Category: Mother Nature’s Sons

bookmark_borderShort Change

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LYRICS
Some things you just can’t change
Others you can rearrange
An object in motion stays in motion
No matter your personal notion
Time rolls on
Dawn of dawn

One person’s trash is an other’s treasure
One person’s work is an other’s leisure
One person’s passion is an other’s pain
One person’s fashion is an other’s vain

Caterpillar’s ending… butterfly’s beginning
A king’s demanding as pauper’s begging
First to draw the last straw
Frozen winter starts to thaw

Start to begin and the end’s done in
Begin to start… the ends depart
For sure the future will endure
Even as the present passes to past
Time rolls on
Dawn of dawn

Short Change.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: F G C / E Am
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBomb Cyclone

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LYRICS
Extreme whether?
Extreme weather!
Volatile all the while
Seekin’ shelter
Takin’ cover
Careful what you wish…
Might start raining frozen fish
Please don’t leave me standing all alone…
Bomb cyclone

Feel the genesis
Of bombogenesis
Adaptation of Revelation
Cyclical biblical
Of portion proportion
Seekin’ shelter
Takin’ cover
Careful what you wish…
Might start raining frozen fish
Please don’t leave me standing all alone…
Bomb cyclone

Could be the feaster of a Nor’ Easter
Jumbo shrimp? No need to skimp
Should be a whale of a wail tail/tale
When the mumbo bombo bomb cyclone hits home
If I had my druthers,
I’d rather mainly Maine lobsters*
(*tales hold the clause / tails hold the claws)
Floundering in flounder-ings
I’m up to my ass in sea bass
Careful what you wish…
Might start raining frozen fish
Please don’t leave me standing all alone…
Bomb cyclone

Bomb Cyclone.mp3

Bomb Cyclone-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about extreme weather events and human induced climate change inspired by the Bomb Cyclone blizzard of January 4, 2018.

“‘Bomb cyclone’ blasting East Coast before polar vortex uncorks tremendous cold late this week The most severe winter weather yet will assault the area late this week.” — washingtonpost.com

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: A C D G / D C E A
Recording: 1-track original take / digital 8-track stereo AltMix
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drums

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMoved On

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LYRICS
It’s great to be back
Though I was never gone
No need to unpack
I’ve moved on from moving on
Moved along from moving on
For today, here to stay

For the love of my heart
From our start
Just becoming aware
Always there
Ever since birth
Grounded on Earth
If they’ve got the beat in ’em
Might as well join in
And the Earthlings sing
La, la, la, la
Reality thing swing
La, la, la, la

It’s great to be here
Guess I was since my dawn
It’s all coming clear
I’ve moved on from moving on
Moved along from moving on
For today, here to stay

Moved On.mp3

Moved On Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: G G-g A / A C G / Em G
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIf n’ When

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LYRICS
Here we stand
With our feet in the sand
Watching the tide roll out
Wonderin’ if it will roll in again?
Rollin’ in again… wonderin’ if n’ when
Wonderin’ if it will roll in again?

What about if it does
Rise higher than it was
On the horizon
The tide keeps risin’
They revel about the sea level
Well, not being level
Trending upward on land disheveled

What’s up? Are you sure
Where the land and “see” merge
You land submerged at the shore
… forevermore

If n’ When.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Fresh water is being threatened by a decreasing supply of potable water, as well as, salt water intrusion due to the rising sea level.

Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: A D A E A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlices Of Pi

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LYRICS
Feeling that it’s out of you hands?
Let’s turn it around
Turn it around
Feeling that nobody understands?
Let’s give ’em a hand
Show ’em around
The least we can do
… introduce them to you
Pass the connection through

You and I
Slices of the π
Puzzle peaces
Species under sky
Interconnected
Effected habitat (imagine that)
Clearly clinging to gravity
Can you see?

Can you capture
The big picture
Conjecture the texture
Of our structure
Can you picture?

Slices Of Pi.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: G C D / Em G / G F# Em
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPlaneted

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LYRICS
Name calling naming
Finger pointing blaming
Self-incriminating
Evidence is damning
worthless shaming
Hate abandoning timing

The call went out around the world
And everybody heard
For evidence that’s granite
Solid rock understand it
For evidence that’s granted
We all live on one planet

Civil responsibility
Please don’t abandon me
Together make reality
A place that we want to be
Take my hand… come let’s “we”
Humans in humanity
One planet
Plan it?
Plan it
Planet planted
Planeted

Planeted Music Video.mp4

Planeted.mp3

Planeted Instrumental.mp3

Planeted Instrumental.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: Em7 Em7(11) / G D Em
Recording: digital 8-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTouch Of God

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LYRICS
Can’t wait ’til the fill
Of the chlorophyll
Makes it colorful

Dread the leaves
Turning brown… then, dead
The drab attire of the tree
Starts to get to me

Waiting for the neutral Fall
To turn wonderful
In the Spring
Hatching the amazing

All hail Mother Nature
For she’s sure
To bring green
To our grayscale scene
Hail the Queen!

Touch Of God.mp3

Touch Of God Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Esus4 Emadd4 A7 EmaddC / Esus4 E7sus4 Emadd4 Em
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Flute

From the 2017 holiday album of music Christmas Creations
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Lift

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LYRICS
All that runnin’ round
Gonna let it get you down?
Pouting lips resound
Perpetuating frown
Turn around

Take it from an old man
Better smile while you can
Sooner of later our days will end
It’s all a matter of what we do ’til then

Don’t let runnin’ round get you down
Give your mouth’s corners a lift
Turning the frown upside down
As you give you receive the gift
Giving corners the lift

The Lift.mp3

The Lift Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by the kids walking by while I was writing. Then, a lady jumped out of her car to run over and thank me with the gift of money and a smile.

Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: Capo 1 Am Dm / C Am
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Whistling

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAfter The Fall

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LYRICS
As the leaves fall
It’s not that surprising at all
Another year around the sun
Is almost done
By the time we get there
The trees will be bare
Then, they say
It’s due
To start anew

The way the Earth is built
There’s a change to our tilt
The days grow shorter and shorter still
Until it starts to spill
Through the solstice
With all of us

After The Fall.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: E7sus4 AM7 A7 Asus4 Dm
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAlong For The Ride

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LYRICS
Earth’s our ride
Please conceive
Turn the tide
Help relieve

Is your heart on your inside
Or do you wear it on your sleeve
Your love… do you try to hide
Or live what you believe

Time you bide
Can’t retrieve
We reside
Then, we leave
(Chorus)

Poke and chide
Can’t we leave?
Un-divide
Our pet peeve
(chorus)

You know
Be your own hero
Example of “go”

Along For The Ride Video.mp4

Along For The Ride.mp3

Along For The Ride Instrumental.mp3

The View Out Our Window
The View Out Our Window

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: G G# A / C A / Bb A
Recording: digital 8-track stereo

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

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSame Side

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LYRICS
My place or yours?
It’s ours
Of course
Imagine that
Shared habitat
You mean we are on the same team?
Imagine that
Shared habitat

Your place or mine
Draw the line
All the time
They combine
You mean we are on the same team?
All the time
They combine

Call it home
You’re not alone
Since my birth
It’s been Earth
You mean we are on the same team?
Since my birth
It’s been Earth

You mean we are on the same team?
Being one of the human beings
We mean
Human team
Same team

Same Side.mp3

Same Side Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: Em A G Em / A / G Em
Recording: digital 10-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Adhoc
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSun Screen

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LYRICS
Too much screen between the scene
Blocking the sun out
Casting a sheen on the serene
Fog it up with doubt

Amaze at the ways we fill our days
Blocking the sun out
When will we begin to let the sun in
Lettin’ the shinnin’ sunshine shine in

I see too much debris in the air
I swear
Sense the fear of the smear
In the atmosphere
Stand clear

Too much mean between the dream
Blocking the love out
Time to shine our glean with the scene
Faith in no doubt
(Our faith in no doubt)

Fogged up
Fogged it up

Sun Screen.mp3

Sun Screen Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Humans have demanded and created the situation where children have to wear sunscreen to protect themselves from the environment — blocking the sun out. Perhaps the situation is just a microcosm of the larger problem? Adults have clouded the atmosphere with hate — blocking the light out.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em Em7 Em9 (Em+f#) / C Em / C Am Em Emadd4 (Em-b)
Recording: digital 13-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers and Backing Vocals

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMan Vs. Nature (In Overtime)

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LYRICS
What’s that? “You better get back?”
’cause she’s going to get me back
I’m in overtime
… in overtime

Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Harvey and Irma wave a wake
Shake and bake
Another earthquake
What will it take
Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Don’t breathe. No relief.
Eat the dirt. Ozone alert.
Environmental mental thief
Hit the dirt. We’re going nuclear

Not sure of the future
Man vs. Nature

Mother Nature’s wrath
Gonna take a bath
Paying for our crime
… in overtime

Man Vs. Nature.mp4

Man Vs. Nature (Instrumental).mp3

Man Vs. Nature.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about humans’ war with the world. Human induced climate change, extreme weather events, and the threat of nuclear war could result in the end of the world as we know it.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A E / B7 A G E / Em7 E
Recording: digital stereo 1) original live 1-track 2) 9-track

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

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

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderSilent Running

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LYRICS
In the silent running
Of the water flowing
All together knowing
Where we’re going

Going down to the river
Down to the sea
Going down to deliver
Down to “the see”

In the silent running
In the midst of floating
All together knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

In the silent running
All over the waterfall
Already knowing
Where we’re going
Chorus

Silent Running (Music Video).mp4

Silent Running.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 B A E / A E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStanding On A Volcano

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LYRICS
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Spittin’… smokin’… gettin’ ready to blow
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
You gotta go with the lava flow
We’ll start to get it
When She throws a fit

What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Earth quake shake you to and fro
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Might just deal the final blow

What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Pit Mother Nature as your foe
What do you know about standing on a volcano?
Damn! Sure hate to see you go

Forego making a stand on a volcano
Try n’ chill down-low mellow
Forego making a stand on a volcano
Less consequences you get to know

Standing On A Volcano (Music Video).mp4

Standing On A Volcano.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E G / A G E / G A E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse