bookmark_borderThe Game

Songwriting and Recording at Everhart Park
Songwriting and Recording at Everhart Park

LYRICS
On the checkered board, whose the manner’s lord
Are you his overseer? (or the panacea?)
Are you knight of the day? Believe in fair-play?
Sacrifice your queen (or come clean?)

The jester’s born into a crown of thorn
The subject’s scorn in a world that’s war-torn

What did we miss? Into the great abyss
When did we stray… so far, far, far away

As the pawn plods along oblivious his backup’s gone
Their bishop’s diagonal slide and you’ve no place to hide
Your castle is took… been rooked by the rook
A king without a throne in a kingdom all alone

The Game Music Video.mp4

The Game.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C F/C
E
F E B E
C E B E

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Moonster… from the Darkside, Thereof
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLife Made Of Dream

Writing and Recording at Everhart Park, West Chester
Writing and Recording at Everhart Park, West Chester

LYRICS
Created a monster in her image
Doesn’t she realize…
Life’s a scrimmage?

Terrorize

From living a life made of dream
Turned into a mean nightmare scream
Realize… you terrorize

Spreading hatred and deceit
Your demise will a sweet treat
Realize… you terrorize

Pray your crucifixion
Brings on resurrection
May your spell in hell
Be brief
Baptized for relief
Baptize I’s

Life Made Of Dream Music Video.mp4

Life Made Of Dream.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 4
Am-c Am
Bm Em Am-c

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Moonster… from the Darkside, Thereof
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStreet Jig

Writing and Recording on the Streets of West Chester
Writing and Recording on the Streets of West Chester

INSTRUMENTAL

Street Jig Music Video.mp4

Street Jig Part 2.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E pluck with pinky G, D, Bb
Slide E chord up 2 frets

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

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBeholder

Song Writing and Recording in West Chester, PA
Song Writing and Recording in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
When the going gets tough
Do you get going
Or do you hang tough

Is your glass half empty
Or do you see
Nearly overflowing

Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting warmer instead of colder
Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting younger instead of older

When you’ve had enough
Is your wind blowing
Do you call their bluff

Is you will still carefree
Freewill blasphemy
Or enlightenment from knowing

Chorus

Beholder Music Video.mp4

Beholder.mp3

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

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRock Is Alive!

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
Tired of all this talk
About the death of rock

The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
(Just because we can’t see it there
No matter how you stare
You won’t see it there)

All the talk, talk, talk — “We can’t beat the clock”
At the rumors balk
About the death of rock

The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
Even though we can’t see it there
The life is in the air
Take a deep breath in
Let the livin’ begin
Take a deep breath out
Shout out what it’s all about
Catch it on your tongue like a snowflake
Send it up your spine with a shiver and quake
Can you taste it?
Take in a bit
I can smell it
Sniff… take a whiff

The life is in the air
Even if you can’t you see it there

Rock Is Alive.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G E
A C E

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

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEve Of War

Recording a Singer / Songwriter
Recording a Singer / Songwriter

LYRICS
Are we on the eve of more war
Terror torn… feathers and tar… more
… apply wet blankets and baseball bats
Gonna eliminate those dirty rats

Out of the Native American’s eye… cry
No solution to our evolution of pollution
Look in the mirror… see the terrorist is I
By being passive in a non-violent revolution

Have we any belief in turning a new leaf
Have we any hope to alleviate grief
Have we any faith God will bless America
Have we any sense to calm mass hysteria

Eve Of War Music Video.mp4

Eve Of War.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em D
C Am Em

Written and recorded live in the USA. On the eve of the anniversary of 9-11, the President announced we were going to war with ISIL (Islamic State).

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFirecracker

LYRICS
Firecracker on the 4th of July
Poof! Band! Auld Lang Syne
Is the load of your energy spent
Or, resurrected… from heaven sent (second time lent)

It’s not too late… let’s repent
Soar as high… let’s fly
(Soar on high second time)

Heartbreaker on Valentine’s Day
Poof! Band! Auld Lang Syne
Is the cloud on your picnic wet
Or, hung to dry and live on yet?

Firecracker.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D6 D
Aadd9
D G A D

Made in the USA (Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Whistling

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderWissahickon Carnival Song

Wissahickon High School Carnival Songwriting in Ambler, PA
Wissahickon High School Carnival Songwriting in Ambler, PA

LYRICS
Are you finding freedom to be elusive
Do you find the more they take… less they give

Chorus
It’s not too late
We just can’t wait
To participate

Are you finding freedom to be inclusive
Or more like water pouring through a sieve

Chorus

Wissahickon Carnival.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D Esus Em
G A D

Written and recorded on the 5th Of July, 2013.

Made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County, Phoexniville and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderUnited We State

4th Of July Songwriting in West Chester, PA
4th Of July Songwriting in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
1) Here’s the funny thing
Mom’s half was for the King
Pop’s half said, “Wrath we bring!”

