Tag: The End Game

bookmark_borderGraduation

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LYRICS
Is this your last summer break
Before you move along?
Why not take all you can take
At being nimble and strong
Make the best of the rest
Preparing for your test
No more lax school rules
Survival of the fittest
It’s survival of the fittest

The last summer vacation
Before moving on
Part of life’s station-to-station
Knowledge is never done

Education’s on summer recess
Prepared to confess
Time is not useless
Let’s start the progress

No vacation from graduation

Graduation.mp3

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

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

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBringing It Home

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LYRICS
Surrounded by people that are all alone
All together we share Earth as home,
As long as you’re here, you’re never alone
As long as you hear, “bringing it home”
Yeah, bring it on home!

Feel the beat of the feet on the street
What’s meant by the movement of the pavement
Can you feel the groove in the way people move

An object in motion has no notion
What does it mean doing the same routine
Where ever you roam if life is a poem
You can bring it on home

Ugly ducking, no swan, play the part of the pawn
I swear are you aware of the cross you’ll bear
Quick! Let music fix your sick
You’re not along… bring it on home

Bringing It Home.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Dm Em / Em7 Em E G A / A G E / A E G E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAvoid Dying

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LYRICS
I’m trying avoiding dying by living
The more living I’m giving
The more living I’m given
Earth is heaven

No! It doesn’t get much better than living
I hear being dead is a drag
Not my cup of tea… not my bag
Mummification is not forgiving
(You’ll never fail to be wrapped up in the detail)

No! It doesn’t get much better than living
In the cemetery I overheard
You bet bored being stiff-as-a-board
Decomposition is not forgiving

No! It doesn’t get much better than living
Learned the most “lesson of the ghost”
Can’t uncook your burnt toast
Cremation is not forgiving

Chorus:
I’m trying avoiding dying by living
The more living I’m giving
The more living I’m given
Earth is heaven

Avoid Dying.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Bb A / C G A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHarvest Our Heartland

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LYRICS
Who needs drugs or a gun
When you’re already dead
From your heart to your head?
We’ve come undone
From the hatred we’ve bred

Standing way out in left field
America’s favorite passed time
Don’t ever show ’em how you feel
Or they’ll steal this bliss and our sublime

Blanding infecting the healed
America’s irate past lives
Selling the soul is “The Art of the Deal”
Watching as humanity dives

I understand the movement at hand
Is to harvest our “heart” land
And know the bounty will overflow
Our love can grow and grow
And then go and go

Harvest Our Heartland.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E D A / E C A / C E A / E A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLandshark

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LYRICS
If you go out of the house tonight
You might want to hold on to your life tight
Ole’ Farmers Almanac is exact
They say this is the day
The landshark embark
On their annual migration
(They flee from D.C.)
Though praying “permanent vacation”,
Fear just temporary hibernation

If you go out in the broad daylight
You might gain insight into fright
Folklore’s right even if trite
Their bark is nothing like their bite
They say this is the day
The landshark embark
On their annual migration
(They come from Washington)
Though praying “permanent vacation”,
Fear just temporary hibernation

Fear the bark of the landshark!
Into the debate delve?
When was the War Of 1812?
Who do you presume…
Buried in Grant’s tomb?

Landshark.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
While writing this song, a lady passed by on her way to a protest. She was carrying a poster of a politician depicted as a shark.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords:
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDeep Love

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LYRICS
Dig Deep, Love, deep love
Big heap, Love, love deep
Figure out how to let her out
Figure out about deep love
Dig deep, Love, deep love
Begin by looking within
Figure out about letting ‘er out
Until the world is soakin’
In deep love, Love
You know… let it out from below
In the middle and all above…
Love deep, Love, deep love
With what you can’t keep
Go deep! Deep, love

Deep Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E Em7 / E G E / A B7
Recording: digital stereo

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

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTake Leave

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LYRICS
The leaves are leaving
As the waves wave
Bye-bye
Ma Nature is grieving
She hates seeing suns die
Mother is screaming,
“Pick up your things!
What’s the matter with those human beings?
Give them an inch, they’ll take the yard
They refuse to yield… took the whole damn field
Come on, Man, life shouldn’t be this hard”

The leaves are leaving
As the waves wave
Bye-bye
Ma Nature is disbelieving
Shakes her head and wonders why?
Mother is screaming,
“Take out your trash!
What’s the matter with those human beings?
Anything they won’t smash?”
Disfigure land and sea temperature
Even error the air… errrah!

Take Leave.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about humans and their habitat.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C Dm G C / Dm C G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUnfold

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LYRICS
If the daunting is haunting
Let music sooth your soul
Heart and mind take control
Singing and dancing unfold
It’s more than just a rumor
We’ll dance the twist of humor
At the station, leave your affliction
Dance on the locomotion
[Everybody’s doing a brand-new dance, now
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)]

If the haunting is menacing
Let music nimble your nerves
Come in out of the cold
Singing and dancing unfold

If menacing is irritating
Music! Let your spirit hear it
Play it out loud and bold
Singing and dancing unfold

Unfold.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about song and dance. The Loco-motion was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and made famous by Little Eva, Grand Funk Railroad and Kylie Minogue.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E A C A C / A E A C E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCountdown

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LYRICS
Save stave for a rainy day
Wait to procrastinate
Please put it away
For a rainy day
The countdown’s around
The countdown’s found
Less aloof in the loft
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1… lift-off

Instead of being annoyed in the void
Explore more of the human race space
There’s much more than before, for sure
Save the calamity of humanity… help us endure
Go ahead reach to breach
Escape velocity we’ll see
Gentlemen, start your engines
Space exploration…
… begins…
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1… ignition

Instead of buying bored, ripcord
You know… go “Geronimo!”
Try n’ spread your wings and fly high
Save the calamity of humanity… help us get by

Countdown.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Esus Asus A / G A / G D A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCan’t Choose Blues

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LYRICS
I’ve got those
Can’t choose blues
(Tell me ’bout it, Baby)
’cause either
Way we’ll lose
(Tell me ’bout it, Baby)
In the throws…
A storm arose
Between a rock
And a hard place
Taking stock
In the human race
Maybe it’s
Not too late
(Tell me ’bout it, Baby)
For us to
Change our fate
(Tell me ’bout it, Baby)
WE arose
Chose to choose
Take our place
In the race
Putting stock
In our place
Geo-restoration
Revitalization

Can’t Choose Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alt. Rock
Chords: Bb A G / A G
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStand-by

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LYRICS
Let’s see… what will be?
It all depends what you do
Even if you do nothing at all
Stand by waiting… watching the fall
A burden, a load, lower the curtain in stand-by mode
The “I’m” implode

Let’s see… what will be?
Soothsayer says without hesitation
To be determined by what you do
Stand by in stagnation

Let’s see… what will be?
What do you say we start today
Civilly civilizing civilization
Through citizen participation

Unburden, unload, light and explode
Take the high road

Stand-by.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: G G/C / A C / A Ab G
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPost-Einstein

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LYRICS
Living in days
That simply amaze
At the root
Is the S.T.E.M.
That’s what I’m seein’
Again and again
That’s what is being
Yes, “I am”
Living in an age Post-Einstein
Making the most of spacetime
Swimming in relativity
Having a gene pool party

Living in days that simply amaze
Mind expanding in so many ways
Exponential growth in technology
Existential knowledge amazing me

Living in days that simply amaze
An added dimension — shift in phase
A new genre of music plays
Living in the best of possible days

Jump in and swim… go with the flow

Post-Einstein.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: A Em G / A G A / G G# A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPro-found

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LYRICS
Why so sad? Why so mad?
Have you found
You can’t fit the square in the round
Profound!
All this time would’ve had
Been being glad
Have you found: round goes into round
Profound!
A scary clown thinks he’s running this town
Though fool as he might can’t bring us down
And try as he might to start a fight…
We’re feeling alright… we’re out-of-sight
Yeah, we’re pro-found
(Find being kind beings being kind)
We’ll leave the square there
’cause we’ve found round in round
Well, leave that behind behind
Come ’round to round in round

Pro-Found.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA it is about the owner of Penn’s Table Restaurant.

Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: E / G A E / A E A B7
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game

bookmark_borderMaria

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LYRICS
Lookin’ for Maria
Need a panacea
I’m too frail
She’ll fix my ail
She’ll set me free
From what’s troublin’ me
Maria, Maria ideal idea

Searchin’ for Maria
Need an idea
Someone kind
To ease my mind
The best at putting it to rest
Maria, Maria ideal idea

Depend on Maria
Made in America
Full of heart
She does her part
Departs a piece of inner peace
Maria, Maria ideal idea

Maria (The Single).mp3

Maria.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
While I was sitting on the courthouse wall at Market and High Streets in West Chester, a lady paused while passing by. I had seen her walk by on many occasions over the years, but this day she asked a favor. “Yesterday, I saw you writing. Can you write a song for me? My name is Maria.”

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C Am / E Am / C F Am / Am C Em Am
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSheepish

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LYRICS
I met a sheep
Didn’t make a peep
How to make sure she wasn’t asleep
Don’t know ’bout you… didn’t know what to do
The she was a he
Damn! Ewe with horns? Must be a ram
Have you ever said to yourself
“Wonder who I am?”
Did you ever doubt self-wealth
“Wonder what I am?”

I met an angel
Thought we could gel
How to make sure it’d workout well
Don’t know ’bout you… didn’t know what to do
The she was a he
Hell! Angel with horns? Must be the devil

Sheepish.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Everhart Park in West Chester. I saw a girl with what I thought was a goat.

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Capo 1 AM7 D-d / D-d A-a AM7 / AM7 A-c# / A-c# A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse