bookmark_borderOhh! Zone

LYRICS
Am I all alone?
Prone to ozone
Hold the phone…
I’m not alone
Don’t breathe
Grieve
Only way to relieve
don’t breathe!
Hold your breath
’till you turn blue
Hold your breath
It’s all you can do
Tropospheric
Sick, sick, sick
No singing songs
Damage the lungs
Damage prolongs
Swan song sung
In the “Ohh!” zone

Ohh-zone.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Q: Do you know what are two of the most dangerous exposures for children and the elderly?
A: Fresh air and sunshine

On days like today, do not go out and play. The sun can damage your skin and cause cancer.

Sunshine is also part of a deadly reaction.  When combined with heat and volatile gases, ultraviolet light causes a deadly reaction by creating  tropospheric ozone.

The dangerous ozone (O3) is created when vehicle (and other) exhaust is not completely combusted. Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the exhaust react to temperature and sunlight creating tropospheric ozone (O3).

The ozone in the air can cause permanent damage to your respiratory and immune systems.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Dm C / Dm G7
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_borderNature Is Calling

LYRICS
Sunshine pours over my body
Feel it as it flows
Breeze flows past my body
Which way the wind blows
(Any way the wind blows
Anyway the wind blows)
Fresh air pours into my body
Flows from nose to toes
Time passes past my body
Watch it as it goes
I appreciate the days
All the different ways
Life wonders amaze

Freedom runs through my spirit
Baptism’s water bears it
Revolution song soothes my soul
Music fills my ear… can you hear it?
Nature’s calling… can you hear her?
Wants to hold us dearer
Message couldn’t be clearer
Charity’s chariot draws nearer
I appreciate the days
All the different ways
Life wonders amaze

Nature Is Calling.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about taking care of Mother Earth. Did you know it is unsafe to breathe many days of the year?

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

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderSilent Scream

LYRICS
Eyes gaze in a daze
Eyes glazed in a haze
Can either ear hear
Are you deaf, my Dear?

Chorus
Can you see me signaling
This is the ending
Can you hear me screaming
“Dreaming of you listening”

Eyes stare… unaware
Is anyone in there
Do you think it’s cute
Playing like a mute

Chorus

Eyes open yet blind
Blind-eye turned… not kind
I fear you can hear
Your contempt is clear

Chorus

Silent Scream.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Capo 2
A Em
E C A

A song about humankind not taking responsibility for climate change, as well as, ignoring the devastation. (eg The Trees’ Canopy Collapse)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderI Can’t Breath

I Can’t Breath.mp3

LYRICS
Hard to believe
The air we breath
Where to begin
It’s doing us in
In broad daylight
Like a thief (in the night)
Not breathing in
Is the only relief
Disbelief
There’s no relief

Non-admission
To our emissions
Middle-finger salute
As we pollute
Procrastination
Due to indecision
Conscious mute
The point is moot
Disbelief
There’s no relief

Redirection
Of our emotion
Elixir fixer
A love potion
Time to wake up
And smell the coffin-ly
If there time
It’s just barely
Disbelief
There’s no relief

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D6 A9 Em
Bm Em

A song inspired by a conversation on ozone and bad air quality.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOzone Prone

LYRICS
How can we be totally free if we destroy our destiny?

Can you see through the tree
’cause it’s bothering me
Hopin’ it’s just temporary
’cause how can we be free… totally free… if we destroy destiny?

Can you see through the tree
’cause it’s bothering me
It’s coming to me clearly
If we can see through the tree, we’re destroying our destiny
Can’t be free if we destroy destiny

Sylvania can it be we’re in atrophy
I appear to be alone in knowing the causes of ozone
When you’re driving a car burning ethanol, you’re not burning it all
Blowing holes through trees
’till it dies… it ceases and you can see through to the sky
When the leaves cease
Makes me wonder how we can ever be free if we destroy our destiny

Ozone Prone.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
B Bm

124 BPM / 16 Beat #2

A song about how ozone pollution is destroying our destiny. The “green” ethanol in gasoline creates ozone that is killing all the trees (and our lungs.)

1-track stereo extemporaneous recording made on-the-fly with impromptu lyrics.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Emerging Music
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDeath Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts Recording Studio
Death Defying Acts Recording Studio

Death Defying Acts Music Video.mp4

Death Defying Acts Part 2.mp3

LYRICS
Ozone in the air we’re breathing
It’s death defying!
Alone in perceiving
These acts are death defying?

More dangerous for us
Than tightrope walking
Or chainsaw juggling

The pathogens we are drinking
It’s death defying!
Alone in perceiving
These acts are death defying?

More dangerous for us
Than sword swallowing
Or cliff diving

The temperature we’re increasing
….
More dangerous for us
Than mine sweeping
Or racecar driving

The glaciers we’re melting
….
More dangerous for us
Than base jumping
Or atomic bombing

More dangerous for us?
There’s nothing more dangerous than us

ABOUT THE SONG
Esus E E/D
C D E

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Death Defying Acts
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOzone Poisoning

A Tree Suffering From Ozone Poisoning
A Tree Suffering From Ozone Poisoning

LYRICS
If you can see the sky
Ask: why?

Turn from green to brown
Fall down
Like a cannonball sailed through
Deny it… will you?

Simple reasoning
Points to ozone poisoning

When the conditions are right with sunlight
Volatile ozone ignites
Blasting right through a tree
Blasting right through you and me

Now it’s been sung
Imagine your lung
Without a tree
Where will our oxygen be?

Ozone Poisoning.mp3

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
Em add A, C#, F#
Em add F#, C#, A

Written and recorded August 21, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, PA.

The title says it all — ozone poisoning. Ozone poisoning is killing almost every tree, as well as, you and me.

Tropospheric Ozone = Bad Ozone

The Ozone Know Zone

Gasoline Plus Ethanol Equals Bad Ozone

More on “Why the trees are dying”

Daniel – Guitar, Vocals

from the album Optimismme
by Daniel Brouse