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The Impact

Posted on September 20, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
It seems…
The larger that you are
The harder that you fall
Like falling from far
Thinking you’re so tall

The longer that you mar
Thee deeper the you scar
Like falling from a star
It’s not the fall all-in-all
In fact, it’s the impact

And, dreams…
The more that you desire
To set the world on fire
The more harm you inflict
Careful what wish you pick
In fact, that’s the trick

The Impact Live Music Video.mp4

The Impact.mp3

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

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

Like Never Before

Posted on September 19, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
… like never before

Pray like you mean it
Like never before
Pray like you mean it
Your faith will cure
(Have faith in you faith for sure)

From the lips of an angel
In the balance you dangle
Free to free your freewill
Why hesitate… wait ’till still

Believe you can relieve it
Love like never before
Believe you can receive it
Love like never before

Chorus

Like Never Before Music Video.mp4

Like Never Before Alternative.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em+c Bm Em+f#
Am-c, +c Em, +c

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

What The Heck?

Posted on September 19, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
What are you doing
Constantly putting
How can you eat your meet [sic]
If you’re messing with the pudding?

The time to act is upon us
Feel the vibe? It’s ominous
Track back re-act phenomenon
Retracing like a pendulum

What are you doing
Forgetting giving
How can you keep the beat
If you’re out of step with living

Chorus

What are we doing
Open eyes but not seeing (Open eyes but still sleeping)
Let’s feed the treat of greet
And meet in the age of loving

Chorus

What The Heck.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C Am E
Am E

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

The Game

Posted on September 18, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

Songwriting and Recording at Everhart Park

LYRICS
On the checkered board, whose the manner’s lord
Are you his overseer? (or the panacea?)
Are you knight of the day? Believe in fair-play?
Sacrifice your queen (or come clean?)

The jester’s born into a crown of thorn
The subject’s scorn in a world that’s war-torn

What did we miss? Into the great abyss
When did we stray… so far, far, far away

As the pawn plods along oblivious his backup’s gone
Their bishop’s diagonal slide and you’ve no place to hide
Your castle is took… been rooked by the rook
A king without a throne in a kingdom all alone

The Game Music Video.mp4

The Game.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C F/C
E
F E B E
C E B E

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

Instigator

Posted on September 17, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

Songwriting in the Park, West Chester, Pennsylvania

LYRICS
Instigate investigate

Start the quest
Quench the thirst
On the search
Of knowledge
I pledge… allegiance to intelligence

Instigator investigator

Instigator Music Video.mp4

Instigator.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Open D tuning
Slide up an octave and down 2 frets
Em

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

God Bless America

Posted on September 17, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

Songwriting and Recording in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
With one eye on the rearview mirror
The other one fixed on you
I hate to be the barer
Of this alter-point-ov-view

Look back! Seize the fact — we bred terror
The little ones nixed by you
Debate whether in error?
No. That just won’t do

God bless America
Unlike ever before
Not like some circa
Biblical era whore

Go on and ask
Take ’em to task
Behind the mask
Reveal what’s real
Go ahead and ask
Take us to task
Do we all steal?
Reveal our deal

God Bless America Music Video.mp4

God Bless America.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — F/C C Em G D
D E Am
Am Em

Written and recorded live at Everhart Park in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

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

Congealic Circumstance

Posted on September 16, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

INSTRUMENTAL

Congealic Circumstance.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E E-e
E-e slide up 2 frets
Bm

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

Daniel — Guitar

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

Senseless

Posted on September 16, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

Creating Music at Everhart Park in Chester County, PA

LYRICS
My eyes are blind… saw too much unkind
My ears are deaf… heard too much death
My lips can’t kiss… that taste is amiss
All that I smell… stinks of hell
(It stinks to high heaven again and again)

Becoming numb to the dumb

Mull how human’s calamity
Did dull my sensitivity
Don’t want to feel
What is real?
Wait! I want to feel what is real
Reach out and touch me
Your soul is lovely

Simply lovely

Senseless Music Video.mp4

Senseless.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am C Em AM
Em E Am
E Am
Am C Am C

Written and recorded live at Everhart Park in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. In hindsight, I realized it was influenced by Peter Gabriel and Genesis’ song The Musical Box from the Nursery Cryme album.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

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

Life Made Of Dream

Posted on September 16, 2014September 25, 2014 by admin

Writing and Recording at Everhart Park, West Chester

LYRICS
Created a monster in her image
Doesn’t she realize…
Life’s a scrimmage?

Terrorize

From living a life made of dream
Turned into a mean nightmare scream
Realize… you terrorize

Spreading hatred and deceit
Your demise will a sweet treat
Realize… you terrorize

Pray your crucifixion
Brings on resurrection
May your spell in hell
Be brief
Baptized for relief
Baptize I’s

Life Made Of Dream Music Video.mp4

Life Made Of Dream.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 4
Am-c Am
Bm Em Am-c

Written and recorded live at Everhart Park in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

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

Street Jig

Posted on September 15, 2014 by admin

Writing and Recording on the Streets of West Chester

INSTRUMENTAL

Street Jig Music Video.mp4

Street Jig Part 2.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E pluck with pinky G, D, Bb
Slide E chord up 2 frets

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

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

Beholder

Posted on September 15, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
When the going gets tough
Do you get going
Or do you hang tough

Is your glass half empty
Or do you see
Nearly overflowing

Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting warmer instead of colder
Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting younger instead of older

When you’ve had enough
Is your wind blowing
Do you call their bluff

Is you will still carefree
Freewill blasphemy
Or enlightenment from knowing

Chorus

Beholder Music Video.mp4

Beholder.mp3

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

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

Rock Is Alive!

Posted on September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Tired of all this talk
About the death of rock

The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
(Just because we can’t see it there
No matter how you stare
You won’t see it there)

All the talk, talk, talk — “We can’t beat the clock”
At the rumors balk
About the death of rock

The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
Even though we can’t see it there
The life is in the air
Take a deep breath in
Let the livin’ begin
Take a deep breath out
Shout out what it’s all about
Catch it on your tongue like a snowflake
Send it up your spine with a shiver and quake
Can you taste it?
Take in a bit
I can smell it
Sniff… take a whiff

The life is in the air
Even if you can’t you see it there

Rock Is Alive.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G E
A C E

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

Heart Throb

Posted on September 14, 2014 by admin

Song Writing and Recording in Ocean City, NJ

LYRICS
Can you feel the heart pounding
Can you sense the blood flow
Hear the guitar sounding
As you get to know know

A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right

Can you feel the pulse;s throb
Twist the mental’s doorknob
Grasp the gravity of our longevity
Distinguish between infinity and immortality

A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right

As we sit and stare into the thin air
Have we a care there’s so much more out there
If we were to look out for the lookout
Maybe we’d grasp what it’s all about

A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right

Heart Throb Music Video.mp4

Heart Throb.mp3

Chords — Capo 2
C-c Em Em-e open (on bass strings)
Em

Written and recorded live in Ocean City, New Jersey. Inspired by a comment by Rick Reinhart about feeling “the pulse.”

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

Get The Go

Posted on September 13, 2014September 13, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
When you find your legs ache
Because you want to shake
For the music to take
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go

When your told “break a leg”
It’s for luck they beg
Go ahead and play
Play today away
No piper to pay
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go

Get The Go Music Video.mp4

Get The Go.mp3

Chords — Capo 2
C Am
D Am
Em Am

Written and recorded live in Atlantic City, New Jersey with additional footage from the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. Inspired by the people dancing to the music while I wrote the song on boardwalk.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse