bookmark_borderThe World In Flux

LYRICS
In case you are mixed up
The world is a flux
It keeps on changing
If times are the same
Why the different name
All the rearranging

Et tu, Brutus?
In the back of all of us
Shaking my head in disgust
… kicking up dust

What will it take
Not to make the same mistake
Is flux a fake
An in the grass snake?

Wading in the sands of time
Will I find…
I’m sinking quick (sand quicksand quick sand)
Can anytime be mine
Will I find
I’m a fleeting man, and….

The World In Flux.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Heraclitus (535 – 475 BC)
Heraclitus was famous for his insistence on ever-present change as being the fundamental essence of the universe, as stated in the famous saying, “No man ever steps in the same river twice”

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Asus A7 / G7 A7
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderSlows

Slows.mp3

LYRICS
Chinese water torture
Drip, drip, drip
Wait for the future
Tick, tick, tick
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

Patients’ patience endure
How much more
Wait for the future
Tick, tock, tick
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

No debate… running late
Flip-flop, flip-flop
Slowing time’s rate
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

Hurry up and wait
Stop, stop, stop, stop
The moments hesitate
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E / C A E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderOn The Lighter Side

LYRICS
Heavy on the light side
Light on the bright side
Making the gray go away
Growing more and more leery
Of reigning on the dreary
May sunlight’s ray
Come your way
Sunshine does fine
To lighten your day

Growing more and more tired
Of bureaucrats mired
May politicians you slay
Clear the way
Logic is quick
To save the day

Growing more and more certain
Our love will grow again
May sunlight’s ray
Come your way
Sunshine does fine
To lighten your day

On The Lighter Side.mp3

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

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderI Have To Go

I Have To Go.mp3

LYRICS
Just thought you should know
I gotta go
The pace of this show is too slow
Oh no no no no
I gotta go

Have I made you aware
I’m outta there
The pace of this show is slo-mo
Oh no no no no
I gotta go

Am I being clear
Don’t wanna be here
The plotless show goes on and on
Ain’t the pawn
I am gone

Yes the happy me
I get to flee
We brought the curtain down
Bye-bye frown
I’m outta town

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about finally getting out of the doctor’s waiting room.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E’s AM7 Bm / D A E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderGenerosity

LYRICS
What about us
Are we generous
Have we felt
Opportunities to help
The hand dealt
Understand
A hand to hold
Behold

Generosity
A sign of humanity
Curiosity
Of insanity
Can you have wealth
And mental health?
The richer you are
Makes compassion far
Come in close
For love’s dose
Generosity
Some fine ‘ole humanity
Humane hospitality

Generosity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written in the Abramson Cancer Center waiting room while looking at a poster about giving.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am C / E A / Am C / A Asus4 Am
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Damn Damage

LYRICS
The damn damage
At any age
A clean page
From damn damage
Older, wiser
The sage
Life’s miser
Engage
Helping the blind to see
To be all you can be
Helping the lame to walk
The same for the mute to talk
To be all we can be
Damn damage free
Trying to cure what ails you
Trying to aid what fails you
Trying to do what we can do
Damage to zero
Trying the postponement of dying
A moment meant for living
Long as I”m living…
Going to keep on trying

The Damn Damage.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Capo 2 Em Bm / E A E A B7 / F G C
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderWaiting Room

LYRICS
But, but, but… but…
I don’t need to wait for room
If, and, and but
There’s plenty of room waiting
Not waiting for gloom and doom
There’s no room for debating
Navigating anticipating
In the waiting room
Time to move along
Compose a song
Write what is right
In the wellness fight
Don’t let the Reaper loom
There’s no room for negotiation
In the waiting room
Not ready for a tomb
Plenty of life left in sight
Gaining spiritual insight
In the waiting room

Waiting Room.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A G A7 / C A / C A G / Ab A Bb
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

bookmark_borderGoing Nuclear

Going Nuclear.mp3

LYRICS
“What are you waiting for?”
1,2,3,4…
For four minutes or more
“What I’ve been waiting for”
Let me make it clear
… going nuclear
(I’d rather not be here)
Radiate the foe
A cancer growth must go
When you’ve cut out his heart
Yet, he will not depart
I fear…
You’ve got to go nuclear
“What are you waiting for?”
22,23,24…
For 24 minutes or more
“What I’ve been waiting for”
Anticipate the end of the wait
Evacuate
Clear of nuclear
“What are you waiting for?”
Before more hours
The moment’s ours
“What I’ve been waiting for”
Clear of nuclear
“What I’ve been waiting for”

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E’s / E A / G A E
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Songs written in the doctors’ waiting rooms. This one was written in the Chester County Hospital’s Radiology waiting room for a patient undergoing cancer treatment
From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFound Foundation

LYRICS
We’ve found foundation
A movement based on solid rock
Taking stock in a phonic nation
We’ve found “ation”
Motivation. Stimulation. Activation.
Found foundation
Tap your footers
See your saws jig
Blocks of solid rock
We’ve found foundation
The notion of a movement
A motion for a foundation
Gyration. Vibration. Sensation
We’ve found “ation”
Found foudnation
Vocalization. Instrumentation. Realization.
Visualization. Penetration. Actualization.
Salvation. Our soul-ation.

Found Foundation.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E Esus4 / Am C E / E Am/E / Em CM7
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Songs written in the doctors’ waiting rooms — this one was inspired by a “foundation” poster on the wall.
From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMean’s Extreme

mean: unkind, spiteful, or unfair
mean: an average; a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite (usually unsatisfactory) extremes
mean: intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify

A song about humanity and extreme weather events.

LYRICS
Hurricane
Weather’s vain
Insane hurricane
Whether vane
Spinnin’ round
As the weather’s falling down
Reigning down
Reigning rain
Too soon typhoon
Hurricane… weather’s fain
Monsoon too soon
Reigning down
Whether blown
Seems the seams
Mean’s extremes

Mean’s Extreme (Instrumental).mp3

Mean’s Extreme.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C F / F7 Cm
Rhythm: 88 BPM 8 Beat Soft
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWe Can Do This!

We Can Do This! .mp3

LYRICS
Afraid if you do
Afraid if you don’t
Afraid made it so you won’t
At the very least, you don’t
I see in your eyes
You’re paralyzed
“Maybe it’s just as well”
’cause what if you fell?
After all, if you fall
Well… get back up and keep your eye on the ball
Just get backup after all
I can’t do this
I can’t do that
No! “Can’t” is not where it’s at
I see in your eyes
You’re paralyzed
Believe me I can tell
It’s not just as well
We’ve entered the age
Of must muster the courage

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

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBeating Like A Drum

Beating Like A Drum.mp3

LYRICS
I feel something growing
From within your heart
I hear something growing
The pulse you impart
Like a royal symphony
You’re part is the timpani
The spine of our time
The backbone in the zone
You are the start
… the finale
You are the heart
The tempo… you know…
That moves me
You hold us together
Separating us from never
The ever that would never happen
If you didn’t begin showing
What I felt growing
Within
You heart
The pulse you start

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em F#m Bm
Rhythm: 72 BPM Country Ballad with Symphony Drum Kit plus Shufflin’ Rock/Pop MiniNova and Breathing on a Loop Pedal
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCome Out

LYRICS
Haven’t we met before
Weren’t you coming out the door
I recognize your face
Coming out of that place
Did you know you had to come out
To get in
That’s what begin
Is about

Like a bug meeting windshield
Your insides revealed
What are you made of….
Any of it love
Did you know you had to come out
To get in
That’s what begin
Is about

Like a bug meeting windscreen
When your insides are seen
Your innards… what you ate
Full of hate?
Are you full of hate
Appreciate the love

Have we met before
Will your memory endure
What are you made of….
Any of it love
Did you know you had to come out
To get in
That’s what begin
Is about

Come Out.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song inspired by an article from Science Magazine and the songs Fly On The Windshield and Carpet Crawlers by Genesis.

From the Science article Where have all the insects gone?
12 May 2017
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6338/576.full

Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. “If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used to smash on your windscreen,” says Wolfgang Wägele, director of the Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany. Today, drivers spend less time scraping and scrubbing. “I’m a very data-driven person,” says Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Portland, Oregon. “But it is a visceral reaction when you realize you don’t see that mess anymore.”

Neonicotinoid pesticides, already implicated in the widespread crash of bee populations, are a prime suspect.

Paying attention to what E. O. Wilson calls “the little things that run the world” is worthwhile, Sorg says. “We won’t exterminate all insects. That’s nonsense. Vertebrates would die out first. But we can cause massive damage to biodiversity—damage that harms us.”

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Bm C Em Esus
Rhythm: 120 BPM 6/8 Rock
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Electric Guitar Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFly High

LYRICS
Though the chances seem slim
Climb out on a limb
You’ve got to try
Before you fly
The songbird sings
Flapping of the wings
You’ve got to try
Before you fly
Will you ever know
If you don’t give ‘er a go
Be a liver that’s a giver
Then you’ll know
A liver of life
A giver of love
Believer in dreams
Creator of scenes
An angel sings
You’ve got your wings
You’ve got to try
Before you fly

Fly High.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F Am / C C7 / C E Am
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Synth-strings

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHow Is Your Moment?

LYRICS
Long ago
You had to dial your phone
… twist a parking meter
Learn to push the coin return
Earn to learn
Learn to earn
Know forego
Stagnation
Into the future roam
Fortune on the pinnacle
Watch it teeter
Watch it totter
Teeter totter
Don’t let nostalgia
Get to ya
The good ole times
Of five and dimes
Weren’t so fine
All the time
Long ago
You had to listen to the radio
To know what you didn’t know
Know forego
Imagination
Forage the future
Innovate
Create so much more

How Is Your Moment.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords:
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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