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LYRICS
Solemn bliss in the air
We realize you’re there
Aware
We’re living it up everywhere
We’re living up (to it) when we care
The kiss of death isn’t fair
Aware I’m halfway there
Aware
Chorus
We’re people alike… let’s share
Spreading light ’till we’re there
Aware
Chorus
The burden is not much to bare
In fact, it’s not even there
Aware
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em+f, Em+c, E
E, E-e-b
E A E G E
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
If you please
Release
Jump like fleas
If ya please, jump like fleas
Release! Jump like fleas, please
Jumping like fleas
Jumpin’ like fleas if ya please
Release, jumping like fleas
Jumping up and down
Look around
Go ahead and play the clown
Just don’t get hurt
Don’t let anyone get bruised
Or used
Just jump around
Release
Jumping like fleas
Be jumping like flees
[Let the fun run]
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Dm
Gm7 Dm7 Em7
111 BPM / House
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Look!
Just trying to find a hook
In the nook
Or the cranny
To abolish tyranny
Look, look, look
Just trying to get a hook
In the nook
To rid tyranny
Don’t need no tyranny
Trying to reign over me
Reigning
Raining
(Sing: not over me)
Look I’m just trying to find a hook in the nook
No more tyranny
Abolish tyranny
Over me
[anarchy]
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# F#m and variations
120 BPM / Handbag
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
No, please wait
No, no… please wait
Don’t swallow the secret
No! Please don’t swallow the secret
Do you want to know why
I’m not a spy
Don’t want it to be unheard
That would be absurd
I’ll tell you why
I’m not a spy
I don’t know why
You want to swallow the secret
Don’t swallow the secret
Rather you spill your guts
I know it might sound nuts
But there’s no enemy in me
There’s no enemy in me
Don’t swallow the secret
Or it will kept in all this $hit
That’s not how anybody wants it
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Em7 and variations
128 BPM / Trance
Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War – Mount Vernon /www.mountvernon.org
Ciphers and secret codes were used to ensure that the contents of a letter could not be read… In haste, the spy swallowed the silver ball to avoid detection.Other materials were used to hide messages, ranging from buttons on a textile to hollowed out small, silver balls. One particularly unlucky British spy named Daniel Taylor was caught in New Windsor, New York with a message sent from Henry Clinton to John Burgoyne hidden inside one of these small silver balls. In haste, the spy swallowed the silver ball to avoid detection. However, Patriot soldiers forced the spy to drink a purgative and vomit up the ball. Momentarily undeterred, Taylor grabbed the ball and swallowed it again. Under the threat of being hanged and having the ball cut out of his stomach, Taylor relented. However, Taylor would eventually meet the cruel fate of the gallows, executed on October 16, 1777.
An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
I’d love to, but…
I gotta go
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bass strings Open, EED, EDD
up an octave EAD, EAB
chords A G Em
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
The music I hear
Is grabbing my ear
Is drawing me near
I wanna hear clear
The beat of the sound
Makes me move around
The source of the sound
Must be found
The home of the heart
Is on solid ground
Lordy, I’m homeward bound
Unlike sight
You don’t need light
Through the night
The music plays bright
Unlike taste
It’s food for the soul
None shall waste
From folk… to rock and roll
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Em
Am7 D6
Am7 D6 G
Am Em Em Am
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?
General made a general mistake
Major has made a major problem
What’s at stake is solemn
Subject to corporal punishment
In our private establishment
What shall we do?
I dunno about me… well, how about you?
Have the bugler sound an alarm
‘less we all suffer harm
Not sure who is at fault
But now we’re under assault
While the admiral does admire
His ship sinking and on fire
In the end was he just liar?
Maybe it’s time to retire
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb Eb
222 BPM / Dixieland
An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Why make a fuss about us?
How long has it been about I
After all, we’re all going to die
Why make a fuss about all of us
Why? We’re all going to die
Don’t want to be all alone
In your home
How long have we been singing the same old song
How long
I, I, I, I, I
Why say I, I, I
When we’re all gonna die
Why not fuss about all of us?
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Cm Gm
166 BPM / Boogie
An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
How do you know what’s missing ’till it’s gone
Sacrifice the Queen to save a pawn?
Spending every hour
Trying to be sour
While missing the treat
And everything that’s sweet
How do you know it’s worth kissing ’till it’s gone
Smack Her on the lips just for fun
How do you know the taste ’till it’s in your face
Can’t just sit in the stands for the human race
Chorus
How do you know what’s missing ’till it’s gone
Sacrifice the Queen to save a pawn?
Will you keep walking with your eyes closed
Can you awaken or are you opposed?
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A C/A
D A
A
D A C A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
You wish you could live forever?
You might want to think again
Be careful what you wish for
It just might happen
Oh my God what went wrong
Oh my God are we livin’ too long
Your bladder will fail
Your eyesight grow dim
Scream a silent wail
Your prospects are grim
Chorus
Love life while you can
There’s no “do again”
Cherish every moment
As you knew what it meant
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A A7
G G7 A
C E A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
A total eclipse of the moon
It’ll happen none to soon
Total eclipse of the moon
Omniscient
Reminiscent
Of days gone by
Bye-bye
Why am I
Why am I
Under the sky
Total eclipse of the moon
It happened none to soon
Before mankind’s fall at high noon
At the present
Being omniscient of days gone by
Bye-bye
Supermoon lunar eclipse
Super Blood Moon eclipse
Spread the word or sealed lips
It’s not time for all to die
Found why I am I
Good or bad omen
Amen
Several cultures have myths related to lunar eclipses or allude to the lunar eclipse as being a good or bad omen. The Egyptians saw the eclipse as a sow swallowing the moon for a short time; other cultures view the eclipse as the Moon being swallowed by other animals, such as a jaguar in Mayan tradition, or a three legged toad in China. Some societies thought it was a demon swallowing the moon, and that they could chase it away by throwing stones and curses at it. The Greeks were ahead of their time when they said the Earth was round and used the shadow from the lunar eclipse as evidence. Some Hindus believe in the importance of bathing in the Ganges River following an eclipse because it will help you achieve salvation.
Similarly to the Mayans, the Incans believed that lunar eclipses were when a jaguar would eat the moon, which is why a blood moons look red.
The ancient Mesopotamians believed that a lunar eclipse was when the moon was being attacked by seven demons.
In some Chinese cultures, people would ring bells to prevent a dragon or other wild animals from biting the moon.
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Bm
Am G Em
80 BPM / Cool Night
An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
INSTRUMENTAL
Wind Wisps Water Music Video.mp4
The wind wisps the water
The water as waves behaves
ABOUT THE SONG
Am
C Em Am
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
E A G
E G A
E A D G D A E
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
The fresh water level is dropping
The salt water level is rising
Shouldn’t be eye-popping
… no, ain’t surprising
Backlash of brackish backwaters
The water table is dropping
See the sea level rising
Shouldn’t be heart-stopping
… no, ain’t surprising
Backlash of brackish backwaters
Our wells are running drier
While the tides are rising higher
Would’ve thought it our desire
To put out this man-made fire
Backlash of brackish backwaters
Watered Down Climate Change Music Video.mp4
Watered Down (Singer/Songwriter Version).mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C Em Am
B E Am
The song was inspired by a lot of misleading information trending in social-media about Nestle and the California drought. The facts of the matter are — most of the water in California is used for agriculture. Nearly 50 billion cubic metres (13 trillion gallons) of water is used in California each year. Nestle bottled water plants only use 705 million gallons a year. Almond growers use about as much water each year as the entire city of Los Angeles. What percentage of California’s water is used by agriculture? 80 %.
The real cause of the problem is Human Induced Climate Change. As droughts increase in frequency and intensity, the sea level is rising. So not only are the droughts a problem, but salt water intrusion is also a problem. As these problems worsen, the solution is not to blame bottled water companies. Nor is the solution to build desalination plants. (Not only do desalination plants contribute to global warming, they also are devastating to the ocean.)
The solution is for humans to take responsibility for the climate change and take action.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, miniNOVA
Written and recorded in Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Dunno how much time
Time ’till I’m
Time ’till I’m outta here
Better check my path is clear
Ya, I’d better check-out if my path is clear
If ya wanna make Auntie freeze
Just take away her nightgown
The more you taunt and tease
The more you become the clown
Chorus
It’s alright to play the joker
Just avoid becoming the fool
Don’t become a mother #ucker
Be wise and stay in school
Be wise play it cool
Chorus
Time Is of the Essence Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
open, 1st fret, 2nd
octave slide
7, 5, 3, 2, 1, 0
Daniel — Vocals, Slide Guitar
Recorded at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse