Liberty Bell – ExperiMental Music

Watching The Past Go Past

Posted on July 16, 2017July 17, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Watching the past go past
And, it’s sure going fast

How sure is your footing on the precipice of the future
How sure? For sure?
Watching the past go past
And, it’s sure going fast

Presently I consider the present a present
The recent present won’t persist
No, it won’t last
Men, grasp it while you can!
Before it passes to past
Watching the past go past
And, it’s sure going fast

Did you notice the crowd
It’s loud!
A mad dash to the finish line
3, 2, 1… then, you’re out of time
3, 2, 1…
Then, you’re done

Watching the past go past
And, it’s sure going fast

Watching The Past Go Past Music Video 1.mp4

Watching The Past Go Past – Part 1.mp3

Watching The Past Go Past Music Video 2.mp4

Watching The Past Go Past – Part 2.mp3

Watching The Past Go Past AltMix Video.mp4

Watching The Past Go Past AltMix.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E E7 Em7 / G A E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Written and recorded at the First Amendment Monument and the Liberty Bell in Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

AbNORML

Posted on September 7, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Are those fighting words
Prepare to draw swords
At the Liberty Bell
Truth will tell

Hut, 2, 3, 4 let’s march
Hut, 2, 3, 4 lit torch
From the Liberty Bell
Time will tell

Gathering together
A collective soul
Die or live free forever
For whom does the bell toll?

AbNORML Music Video.mp4

AbNORML Live Camera Mic.mp4

AbNORML.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em+f,c,g#
Bm

Inspired by the Philly NORML rally, march and protest. Written and recorded live at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Songwriting Notes
by Daniel Brouse

First Amendment Monument

Posted on May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
I don’t think I can hear your freedom of speech speech
When you start to wine, wail n’ preach
I don’t think I can hear your freedom of speech speech

Chorus
If you’re going to talk the talk
Better make sure you can walk the walk
To get what we teach to reach
(2) To get what we seek in deep
What we seek to sink in deep

Start to think I can see the kingdom come come
When we start to find, sail n’ then some
Start to think I can see the kingdom come come

Chorus

First Amendment Monument Music Video.mp4

First Amendment Monument.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was written on the 1st Amendment Monument, Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA.

Chords — E
E A
E G D C E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Zept
By Daniel Brouse

Song For Emily

Posted on April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 by admin

Song For Emily Music Video.mp4

Song For Emily.mp3

LYRICS
We’re building a prison
You’re already in
We’re building a prison
Too late to begin

It’s time to shout,
Breakout!
‘take my freedom,
Takeout

What’s our independence all about?

They’re building a prison
I’m already in
They’re building a prison
Too late to begin

Watch the fall… Independence Hall
Watching the fall of us all
Watch the travesty of liberty
Sights our eyes should never see

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D G
E

This song is about Emily Yates — a lady that got assaulted and arrested by Park Rangers at Independence Mall / the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About Emily Yates’ Arrest

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Free Radical
By Daniel Brouse

Franklin’s Tower

Posted on January 26, 2014January 26, 2014 by admin

Franklin’s Tower / Multiple MP3 Versions

Coversong originally made famous by The Grateful Dead
Written by Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

A               G   D             G
In another times forgotten space
A               G          D               G
Your eyes looked from your mother's face
A              G       D                G
Wildflower seed on the sand and stone
A                  G        D            G
May the four winds blow you safely home

A        G    D       G
Roll Away the Dew

I'll tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire if you lose your way

Roll Away the Dew

God save the child that rings that bell
May have one good ring baby, you can't tell
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused, listen to the music play

Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind

Roll Away the Dew

In Franklin's tower the four winds sleep
Like four lean hounds, the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed on the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again

Roll Away the Dew

ABOUT THIS SONG
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album If A Tree
Performed by Daniel Brouse

Resisting Arrest

Posted on September 1, 2013September 4, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
How can you attest
That’s resisting arrest?
All she was doing
Was a peaceful protest

Then, you come down on her
Like a Gestapo mob
Take away freedom
And, her liberty rob

That’s what I cal
Shitty authority
You know it when
It stinks to high heaven
You take from all
Sucking royally
As if the creator dictator

At any rate
Create
Dictate
Gangster mobster police state

Resisting Arrest.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C CM7
E Em
C E

Inspired by a peaceful protester getting arrested at the Liberty Bell.