2) Her’s the funny thing
Ya gotta attest with protest
Or, we all fail the (democracy) test
Here’s the funny thing

It’s time we got our freedom back
Don’t blame it on the terror attack
It’s time we got our freedom back
Don’t blame it on the guts that you lack

On my way home to the free n’ the brave
Let’s get our leaders to behave
On my way home to the free n’ the brave
It’s time we stopped being our own slave

United We Stand.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A Esus Dmaj7

Written and recorded on the 4th Of July, 2013.

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderNone Way Too Soon

None Way Too Soon.mp3

LYRICS
Paradise will loom
Paradise does loom
Let’s bring it on
None way too soon

There’s plenty of room
Let’s bring them on
None way too soon
Within the moon
Find a place under the sun

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E7 E E7 Esus
B add C#
E A G Bm7 E

An extemporaneous 6-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Sir Vent album of music In Song
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFramed: Suffering The Fool’s Pain

by Rick Reinhart and Daniel Brouse
from the album Held For Questioning
a county-grunge demo for the themesong to the Framed Film Project

Suffering The Fools Pain.mp3

LYRICS

Hung like a picture on the wall
She grabbed me by the balls
Flung into a den of lions
In front of the hypocrites and liars
In the lair
In the glare
I fell to my knees
Beggin’ please, please, please

I’ve been framed
I’ve been blamed
But, I bare no shame
Smear my name
I’ve been framed
May never be the same
Suffering the fool’s pain

CHORDS — Dm
F C F C D Dm
G Dm

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at the Out In The Woods studios in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. At the begging of the track, you can hear Rick asking for the vocals to be sung with a country “squirrel s&#!” style.

bookmark_borderBomb-control (to Major Tom)

LYRICS
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift-off
This is Bomb-control to Major Tom
This is Bomb-control to Major Tom
Can you hear me, Major Tom
Are you even awake?
Cause if you are, I have a feeling you’d shake
We don’t need gun-control
What’s needed hear is bomb-control

We nuked all these kids in World War II
Then, we tried to… er, a… ya know… say it wasn’t true

How about in Iraq
When we did the attack
On the sewage treatment plants
Just so we could kill tens of thousands and thousands of kids
With their own feces
We’ll my thesis is — that’s sick!

This is Bomb-control to Major Tom
Can you hear me, Major Tom
Are you even awake?

Are you conscience
Do you have a conscience

This is Bomb-control to Major Tom
Can you hear me, Major Tom
I’m telling ya
Something’s gone wrong
The wiring in your brain has gone insane
The drone attacks
The CIA
You can’t just sodomize everyone everyday

This is Bomb-control to Major Tom
Can you hear me, Major Tom
Come in
Can you hear me….

This is Bomb-control
And, I gotta say things are outta control

Bomb Control.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G Em G C D G

Written and recorded on December 16, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania as an impromptu response to the calls for gun-control in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings. If we want to stop the mass murder of kids, we need to wake-up and look in the mirror. U.S. citizens are responsible for killing a multitude of thousands.

It was written in conjunction with the article
Gun Control? We Need Bomb Control

P.S. thank you to David Bowie

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From The Beatless Sense Mongers album An I for I, a Brain for a Brain
By Daniel Brouse

More by The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderThe Country Song

LYRICS
Can anyone anywhere…
Tell me what we’re standing for?
From the farthest shore
To just right next door

Is this country sick
Or, can we make music?
Music sweet as honey’s
Juice of love

Country Music.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E EmaddC B

Written and recorded December 9, 2012 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. If we’re going to shout “USA”, let’s figure what were shouting about?

From the album The Last Stage, Coach
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderComradaration

LYRICS
Umh? Yeah! Umh? Yeah!
It’s a celebration
A commemoration
Of comradaration
Ugh huh!

Philly Folk Fest
Destination
Like no other
Memories etched
Not just the jest
It’s the love that5’s best
A community
Camaraderie
Pleasantry

The only way to recognize our uniform
It’s torn
From the battles
We’ve won

Comradaration
Celebration
Fascination
With elevation
Of imagination
A new suggestion
Comradaration

Sensation
Elevation
Beautification
Spiritualization

Comraderation (Writing the Song Inspired by the Philadelphia Folk Festival 2012) .mp4 Video

Comraderation .mp3

 

ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 6
Variations of Em

Written and recorded on August 20, 2012 upon leaving the Philadelphia Folk Festival at the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, PA.

Daniel – Guitar, Vocals

from the album Souled
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLift Off

LYRICS
How can we achieve flight
if we hold on too tight
The trick is getting to know
When to let go

When there’s not a human to be found
The world will still be spinning round
When there’s not a sole left in sight
Nature’s there to nurture curve

Don’t be made a fool. Make a sound.
Let those fools all be hellbound
There’s still you and me to set things right
Nature’s there to nurture. We’re sure.

5,4,3,2,1 Ignition suggestion
Lift off!

Lift Off.mp3

Lift Off (Writing the Song) Video .mp4

 

ABOUT THIS SONG
E
E / A / G
G / A / E
E / D

Written and recorded on August 12, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is about environmental action and believing you can make a change. Learn more about the deforestation of the Earth and human induced climate change.

Daniel – Guitar, Vocals

from the album Souled
by Daniel Brouse