Tag: Chester County

bookmark_borderUnsettled Condtions

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LYRICS
What’s your fate
Volcano of hate
That’s poor taste
Oh, no! The waste
Just can’t wait
Volcano of hate
Destruction eruption

Whirlwind of sin
Tornado of hate
Pinned to “has been”
Human waste
Just can’t wait
Tornado of hate
Destruction rotation

Crush romance
Avalanche of hate
Each and every chance
You participate
Just can’t wait
Avalanche of hate
Smother sister
Smother brother
’til there is no other

Unsettled Conditions.mp3

Unsettled Conditions (Instrumental).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 Em C Em G / Em Em7 / Em E / G F# Em
Recording: digital stereo 1) original take 1-track 2) 9-track Mix

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. It is a song about the restaurant owner at the corner and how harboring hate can destroy yourself.

From the album Gay Church

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_borderOld Fiddlers’ Picnic

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LYRICS
Outback in the hills of Chester County
There’s a sight you’ve got to hear to see
Just bring a fiddle to solve the riddle
Do tell! A jig to keep you well
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
We’re starting ‘fore noon
So hey diddle diddle
Give that cat a fiddle
Play ’til we’re under the moon

Groove in the grove in Chester County
It’s alright… the sound you’ll see
Strum a guitar, sing-a-long or hum
Yell! Swing to a melody so swell
Chorus

Far-out in the hills of Chester County
Picking tunes… a plentiful bounty
You know… tap a toe… let it go
Do tell! A jig to keep you well

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic (Music Video).mp4

Old Fiddlers’ Picnic Song.mp3

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

Written at the 89th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Picnic in Hibernia Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Vocals, Guitar

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

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_borderBlackhole Soul

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LYRICS
Physics debate: negate hate?
Collapse of synapse
A blackhole stole your soul

The bargains in your basement
Are the toys in your attic
Again and again with disparagement
Enough to cut you to the quick

Chip off the old blockhead
Rest my case… put to bed
If you ask me
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

Really no treat in the heat
Still tryin’ to learn concern
A homicide of the whole inside
Sacrificed soul to the blackhole

Blackhole Soul (Music Video).mp4

Blackhole Soul.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about a bad “apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” at the corner of Gay and Church Street.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A C G B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderL. O. V. E.

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LYRICS
Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
Love me in the morning
Love me without warning
Love me in the evening
Love me without reasoning

Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
I can see
That it’s meant to be
The certainty
Of love eternally

Please, please won’t you spell it for me: L. O. V. E.
Love me all the day
Love me all the way
Love me through the night
Love with all our might

L. O. V. E. (Music Video).mp4

L. O. V. E. .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 E A B7 / E A E B7 A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderGround Swell

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LYRICS
Hard to tell (Witch’s spell?)
But it looks like a groundswell
Mountain.. I’m talkin’ mountain
Mountain out of a molehill

Hundred percent chance
Of wearing an avalanche

I’m sure hopin’ you’re wearin’
Mighty big shoes to fill
It won’t be long ’til you’re gone
And, this avalanche could kill

So, choose to donate your shoes
For us to fill them in again
A second chance from this avalanche
And escape the hell of your groundswell

Ground Swell.mp3

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

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderHow Much Does a Hemingway? (For Whom the Bell Tolls)

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LYRICS
Going old school
For whom does the bell toll?
Meanwhile a child will smile
Everything will yearn to turn

Do you want a burdensome load
To carry to the end of your road?

Do you want to live in “#uck it!”
’till you kick the bucket?

Do you know why “we’re all gonna die”?
Is Promised Land pie-in-the-sky?

Pushing up daisies more than a maybe
From a man to a stardust baby

Everything will yearn to turn
Everybody will churn
Every body everywhere
Everybody every where

How Much Does Hemingway? (Music Video).mp4

How Much Does Hemingway?.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am+4 D9 / C Em Am+4
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets, Market / High Streets, and Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderHuman Time Capsule

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LYRICS
I’m unsure about time capture
Is time something you can store
Am I a time capsule
In continuum on patrol

They say time The Avenger
Will make you a stranger
Foregone unknown into the future
Quick! Capture your soul with a picture

I’m not sure about saving time
The sands of time are too fine
Can’t keep them in an hourglass
Through the glass they pass

If a stitch in time saves nine
What about the tenth?
Are you going to save what’s mine
If so, at what length?

Can you save your life
Be immortality
Can you save your life
Be invincibility

Human Time Capsule Music Video.mp4

Human Time Capsule.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C A / A Ab G A
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Several cultures (from Native Americans to the Aborigines) believe your soul can be captured in a photograph.

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets and Market / High Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderQuality Time

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LYRICS
Did you ever wonder:
How much more is in store?
Wake-up in the morning and walk out the door
How much more is in store?
I suppose I’m
A quantity of quality time

Did you ever wonder:
How much more you’ll endure?
Do you suppose time is measured, too?

With gravity I see we gravitate
From before to too late
As suggestion, a question:
Why would I want to wait?
Take advantage of having weight
Before the liquidation
Before we liquidate
Do you ask the question?

Quality Time Music Video.mp4

Quality Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am (adding one finger at a time Em+4 E4 Am) G D / C D Am / G Am G/C
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corners of Gay / Church Streets and Market / High Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderSleek Lines

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LYRICS
The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
An art critic from the New York Times
Says your “lines are mighty fine”

The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
At the very least a masterpiece
… like Picasso or Van Gogh
You know… Picasso or Van Gogh?

The way you wiggle
Love the lines you scribble
The parallel symmetry
It really, really gets to me

I am thinking museum
Quality obviously
I can see clearly
Your name on the marquee

Sleek Lines.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7sus4 / G A7 E7sus4 / E7sus4 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1=track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderBeauty Full

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LYRICS
What a beautiful beauty full view
With the sky sky-blue
What a beautiful beauty full view
To enjoy with you

Seeing with ears
Hearing with heart
Wonder who hears Her calling your part
Touched by thought
No taste goes to waste
Can you taste fulfilling your part

Sure a beautiful… beauty full of you
With your love… love true through
Sure a beautiful… beauty full of you
To share the view

Soul so beautiful
Beauty full soul
See beauty being set free
Soul so beautiful
Beauty full soul
In totality

Beauty Full.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C D E / E C
Recording: original take / live digital 1=track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

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

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderHallelujah Hallucination

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LYRICS
For those that think it’s best
The rest are just a pest
If you try to address their mess
They’ll pass the buck to the next
Patriot bull$hit
Political rhetoric
(This $hit is thick)
Do no harm? Sound the alarm!
Men in suits stole the loot
Savage beast… to say the least

For those that boast “I’m the most”
At last, first will be last
At last, last will be first
Their reign quenching our thirst
Redemption nation
Alienation salvation
(Hallelujah hallucination)
Is justice justified
Is your hide on the ride
Was downside… now upside

Hallelujah Hallucination.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C A / B C A / G A / C G A; 66 BPM –> over 100 –> 32
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

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

From the album Brain Too More
by Listening Deficit

bookmark_borderFloat Your Boat

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Songwriting on the Brandywine
Songwriting on the Brandywine

LYRICS
Do you know what I mean
When I sing “floating down stream”?
Behave with the energy wave
… to the sea
Try to keep your head above water
Don’t ever go down for the third time
It really does matter
Living the nursery rhyme
Floating down stream
My body a boat in the dream
Embody “about” in the dream

Float Your Boat (Music Video on the Brandywine River).mp4

Float Your Boat Soundtrack.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em BM7aug C C7 / D6 C G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written and recorded along the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania. (Home of the original indigenous Americans.) Written after the deaths of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington it is an anti-suicide / pro-living life song.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRedemption

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LYRICS
Mother Nature says
It’s only a phase
The nuclear age
The good ole days
Have parted ways
Mother Nature says
It’s only a phase
Only a stage
Postmodern rage
Comin’ clean on the war machine
Funded by our ghetto scenes
The American dream going up in steam
From growing a heart that’s mean
Redeem!

The more I dream
The redeem scene
Obscene come clean
I mean the dream
No longer mean
Loving is keen
Heart is the queen
Mercy is seen
The redeem scene

Redemption (Music Video).mp4

Redemption.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C E / E G A / G A A9
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written and recorded along the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Additional lyrical inspiration from the Guess Who’s American Woman.

From the album A Collection Of Notes
by Daniel Brouse