Made in America (Liberty Bell, Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Life After Life
By Daniel Brouse

Like Father, Like Son

Posted on July 27, 2013February 20, 2015 by admin

Songwriting at the Liberty Bell, Philly, PA

Like Father Like Son.mp4

Like Father Like Son – Live In Penn’s Woods.mp3

How to Play Guitar to the Song Like Father Like Son.mp4

LYRICS
All the days under the sun
Like father, like son
All the ways our mission won
Like father, like son

A chip off the ‘ole block
Contribution to the genetic clock
A chip off the ‘ole block
Reign’s end drawing near… tick-tock

Chorus

Standing up for freedom
Bringing sum enlightenment to some
Fighting for the good fight
Giving proof through the night
Are you aware? Our flag’s still there

Chorus

Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle
Little Boy Blue and the Man In The Moon
Boy to man then to dust too soon
When you coming home Dad (Son)? “I don’t know when…
You know we’ll get together then.”

Like Father, Like Son.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A slide to 4th fret, slide to 5th fret
A D A E A

Influenced by The Star Spangled Banner and The Cats In The Cradle

Made in the USA (The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia; Blue Bell and Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County; West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Edger Allan In The Poe

Posted on July 1, 2013July 1, 2013 by admin

Songwriting at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA

Edger Allan In The Poe.mp3

LYRICS
chorus
There’s a movement of the people
You can not deny
Oh, my, my

And, it seems it’s starting to show
Tearing at the seams
As the people get into the know
You know what I mean?

Chorus

You dare not cross the line
Or, they’ll try to crack your spine
If you dare to raise a presence
The weight will crush ’till silence

Civil Unrest in the City of Brotherly Love

Chorus

Chorus reprise
There’s a movement toward a steeple
When the temple is the people
Try, try, try

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was/is inspired by N.A. Poe of Philadelphia’s TV show the Panic Hour. Though Poe was not allowed on Federal Ground, his presence was the essence.

High Definition Pictures of the Protest in Philly

The American Spirit

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin

LYRICS
If nothing really matters
Why even bother?
But, matter, it does
Better do your matter
Before you’re latter

No, no, no, don’t ever give up
Yeah, yeah, yeah, have faith in hope
La, la, la we can change the slope

We can glide
We can slide
We can glide
It’s all downhill
we can ride
The rising tide
We can slide
’till our asses spark
What a thrill

MULTIMEDIA

Guitar to the Song American Spirit .mp4

Lyrics to the Song American Spirit .mp4

How to Play Guitar to the Song American Spirit .mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
C
G
C add F
Em / C / C add F

Written and recorded at Independence Mall, 5th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA on June 2, 2012.

by Daniel Brouse

Rock-You-Pie (Rockupy)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

LYRICS
The knot to tie
The not to try
why not…
Rock You Pie?

For a real dream
Add ice cream
Rock-you-pie a la mode

Rockupy!

Flush the crap
Down the commode
Hand clapper for the crapper
As in, “Do you get it…
Flush that shit!”

Rockupy!

Rockupy (.mp3 Free Music Download)

ABOUT THE SONG
E / A / G
G / A / E

daniel – voice and acoustic guitar

Written and recorded in the Occupy Philadelphia camp on Easter Sunday 2012.

High Definition Pictures

The First Amendment Monument

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

Writing the First Amendment Song While Sitting on the 1st Amendment

LYRICS
It’s the 1st Amendment
Whether you like it or not
The 1st Amendment
Ya can’t piss in “It” without the pot
[We ain’t even got a pot to piss in. Sing it again!]

Do ya get “it”? This is our permit

As I sit on the rock of the constitution
Watching the evolution of a revolution
Solution? (x5)

Tick-tock on the rock
Of freedom
Universal communication vibration
The #1 celebration

You are free to sing
You are free to dance
Whatever is your thing
To help further existence
The First Amendment
Whether you like it or not
And, I can’t take it back.
No. I won’t take it back!

About the Song *First Amendment Monument* (.mp4 Video)

About the Song *First Amendment Monument* (.mp3)

*First Amendment Monument* (.mp3 Free Music Download)

ABOUT THE SONG
Em / A
C / F

daniel – voice and 12-string Washburn acoustic guitar

A song written and recorded while sitting on the statue for the 1st Amendment at Independence Mall, Philadelphia during an Occupy Philadelphia event on Easter Sunday 2012. The protesters did not get a permit to protest. Instead, they put a sign on the monument saying “This is our permit”.

High Definition Pictures

by Daniel Brouse