bookmark_borderThe Center Of Justice

LYRICS
Building a building
Meant to tear people down
Name’s misleading
There ain’t no justice in this town

All but lost and forgotten
To the core they are rotten

Take some time
And dare to look around
Reason… rhyme?
Ask but can’t be found

Lady liberty
Well, she just can’t see
She blindly
Weighs just to the mighty
(ways to balance the mighty)

Painting a painting
With a thousand words
Champion debating
Melting down their swords

The Center Of Justice.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written at the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester, PA.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em11(no5) Am7 A A7 / G Em A
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_border1st World World

LYRICS
Herald the 1st world world
Where equity’s one and the same
Leveled with logic of sane
And the yield… a level playing field
Can’t conceal how I feel
When everyone’s treated as real

Imagine when all wars cease
Giving all a piece of peace
And as much as an angelic touch
The choir in company of harmony
Can’t conceal how I feel
When everyone’s treated as real

The children fed and in bed
Know the very next day they’ll play
When all is done it’s said,
“How is our legacy read?”
Can’t conceal how I feel
When everyone’s treated as real

1st World World.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Based on The Golden Rule’s Social Justification.

Q: Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you. Or, what?
A: Or else elimination of all players is a possibility.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A A(13) D A7 / B7 D A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE

bookmark_borderDismissed

LYRICS
Going from pissed to dismissed
For what they missed — dismissed
Dismissed
You’re dismissed

Call Thomas, Esquire when straights are dire
Both chambers loaded, cocked… fire!
Dismissed
You’re dismissed

Order in the court. Here comes the judge
And he’s the sort that likes to hold a grudge
“Oh, no! You’re not free to go.”

I must confess you’ve no witness
If no one witnessed, case dismissed
Dismissed
You’re dismissed

Finally a chance
Justice scales balance
Celebration dance
Blind justice glance

Celebratory dance
Scales balance

Dismissed
You’re dismissed
You’re free to go, ya know?

Dismissed.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E E+Bb Em7 / E7 Em
Recording: live

Vocals, Guitar

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

A song inspired by Sergeant Marty Deighan of the West Chester Police Department and Tony Waldman.

BLIND JUSTICE GLANCE

Lady Justice — Since the 15th century, Lady Justice has often been depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents objectivity, in that justice is or should be meted out objectively, without fear or favour, regardless of money, wealth, fame, power, or identity; blind justice and impartiality.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderShot in the County Seat

LYRICS
State Police go flying by
With their lights blazing
Makes a man wonder why
Sirens are blaring
Shootout at the county seat
Justice dealt another defeat

Lead that led to death’s bed
Turns the living to the dead
Makes a man wonder why
Someone’s gotta die
Shootout at the county seat
Justice dealt another defeat

Wedding of clothing with shedding blood
Brings an out pouring… an emotional flood
Makes a man wonder why
There’s a final good-bye
Shootout at the county seat
Justice dealt another defeat

Shot in the County Seat West Chester, PA.mp4

Shot in the County Seat.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C F
A C
Em C A

A song about:

WEST CHESTER, PA — The man shot by a Chester County Sheriff’s deputy Tuesday morning after he attacked another deputy with a knife has died from his injuries, officials have confirmed.

Curtis Smith, a 34-year-old Coatesville resident, was treated at the scene of the 11:50 a.m. shooting and taken to Paoli Hospital where he died as a result of his wounds, according to Chester County District Attorney Thomas P. Hogan.

Hogan identified Smith as the man who was arrested in early March for vaulting the White House wall.

A 1-track live stereo recording. Written and recorded in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSo Knee

A Lyrical Interview about The Interview
Sony’s so knee-jerk reaction
No Constitution satisfaction

Chorus
It’s plain to see
Satirical comedy
It’s plain to see
This ain’t reality

Sony’s so knee-jerk reaction
No substitution for affirmative action

No satisfaction from retraction

No liberation without artist expression

So Knee Music Video.mp4

So Knee.mp3

Audio and Video Production
Audio and Video Production

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am D7
E Am

A song about Sony’s human rights violations of American employees and artists.
SEE: Is Sony in Violation of Homeland Security?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Hack
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJustice Delayed

LYRICS
Justice delayed is justice denied
When it’s implied, it’s applied
Justice denied

Justice delayed
Justice dismayed
Justice denied

Black hat
White hat
What side?
Justice delayed is justice denied

It might be easy to say
A you just sit on your swing and sway
“That’s nice… justice”
Until they put you behind the bars
The accounts that might just be too bizarre
For you to realize
Treatment by your government…
You might put into size
It might not be quite right

Justice delayed is justice denied

Justice Delayed.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — EM7aug EmM7 C Cm

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJustice Just Is (Balance The Scales)

LYRICS
There’s comfort in knowin’
It’s getting harder and harder
For you to do it again and again

Justice Just Is (Balance The Scales).mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 1
C Em C
Am
Em Am

Made in America (Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Space Force
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEdger Allan In The Poe

Songwriting at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA
Songwriting at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA

Edger Allan In The Poe.mp3

LYRICS
chorus
There’s a movement of the people
You can not deny
Oh, my, my

And, it seems it’s starting to show
Tearing at the seams
As the people get into the know
You know what I mean?

Chorus

You dare not cross the line
Or, they’ll try to crack your spine
If you dare to raise a presence
The weight will crush ’till silence

Civil Unrest in the City of Brotherly Love
Civil Unrest in the City of Brotherly Love

Chorus

Chorus reprise
There’s a movement toward a steeple
When the temple is the people
Try, try, try

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was/is inspired by N.A. Poe of Philadelphia’s TV show the Panic Hour. Though Poe was not allowed on Federal Ground, his presence was the essence.

High Definition Pictures of the Protest in Philly

More on the World-wide Civil Unrest

Chords — Capo 2 (F#)
Slide into Em from flat
D6 Aadd9 D6 A7 Em
G B Em bass line

Made in the USA at the Liberty Bell / Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Ahh
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRight!

Right!.mp3 (Free MP3 Download)

LYRICS
I got it
I get it
Don’t ever forget it
I got it
I get it
You’ll come to regret it
I got it
I get it
Don’t ever forget it

If you don’t mend your way
All the lies that you say
Redemption you can’t pray
Until your dieing day

Repeat Verse

If you don’t face the fact
Perjury’s an illegal attack
If you don’t face the fact
The lies you can’t take back

Repeat Verse

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E7 A7
B E7

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

The song is about a “bad” cop that lies under oath.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album When Mother Mary….
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThawed Just Ice

Writing the Song Thawed Just Ice
Writing the Song “Thawed Just Ice”

LYRICS
When the doom starts to loom
Go toward the omnipresent light
When storm troopers goon
Got to stick up for what is right

What is “just” must come true
True the alignment is meant

When you feel down on your luck
When you are persecuted
It’s time to give a F&%#!
Risking being executed

What is “just” must come true
True the alignment is meant

Thawed Just-Ice.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em Em7 D6

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

A song about balancing the scales of justice.

Daniel — Vocals, Piano, Keyboard

From the album True True
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO PART

bookmark_borderDike

How to play guitar to *Dike*
How to play guitar to *Dike*

LYRICS
Can you take a look
Help me get a grip
Do I have a big fat lip?

Chorus
Been insulted… been assaulted
Victim of Lady Justice
No mate for Goddess Maat
Isis ain’t in this thesis
“If some god has been holding the balance of Dike….”
Imbalance they strike

The Man comes
Knocks you down
Logic runs
Down the drain

Fat Cat’s rats
Mow you down
While the clown
Lost his brain

Chorus

 

Chords — Aadd9 E
D7 Am
D7 G E

Lady Justice Blindfolded with the Scales
Lady Justice Blindfolded with the Scales

The song is about the justice system. Lady Justice can be traced back to Goddesses Maat, Isis and Dike. The quote is about Goddess Dike.

The personification of justice balancing the scales of truth and fairness dates back to the Goddess Maat, and later Isis, of ancient Egypt. The Hellenic deities Themis and Dike were later goddesses of justice. Themis was the embodiment of divine order, law, and custom, in her aspect as the personification of the divine rightness of law. However, a more direct connection is to Themis’ daughter Dike, who was portrayed carrying scales

“If some god had been holding level the balance of Dike” is a surviving fragment of Bacchylides’s poetry. Ancient Rome adopted the image of a female goddess of justice, which it called Justitia. Since Roman times, Justitia has frequently been depicted carrying scales and a sword, and wearing a blindfold.

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderAfter You

LYRICS
I’m coming at you
%$#* the vengeance
I’m coming at you with repentance

Sure, someday you’ll pay
But, it doesn’t have to be my way
I’m more than happy

The future’s your own destiny
It’s not up to me
Choose your own destiny

I’m coming at you
%$#* the vengeance
I’m coming at you with repentance

There’s no need to be defensive
This is all meant for our own good
If we would have just done what we could
Then we wouldn’t be in the dilemma
A little more Dalai Lama
A little less crusade
Would bring the aid

I’m coming after you
%$#* the vengeance
I’m coming after you with repentance

Every life comes to an end
Will your soul ascend…
On Judgement Day
When justice comes your way

I’m coming after you
There’s not much you can do
I’m diligent
Not violent
Gotta get the repentance through

After You.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Cm7 Em7(11) Em7

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo live recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Korg, Yamaha and Casio Keyboards (all instruments played simultaneously.)

From the Industrial Noize Pollution “HEAVY On Music” experimental album of music: The Weight Is Over
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFramed: Suffering The Fool’s Pain

by Rick Reinhart and Daniel Brouse
from the album Held For Questioning
a county-grunge demo for the themesong to the Framed Film Project

Suffering The Fools Pain.mp3

LYRICS

Hung like a picture on the wall
She grabbed me by the balls
Flung into a den of lions
In front of the hypocrites and liars
In the lair
In the glare
I fell to my knees
Beggin’ please, please, please

I’ve been framed
I’ve been blamed
But, I bare no shame
Smear my name
I’ve been framed
May never be the same
Suffering the fool’s pain

CHORDS — Dm
F C F C D Dm
G Dm

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at the Out In The Woods studios in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. At the begging of the track, you can hear Rick asking for the vocals to be sung with a country “squirrel s&#!” style.

bookmark_borderLordess Of Destruction

Lordess Of Destruction Part 3.mp3

LYRICS
Do you thirst to see blood?
Do you like to see people dragged through the mud?
Lordess Of Darkness
I suppose you’re your own curse

You weren’t quite fortunate enough
To be fetched by a hearse
You’re just a living zombie
A shell of a body
Foul
You’ve got no soul
You’re the Lordess Of Darkness
I suppose you’re your own curse

Lordess Of Darkness

With all your previous lives
You’d think you’d realize
Lordess Of Darkness
I suppose you’re your own curse

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am A sus4

Written and recorded on January 4, 2013 in Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous recording. It is a song about how some females abuse the justice system because of the courts’ discrimination against men.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Great Unknown
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJust Is (Of Peace)

by Daniel Brouse
Inspired by Insanity Humanity (Ain’t That the Truth!)
and the Rev. LeRoy Montana

A pound of bricks
A pound of feathers
Those in the throws of sticks
And, stones
Thrown from their thrones

Flesh and bones?
Nothing weathers
That matters

Is it fine
In this time
When, “What is that?”
Is that what is
Makes you wonder
How the others live

Perhaps, not that far away
A day
When what is just
Just is

More than chance
That justice
Someday will sway
The balance

PART II

When, “What is that?”
Is that what is
Makes you wonder
How the others live

When what is just
Just is

Justice
Someday will sway
The balance

How will I weigh?

A pound of bricks
A pound of feathers
Those in the throws of sticks
And, stones
The one that weathers
Thrown from their thrones
The one that matters
Is not me

Without we
I just am
Without you
Too
Two alones

A family
Better we’d be
Better by far
We already are
Together we way
Together we weigh
Together we may
Without fail
The Scale
Just is
Justice