Tag: alternative rock

bookmark_borderThe Signal

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LYRICS
[The signal]
Testing monkey’s abilities
The monkey in me
Testing the monkey in me
I’m trying to see
My ability
Polka Foxtrot
Polka Fox
Trotting ‘er abilities
Testing my sanity
She’s leading me around
Like a dog and pony show
Wouldn’t ya know
Polka Fox
Outside the box

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Reggae
Chords: Gm F; 120 BPM Polka Foxtrot
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Narley Marely: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderThis End Up

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LYRICS
As we’re whirling…
As we’re spinning around
I’m having trouble telling
Which way is up
Which way is down?
Every year
I travel around the sun
And just for fun
I turn around
Once a day
And after light
Once at night
Along the way….

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em F9 F#9 Asus4 Em; 102 BPM / 108 BPM Digi Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderReflecting

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Shinning moon
In the dark of night
Shedding light
Reflecting noon
Shimmering bright
Dancing on the surface
The ripples purpose
More than just a metaphor
For the time that’s mine
The river of time
To know the flow
From birth… to dying

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Riff F9 C G / C G Am / Am C
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWalk On Water

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LYRICS
On the eve
Of “find it hard to believe”
I find it surprising
The levels rising
Getting ready
Holding steady
Walking
On water
Does it matter
The state of matter?
Up there floating on air
Or solid ice would be nice
Sink or swim
I’m going
Walking on water
The state of matter
Does it matter?
Noted and state
Walk on water

Walk On Water.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about hanging my feet over the edge of a dock at Lake Wynonah, PA.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E B / G D A / E7 Edim EmM7sus4
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHave Guitar! Will Travel!

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LYRICS
Got the guitar…
And an extra string
Can’t think of anything
No… nothing
I’m missing
Not missing a thing
I’ve got the guitar
And I’m traveling
No, not missing
… not missing a thing

Have guitar.
Will travel.
Near or fat
It’s all a marvel
Unfurled
6-string wonders of the world

Got the guitar and an extra string
There’s nothing else we need bring
Whenever we move it gives us a chance
Foot off the break and break into dance
Got the guitar and an extra string
Looks like we brought everything
(Sounds like we brought everything)
Taken the chance to dance
Breakout and sing
“Got the guitar and an extra string”

Have Guitar Will Travel.mp4

Have Guitar Will Travel.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk Rock
Chords: Riff Em11 Em7 Em E / A7 A / D7 D6 / Solo E G#mMaj7#5/E Eadd2
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRoyal Pain

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LYRICS
If you want to be a royal pain in the a$$
You’re first in your class
Though I appreciate strife
Evoking life
I’d say enough for today
On your way
Didn’t make an appointment
For a fly in the ointment
If I meant
To bang my head on cement
That’s where I would have went

Full royal flush
Thus
Pain in the a$$
Alas
Pain in the a$$

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G D Em / Em E7sus4; 160 BPM Twist with Groove
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_border2D Earthling

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LYRICS
If the Earth is flat
How long would that be
From end to The End
How long would that have been
Treading in thick logic
Wading in sick logic
Quick
If you went splat
On an Earth that’s flat
Where would that be at
Would you, too, be
Two dimensional
Or does your rational
Already escape me
You were tow dimensional all
Along… just wasting my song
With sick logic

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Em9 Em G7(13) Bdim Bm / Em9 C D Em C Am Em; 102 Jazz Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFight The Light?

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LYRICS
So, we fight
Into the light
Darkest night
On we fight
Dimming light
Just ain’t right
So, we might
Into the light
Sounding bright
Shimmering light
That’s all right
That’s alright
Into the light
(Don’t know no shadow!)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E F# G / G F# E; 72 BPM Country Ballad
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn The Is

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LYRICS
The key fits in the keyhole
Anything else borders on droll
Living under a bridge
With a troll
You take the low road
I’ll take the ridge
It is what it is
In the mode
No hers… no his
In the is

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / EDM
Chords: Cm Eb; 100 BPM Electronic Pop
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUs From I’s

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LYRICS
Like I told you before
Can’t take it! No More!
Now, close the door
Sure, love will endure
We’ll give it some more
Now, close the door
I want to realize
Looking in your eyes
I see to eternity
Inevitability
Comes as no surprise?
When I look into your eyes
I realize
Us from I’s

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

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOne Damn Song

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LYRICS
Spending all your day
Wondering why your days
Slip away
When sleep’s on it’s way
You say, “I’ll pray:
Lord, I’ve done wrong
Didn’t write one damn song”

Spending all your time
Wondering if I’m
Gonna turn out fine
Under fading light
You say… “Pray? I might.
Lord, I’ve done wrong
Didn’t write one damn song”

Spending all your life
Wondering how to avoid strife
When all the while…
You made Ms. Satan your wife
On fallen knees you say
“God, listen to me pray:
Lord, I’ve done wrong
Didn’t write one damn song”

Lordy, Lordy

I’ve been forgiven
Of that sin
I’ve been forgiven
Of my sin
Been forgiven of my wrong
Lord I’ve done written one song

Lord, I’m reckoning
Since you’re wrecking my reckoning
I reckon I’ve been forgiven my sin
As this is one damn long song

I’d like to thank you again
Again and again
For forgivin’ that sin
Lord, I did wrong
But, now I wrote that song
Been forgiven
From heaven

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Riff E G#mM7 E7 E6 E Em7 / A E riff / B A E riff; 102 BPM 16 Beat #4 and 122 BPM Soft Fusion
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWell Whethered

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LYRICS
The wind is blowin’
Blowin’ in a storm
My mind is blown
Now it’s the norm
I mean not whether
Extreme weather
Reigning down on me
Forget meteorology
It’s plain to see
Extreme weather
Reigning down on me
[jam up a storm]

The sky is crying
’cause man’s denying
Responsibility
Raining down on me

The heavens sighing
’cause man’s dying
Forged destiny
For none to be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: CM7 E / C A E; 150 BPM Motown
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in West Chester, PA.
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSay What They May

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LYRICS
They’ll say what they may
For today
But as day two get’s underway
Watch the sweater fray
Skating on thin ice
Might wanna think twice
As the cracks appear
As will your fear?

Let them say what they may
May I make my way
With insight in sight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em G7(13) Em7 Em7sus4; 166 BPM Rock #2
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Cusp Of Learning (The Verge Of Knowledge)

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LYRICS
On the cusp of learning
At the break of day
Hope to grasp the meaning
Before it goes away
On the edge of knowledge
Coming on high-noon
Hope to gain advantage
To realize it soon

On the cusp of learning
Please don’t slip away
Hope at last the meaning
Before the end of day
On the verge of knowledge
Let me see the light
To the depths of mind, dredge
See the light before night

Can I see the light?
Can I can I can!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D A E / D A G E / Bass D E; 104 BPM Slow Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderThose Shoes

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LYRICS
Wouldn’t want to be in his shoes
Real life blues
Nowhere to go
But 6 feet down
’til the end from now
Clown
The scourge of mankind
For being unkind

Noooo
I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes
Real life blues
Doesn’t even know
Being made the clown
’til the end of time… from now…
Not knowing know-how
No know how
In a bath of wrath
For an unkind mind

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

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse