Tag: Pennsylvania

bookmark_borderWeigh In (Wayne)

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LYRICS

Why live like you’re barely alive
Why even bother to try?
Why not give it all you’ve got
Why not?

The saddest thing I’ve ever seen…
Is Shoudy sailing in a U-haul truck
What the %uck?
Life gets obscene
Know what I mean?

Don’t hesitate
Before it’s too late
Tempt fate
Go irate
Set ’em straight

Come on back, Jack!
The best crib to ad-lib
Music, dancin’ shakin’ the shack

Why live like you’re barely alive
Why even bother to try?
Why not give it all you’ve got
Why not?

Weigh In  Music Video.mp4

Weigh In.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Dm
G
Dm G
F G Dm
Am D

152 Beats Per Minute / Techno

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and Computer

From the album Emerging Music
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Shimmering Light

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INSTRUMENTAL

The Shimmering Light Music Video.mp4

The Shimmering Light.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Em, Em+g, Em+d, Em+Bb
C Am Em

Recorded with an Ibenez AW54CE-OPN.

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLead Balloon

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Lead Balloon Music Video.mp4

Lead Balloon.mp3

LYRICS
Fluttering pink and white petals
Creates a blanket as it settles
Will the mountains and canyons shake
Will children of the sun awake?

Children of the sun
Blossoms in the wind
When the day is done
Where have you been

Now that you’re living in castles
You can’t cope with any hassles
The love child’s gone wild?
Turned to milk-toast… lame and mild

Children of the sun
Blossoms in the wind
When the day is done
Where have you been

ABOUT THE SONG
C Am D G
C Am
C G

This is a song about bands from the 60’s that sang about love and flower children. Then, they got older and richer. They turned into hypocrites living in castles. In the Led Zeppelin song “Going To California”, they sing “The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake… as the children of the sun began to awake.”

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Buzzing
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFaster (Pick Up The Pace)

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LYRICS
I thought I was winning the race
When I heard a voice say, “Pick up the pace!”

Are you aware
The turtle doesn’t always beat the hare
In fact, only one in a million beat him there

Time to put on the shoe and tie the lace
Keep the foot out of the mouth on my face
Time to pick up the pace

You invented the clock (tick-tock)
Now its slave, you work
The ship has left the dock
Spoon’s run away with the fork
Workin’ for the clock (tick-tock)

Faster Music Video.mp4

Faster.mp3

Faster Songwriting at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA
Faster Songwriting at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

ABOUT THE SONG
Em C
D A Em
Bm Em
C Em

Written and recorded at Everhart Park, West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Buzzing
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPostpartum Depression

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LYRICS
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo do what you do
The more you change the more you’re the same
You’re going insane
You and your voodoo

Without concern
When will you learn
You don’t care about me
When do you think you’ll see
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo
Do what you do

The more you change
The more you stay the same
The more you change
The more convinced I am
You’re going insane
You and your voodoo

The more your change
The more you rearrange
The more you change
The more insane
You’re insane
You went insane
You went off the tracks
You don’t know fiction from facts
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo
you do what you do

The more you change
The more you rearrange
The more you change
The more insane
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo
You do what you do

The more you change
The more you rearrange
The more you change
The more insane
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo
You do what you do

This is the part we talk about the change
Postpartum depression
Ya I am
I learned my lesson
The more you changed
The more you rearranged
The more you changed
The more insane
You went insane
You went crazy on me
You and your voodoo
You and your voodoo
You do what you do

Postpartum Depression Music Video.mp4

Postpartum Depression.mp3

Postpartum Depression Songwriting
Postpartum Depression Songwriting

ABOUT THE SONG
E G A
E A G

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBreak

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LYRICS
Break!
Do ya wanna bend
Or would ya rather break
Are you a poser
Are you a fake
What’s the message that you send

Break!
For goodness sake,
You might slip
But need not fall
Take the trip
With all to the Ball
In the end, what’s that message that you send?

Shooting Pool and Shooting Video
Shooting Pool and Shooting Video

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E A E G E
E
B / Bm
D A E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Onward
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSticky Situation

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LYRICS
Abomination
A black-eyed nation
Finding ourselves
In a sticky situation

Doing the same thing over and over agin’
Thinkin’… this time it won’t be the same
That’s just insane
Doing the same crime throughout time
Stuck in a rut of the moral lame
Slain our own brain

Appropriation
Of the Indian nation
Finding ourselves
In a sticky situation

Hypocrites fighting agin’ immigration
Thinkin’ we’ll be the ones to survive a purification
Hallucination
But yes indeed through our greed we succeed
In winning the war on self-mutilation
Degradation

Sticky Situation Police Brutality and Corruption in Pennsylvania.mp4

Sticky Situation Music Video.mp4

Sticky Situation.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Capo 2
Em G/Em
Em Am
Em C D Em

This song is about hating hate. I’ve been assaulted by the police more times than anyone I know. I’ve been assaulted by police in Montgomery County, Chester County and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I’ve witnessed police and federal agencies assaulting people in many more locals. It has never been about race. After reading a bunch of racist posts about police brutality and corruption, I go on to read hate posts about immigration. Hello, Earthlings?!?! Is there anyone home? (Still no sign of intelligent life.)

The video features articles, pictures and footage of police intimidation, police brutality and police corruption by The Doylestown Police Department, The Whitpain Township Police Department, The Lower Providence Police Department, The West Chester Police Department, The Philadelphia Police Department, Homeland Security, U.S. Fish And Wildlife, U.S. Park Rangers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Stuck Together
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Hands Of Time

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LYRICS
For hours, days, weeks and years
The fears of time moving too fast
’till a time when you wonder how long it will last

Chorus
Endure the torture
A nano-second at a time
Endure the torture
It’s gotta be a crime

Enough to bring a grown man to tears
God how long will time stand still
God have mercy — how long until….

Chorus

Are the clock’s hands even moving
The hourglass’ sands dropping
It the half-life even halfing?

Chorus

The Hands Of Time Music Video.mp4

The Hands Of Time Soundtrack.mp3

The Hands Of Time Experiment
The Hands Of Time Experiment

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
C Em
C Am Em
Em Am

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGoing To Pennsylvania

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LYRICS
Just keep telling yourself it’s not as hard as it seems
We can wake up and share (in) the dreams

The sun is rising high in the sky
Before the date gets too late
Open our eyes to realize

We won the prize
Open our eyes
We won the prize
Realize

Just keep telling the world what it is life really means
It’s much more than just kings and queens

Take it in a loving embrace
Leave no scars. Leave no trace.
Open our eyes to realize

We won the prize
Open our eyes
We won the prize
Realize

May humanity prosper in the human race

Going To Pennsylvania Music Video.mp4

Going To Pennsylvania.mp3

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

Inspired by a couple classic rock songs including “Born To Be Wild” and “Going To California”.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Vox, Keyboards and Synthesizers (live simultaneous 1-track stereo recording)

From the album ToneLab
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUntil The Cows Come Home

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Recording Music Along the Brandywine Creek
Recording Music Along the Brandywine Creek

LYRICS
There’s a man over there
Can’t help but stare
Most people aren’t aware

Time to call the cows in
Time to call them home
Time the birds start singin’
Time all are welcome

The man had problems
To pain will he succumb
Ah man, is society that dumb
How come?

Until The Cows Come Home Music Video.mp4

Until The Cows Come Home.mp3

Chorus

ABOUT THE SONG

Chords — E B/E

D A E

D A E B E

Written and recorded along the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Generation

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAutumn Twilight

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Songwriting On The Brandywine
Songwriting On The Brandywine

LYRICS
In the Fall, before the leaves fall
Hard to believe it’s the color of dying
All in all, could be a good call
Relieves and re-lives in the Spring
Funny thing… once you gain understanding
The color of the foliage and old age
Takes on a whole new meaning

Orange, red, golden brown
Flying in the wind… falling down
Aren’t you dancing with delight
In the Autumn twilight

Starlight, star bright… first star I see tonight
Or are you a planet
Venus, Mercury or Mars?
Thought jars… light traveled so far

Orange, red, golden brown
Flying in the wind… falling down
Aren’t you dancing with delight
In the Autumn twilight

Autumn Twilight Music Video.mp4

Autumn Twilight.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em Am
Em D G Em

Written and recorded along the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Generation
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFree-key

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Songwriting at Blue Marsh State Park
Songwriting at Blue Marsh State Park

LYRICS
If you spit out the sour milk
And anything of that ilk
If you throw-up from contempt
Bend away from hellbent

Chorus
And you see
What can be
We’re free
We’ve the key

If you flinch from the mere thought
Of getting another swat
It’s a cinch doing our part
We’ll rule from the heart

Chorus

Free-key Music Video.mp4

Free-key.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E G/E
D E A G E
A E

Written and recorded at Blue Marsh State Park, Berks County, and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Generation
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFan The Flames (Generation)

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LYRICS
My Grandma and your Grandma
Are sitting by the fire
Wondering why we don’t fan the flames higher
(… just a little higher)

And I pride myself on not being too proud
Not to quite and not too loud

My Grandpa and your Grandma
Are sitting ever higher
Wondering why we don’t and aspire
(… just a little higher)

And I try myself to be the best I can
A likeness to a human

Fan The Flames Music Video.mp4

Fan The Flames.mp3

Songwriting at Blue Marsh State Park
Songwriting at Blue Marsh State Park

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A Em/A
D A

Written and recorded at Blue Marsh State Park, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Generation
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBewave

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Bewave Songwriting in the Park
Bewave Songwriting in the Park

LYRICS
If you want to quench your thirst
You’ve gotta get to the river first
If you want to calm the storm
You’ve gotta cool where the water’s warm

If we can behave on the crest of a wave
Ride the tide

When you find the money makers
And money shakers are the money takers
Turn to the kind embracing kind
Then, you’ll release the peace of mine

If we can behave on the crest of a wave
Ride the tide

Bewave Music Video.mp4

Bewave.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em AM C G
G Em

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Dawning Of The Day
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn A Trance

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LYRICS
Are you in a trance
A… an hypnotic circumstance?
R U are you R U are you, “eh” “aye” “ay” “ah” “ahye”
and me as we

Takin’ a second glance
And by chance
I get to relish
The part I embellish
That point in time when I’m
No where near the selfish

In A Trance Music Video.mp4

In A Trance.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — B Ebmadd9 Bsus4

97 Beats Per Minute / Trance 1

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

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards and Synths, as well as, a High-hat

From the album Outbreak