bookmark_borderVanity Fair

LYRICS
On display at a vanity fair
Not sure if you’re aware
On display at a vanity fair
Not sure you’re even there

Is your mirror on straight
Or, is that your crooked smile
Your pompousness just can’t wait
And, the crooked smile could use a file
The indifferent or punishing look
Shows a streak of mean style
Using every stinkin’ dirty trick in the book
Good luck, Baby… lookin’ forward to your trial

No need to strain for you to be vain

On display at a vanity fair
Not sure if you’re aware
On display at a vanity fair
Not sure you’re even there

Ambulance Intro.mp3

Vanity Fair.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
C / D / E
E / G / E / A / E / D / E
E / Am less C# / Em / E

Written and recorded on October 23, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was inspired by a combination of the Presidential debates, and how they are a mirror of civilization.

Daniel – Vocals, Guitar

From the album The New Old
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSuper, Natrual Hero

Writing the Song Super Natural Hero
Writing the Song Super Natural Hero

LYRICS
I’ve been using gravity to make do
Since before I was two
Oh, yeah… and, I’ve been using friction, too
To save me from the mountain dew
Soooooo
There’s quite a bit you can do
A super, natural hero

Roll with the role of the magnetic pole
An attraction to you
Or, maybe you want to try and repel
You can do it just as well
The solution once you are in motion
Just add a little of your friction
No fool… you’ve got fuel and oxygen
Now, we’re on fire once again
Soooooo
There’s quite a bit you can do
A super, natural hero

How to Play the Guitar to Super Natural Hero
How to Play the Guitar to Super Natural Hero

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 5
Intro
G / Em
F / Am less c#

Written and recorded on October 20 and 21, 2012. It was started on the roadtrip back from Virginia Tech while thinking about the power of physics.

Daniel – Vocals, Guitar

From the album The New Old
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCascades (The Fall of the Waterfall)

Songwriting In The Cascades, BIacksburg, Virginia
Songwriting In The Cascades, BIacksburg, Virginia

LYRICS
The quite chill of an autumn morning
The lichen might consider quite trite
But, the human glare finds it worthwhile to stare
As the fluid cascades amongst the solid
The sunlight cascades over the mountain top
Spilling colors of every hue

Any man must stop to ponder what it is we did
Every man must stop to wonder the wonder if we stop
Look what progress did to the fish
Look what our standard of living has lost
Look what it is we do
Maybe we should be careful for what we wish
Open our eyes. Open our ears. Heed the warning…
Before the waterfalls fall

ABOUT THE SONG
Dm
Am (slide down an octave while strumming)
Am / C

Written on October 20, 2012 at the Cascades and Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Motivated by The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment.

From the album Have Camera. Will Travel
by Daniel Brouse