or hum
Yell! Swing to a melody so swell
Chorus

Far-out in the hills of Chester County
Picking tunes… a plentiful bounty
You know… tap a toe… let it go
Do tell! A jig to keep you well

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic (Music Video).mp4

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic Song.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: D A A D / G A D
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Written at the 89th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Picnic in Hibernia Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSilent Running

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LYRICS
In the silent running
Of the water flowing
All together knowing
Where we’re going

Going down to the river
Down to the sea
Going down to deliver
Down to “the see”

In the silent running
In the midst of floating
All together knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

In the silent running
All over the waterfall
Already knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

Silent Running (Music Video).mp4

Silent Running.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 B A E / A E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHumanity Insanity

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LYRICS
Tryin’ to find humanity in insanity
How to be kind became a rarity
Why debate if it’s too late
The more the haste, the less the waste
Regurgitate your hesitate
The less the wait, the less the late
Does “The End” depend on if you participate
Or opt-in default’s what I should anticipate?

Humanity Insanity Music Video.mp4

Humanity Insanity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C G E / A G A C
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGone, Gone, Gone

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LYRICS
Been too often
I’ve heard you scoff
Hearts will soften
Now I’m off
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

One too many
Times you’ve said
In a furry
“I wish you dead”
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

Maybe I am
Sensitive
To sarcasm
I’d rather live
I can see clear
To “out of here”
Like the wind, I”m blowin’
You know… I’m gone

Singing the song
Gone, gone, gone

Gone, Gone, Gone.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em7 Em Bm / C D Em
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCliff-hanger

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LYRICS
Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
As we give it to Mother… gonna band Her
The cliff is stiff… it will survive
Will there be a human to hang alive?
Stubborn human gas in their own oven
Amazed rats built a maze into their cage

Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
Like buffalo over… Man’s in dnager
The cliff is stiff… it will survive
Will there be a human to hang alive?
Stubborn human gas in their own oven
Amazed rats built a maze into their cage

Welcome to the final cliff-hanger
Times couldn’t get more stranger
The cliff is stiff… it will endure
As for humans… not so sure
Top of the food chain through the floor
Kill themselves ’til there are no more
… ’til their our – no more
… ’til the hour – no more

Cliff-hanger.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E Em9 Em E E7sus4 / E A G E / E G A G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Big Ta-do

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LYRICS
A big ta-do about nothing
Helicopters buzzing ’round
A big ta-do about nothing
Trying to figure what’s goin’ down
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
Lights flashing… sirens screaming
A big ta-do about nothing
Still figuring if there’s a deeper meaning
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
Firemen with axe in hand
A big ta-do about nothing
Hoping soon I”ll understand
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

A big ta-do about nothing
People standing as if in awe
A big ta-do about nothing
People standing with dropped jaw
Maybe we’ll see something extraordinary?

Big Ta-do.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E B6sus4 Ab A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

A song about the “fire” in West Chester.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderQuestions Run Deep

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LYRICS
How many waves have crashed upon the beach
Is the number within reach
Like the ocean, the questions run deep

How close are you sitting to the sun
Does it feel so close that it’s got you on the run
Take the leap into questions running deep

If you can talk the talk
You can walk i on the boardwalk
Let your guitar do the talking
Feet dancing… forget the walking

How many tides have been high
Take a guess… go ahead n’ try
Memories you keep of questions running deep

Then, maybe you might know
How many tides have been low
Like the ocean, the questions run deep

Questions Run Deep.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written on the beach in Atlantic City, NJ.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: G C D / C D G / G F# A G
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse