bookmark_borderSeize The Opportunity

LYRICS
The last time opportunity
Had the courtesy of calling on me
Seized the opportunity
And wrestled with the devil to regain my destiny

The last time opportunity
Had the courtesy of calling on me
Seized the opportunity
Tempted to put the devil out of misery

Like a bull in a china shop
Got the devil by the horns
On top of the world… tippy-top
At the pearly gates an angel adorns

Cross the river? Depends which one She (Lady Luck) picks
Not up $hit crick or the river Styx
In this match, must claim victory
Wrestled with the devil a regained my destiny

Seize The Opportunity.mp3

Seize The Opportunity Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A C B7 / G F# E / E F# G
Recording: digital 9-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAlmighty All Mighty

LYRICS
Is anybody upstairs
Is anybody there
Putting faith in nothing
Anticipating something

Though we’re spinning round and round
We’re looking upward to be found
Rotations never slowing down
Going round and round

The logic of God is odd
Living for the approval nod
Selfish expression of sole sacrifice
Sugar and spice and everything nice

Is a supernatural being
Being natural at all?
No touching, hearing or seeing
Are you testing my gall?

Almighty All Mighty Music Video.mp4

Almighty All Mighty.mp3

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

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNo Inferno

LYRICS
Can you hear hell?
Clear as a bell
IF judgment is coming
Why are you running
Well, can’t you tell
You can’t outrun hell

Can you smell hell?
Not hard to tell
Rotten eggs n’ burning sulfur
Nausea and diarrhea sufferer
Judgement day is on the way
Well, you can’t outrun hell

Can you taste hell?
Bitter farewell
An aftertaste of human waste
Laid to waste in our haste
Mankind fell
Trying to outrun hell

No Inferno.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: D C / C G D
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album Brain Too More
by Listening Deficit

bookmark_borderThe Dead (But Not Gone) Song

LYRICS
Will I recognize you
After we breakthrough
When we reside on the other side
Will we begin again
Starting already knowing
Wondering when the outside we’re in
May the blackness of the heavens
Turn to pure white light
Soul is soaked in safe havens
All is justified just right

Dead but not gone
Playing a long song
Through the light of the night… an eternal dawn
In the light incites
Your light is in my sites
I know I’ll recognize your glow
In the light insights
Your light is in my sights
I know I’ll recognize your glow

The Dead (But Not Gone) Song.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: A9 AM7 E / C D E
Recording: 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

The Dead But Not Gone Song (Alt. Version).mp3

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Otherside

LYRICS
It stands to reason
If the other side of the other of Earth is made of earth
Making me wonder… is the other side of living… more like earth or heaven

It stands to reason
Maybe the opposite season
But nevertheless
More or less —
Earth
(Heaven on Earth)

It stands to reason
On the other side

On the other side of Earth
What’s it made of… earth?
On the other side

No, not quite ready to ride
If it’s high tide here is it low tide there
I don’t want to arrive at the wrong tide
On the other side
If it’s high tide here is it low tide there
If so, I want to beware
On the other side

The Otherside Music Video.mp4

The Otherside.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Cm C Eb Eaug

90 BPM / Fusion

An extemporaneous / impromptu song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex to laptop running Korg software; also has midi cable to microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPromise


LYRICS
Oh won’t you take me by the hand
Lead me right to the promised land
I’d love to comprehend
Help me understand
In the promised land

Angels hark!
Noah’s ark
We’ve got to sail out of here / hear

Chorus

Angels sing
A Christmas thing
We’ve got to hail. Shout to hear

Chorus

Angels sing
An Easter thing
We’ve got to nail out our fear
(Break a guitar string)

Promise Music Video.mp4

Promise (Alternative).mp3

Writing and Recording the Song "Promise"
Writing and Recording the Song “Promise”

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 3
G A D G
EM A D G

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Every other song on this album is about the dark or the light. This song is about the light.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Black Vs. White
by Daniel Brouse

 

bookmark_borderBones Fall

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

LYRICS
Again and again with the sin, sin, sin
Then say it’s only true if I go through you?
Don’t you think Jesus had a dog, too
Who did either of them have to go through

Don’t try to save me

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
All good dogs go to heaven
8, 9, 10 then 11
All good children go to heaven

Don’t try to save me

Over and over with brimstone scented sulfur
Saying hell’s the only viable offer

Don’t try to save me

Don’t you think Jesus HAS a dog, too
How did they manage to get on through?

Don’t try to save me
Don’t wanna enslave me

Hold my hand into the Promised Land
Where the trees grow tall… and from the sky… bones fall
… bones will fall

Bones Fall Dog Song Music Video.mp4

Bones Fall (Alternative).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em+c#
A Em
A D G

A song inspired by the passing of the family pet. It’s about doing your best at doing what’s right. The day my dog died a bunch of religious zealots tried to save me. So, if Jesus is the only way to heaven, how does a dog get into heaven. Even more puzzling, how does Jesus get into heaven?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Timed
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOh, You Can’t Get to Heaven

Live Music Recorded in Everhart Park
Live Music Recorded in Everhart Park

LYRICS
Can you get to heaven if you don’t care a bit
If you don’t give a shit
If you don’t care a bit

The times they are changing
Pray my soul is fit
The gremlins they are a granging
Pray my soul ain’t bit

Chorus

The world keeps on turning
Asteroid please don’t hit
The sun keeps on burning
May our days stay lit

Chorus

Hope your heart keeps yearning
No bottomless pit
Hope you keep on earning
That you never quit

Chorus

Oh, You Can’t Get to Heaven Music Video.mp4

Oh, You Can’t Get To Heaven.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E
D C E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCounting On It

Counting On It.mp3

LYRICS
1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Can you get to heaven
8,9,10, then 11
talkin’ heaven

They’re forecasting hell
For almost every individual

1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Can you get to heaven
8,9,10,11
talkin’ heaven

I’m counting on it
After this living habit

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D Dm
F

146 Beats Per Minute / R&B with Hip Hop and Techno Drums

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Mass for the Dark Matter
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFlipside

Flipside.mp3

LYRICS
From here to there
And back again
Wanting a return trip

Love life on Earth
When done agin’
Hoping the side can flip

I’ll see ya on the flipside
After our mortality ride
Heaven’s playground slide
I’ll see ya on the flipside

Unaware everywhere?
Immortal gain
Second coming equip

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em G Em A Em
Em A

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Takamine
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHeavenliness

Heavenliness.mp3

LYRICS
Heavenliness
It’s the heavenly-ness-es

If you must confess
There’s a morals mess
Some sort of sin test
Or you’ll never rest?

Heavenliness
It’s the heavenly-ness-es

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C Cm

Made in America (West Chester, Chester County, PA, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocoder, Keyboards

From the album Thought Experiments
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAbout Heaven

About Heaven.mp3

LYRICS
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7… all good children go to heaven
At 8… through the pearly gate
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 through the pearly gate
Next 9, just in time
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9 then 10… they (you) get to do it again

Chorus
Reincarnation celebration
Coming to a lifetime in you
Reincarnation celebration
Truly transparent view

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 do you think you’ll be forgiven?
Or, 8… too late?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8… pray I don’t come back as fish bait
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9… pray I have a spine
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10… may I be a being again

Chorus

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C Am/A
D A

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

This song is inspired by what will happen if humans extinct themselves… er, a… there won’t be much chance of a soul being in a human?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the Sir Vent album Now That Is Hot
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOrder

LYRICS
Order
Order in the court
This ain’t no tort
It’s criminal

Order
Order in the court
This is criminal
It ain’t no tort

Do you not understand
The serious nature
Of our accusations
Can’t you see that in a straight jacket
You have limited options

C,c,c,c,c, control

Order in the court
This is criminal
It ain’t no tort

There is no chance
You will get out of this unscathed
There is very, very little chance
You’ll be saved

In what do you believe

C,c,c,c, control
It’s natural
You’re out of control

Order.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Am

Written and recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous song.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar

From Sir Vent’s album Ventilation
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderChristmasy

Christmasy.mp3 (Free MP3 Christmas Music Download or Streaming Audio)

LYRICS
Are you feeling Christmasy?
Are you feeling Christmasy
Like me
Are you, too

Although
You know
There’s no snow
And, the mailman
Doesn’t come anymore
With Christmas cards to your door
But, there’s still plenty of parties
And, there’s still plenty of cheer
You’ve got to love the Christmas time of year

Are you feeling Christmasy?
Are you feeling Christmasy
Like me… are you?

Sure Christmas has it’s ho, ho, ho
But, reggae has Christmas ya know?!?!
We go hey, hey, hey!
Ho, ho, ho
Hey, hey, hey

Are you feeling Christmasy
Every time of year when Christmas is near

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C F C F G G F C

Written and recorded December 14, 2012 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Narley Marley Reggae Music Festival
By Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderYes, Please. Human!

LYRICS
The last time I was in heaven
God asked, “Do you want to do it again?”
I said, “Yes, please. Human!”

If I can do it again
You bet. You’re in.
Do it again
Human

I thank you kindly
For giving me the opportunity
To be all I can be as me

If I happen to have the chance
To catch the final dance

I’m eternally grateful
For this opportunity
To be part of humanity
And, to try to make it humane — Humane humanity
It could be quite sane
Sanity
Humane humanity

This is really being born again
Oh, thank you, Lord
Under the finest star
Your sun
I thank you, oh, Lord
Getting to experience time one more time

The last stage coach out of here
Into the setting sun
To the home that’s dear
I can feel it near

Thank you, Lord
I can see
Being a human being
Then, I can mean
Without being mean
Mean without mean

We can let go
We can come to know
Our collective knowledge
Is the rhythm of our souls

It’s the rhythm of our souls

Please, yes, please
Again as human!

Yes, Please. Human! .mp3 (Free Reggae Music MP3 Download or Streaming Audio)

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am F G Am

Written and recorded on December 11, 2012 in Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Narley Marley Reggae Music Festival
By Daniel Brouse

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