Tag: life

bookmark_borderMid-life Fantasy

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LYRICS
A mid-life fantasy
Only crisis I see
Is happening to someone…
Younger than me
No need for money
’cause there’s…
No need for a honey
Instead of a fortune going to waste
Going to give real living a taste
(giving into living
participate in give and take)

Fathom the quality
When all you’ve got is quantity
A whole other ditty
About giving pity
This is to be the situation:
A celebration of appreciation

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: D F C; 87 BPM Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderMy In Memoriam (Ode To Harry Stash)

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My In Memoriam Part 1.mp3

LYRICS
As I’m watching time
Pass into the past
I’m thinking
It’s a shame life doesn’t last
But then I pause…
And think again
Maybe it’s worth rememberin’
Better take it all in
While I can

As I’m wondering if future
Is going to show
I’m thinking
It’s a shame I don’t know
But then I pause…
And think again
Maybe it’s worth rememberin’
Better take it all in
While I can

There’s nothing like being human
(say it again)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em D / C7(13) B7 / Am B7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

While at a memorial service for Harold Hendrickson, I reflected on my “in memoriam.”

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWe Don’t Need No Stinking Doors

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LYRICS
Exactly
What we’re going for
Precisely
Reason more
Behind which door?
While aloof over roof
Or understanding
Underground
Found
The bridge tunnel
Tunnel bridge
Of dids
Wases and is’s
Bridge tunnel
Abridge funeral
Tunnel bridge

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: D#m7(11) D#sus4 G#7sus4 D#7sus4; 125 BPM Handbag
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Omega-ga
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIt Is

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LYRICS
Why do you think it is…
Is turns to was?
What’s all the fuss
What’s all the buzz
’cause I’m telling ya…
It always does

When do you think will…
Will stand still?
Hoping it’s long until
We lose that thrill
’cause I’m asking ya…
Have you had your fill?

Now find out how…
How is right now
Maybe time will allow
Us to love the “wow!”
’cause she’s telling us
Seize the here and now
Turning sword into plough
Sowing seeds that endow

It Is (music video).mp4

It Is.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: E7sus4 E / G A E
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards

From the album The Present
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStardust Or Bust

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LYRICS
Keep going ’round ’til it’s found
I’ve stopped
Though not on top
I’ll still be spinning 6′ down
(In the ground)
You bet
A slightly shorter
Trip
But the orbit
Hasn’t changed a bit
The daily trip
Shorter a bit
The annual orbit
Same ole’ habit
Going ’round
Just 6′ down
So when I die
If you’d try
When I die…
If you might
A satellite
Would be out-of-sight
Stardust to stardust
(Or BUST!)

Stardust Or Bust Music Video.mp4

Stardust Or Bust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Folk
Chords: Em Em7(11) / C B7 Em / Am7(11); 100 BPM Fusion Shuffle
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards

From the album Hear Here
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat Do I Know?

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LYRICS
The older I grow
The more I know
How little I know

Before you grow old
Travel the world
Let you story by told
(Go! Go! Go!)

While you feel young
Find the harmony among
Let your song be sung
(Ohh, ohh, ohh)

Sun rose 1,000 times
Over a 1,000 “I am’s”
We’re in Fortunate Times
(Know so little woe)

The older I grow
The more I know
How little I know

What Do I Know? .mp3

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

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHead Out Feet First

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LYRICS
What does it take to quench your thirst
Head out feet first?
Aching for your bubble to burst
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first

At best you jest
Forget the rest
Head out feet first?

In his head, quest of dead
Heard he said, better off dead!
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first

Are you livin’ a life that’s cursed
Head out feet first?
Bide your time become well versed
Head out feet first?
Heading out feet first
Head out feet first

Head Out Feet First.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Em7 Em E E7 E7+d / A D G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSomething From Nothing

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LYRICS
Isn’t it something
When there’s nothing
Isn’t it something
When you’re gone

Though only a moment
Without movement
Though only a moment
It’s been too long

When nothing is something
And something is nothing
Hearing Nature-all sing
When I’m gone

Evolving from nothing
Evolving from something
Back into nothing
Stardust to stardust

Something From Nothing.mp3

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

Vocals, Guitar

From the album AD
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOurs Soars With Angels

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LYRICS
So, ours soars with the angels
All her children ring their bells
Joined the choir that sings with wings

Been being to other beings
As she’d be unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Doing well with spirit stealth

Been being to other beings
As she’d be unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Doing well with spirit (heaven’s) wealth

Been being to other beings
As she’d been unto herself
Now an undercover angel
Granted eternal health

So, ours soars with the angels
All her children ring their bells
Joined the choir that sings with wings

Ours Soars With Angels Instrumental.mp3

Ours Soars With Angels.mp3

Ours Soars With Angels (original voc/gtr track).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
This song was written at my mother’s empty bedside, as well as, beside her mother and father’s graves at Valley Forge Memorial Gardens.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C D E +harmonics / C G D G / G F# C
Recording: digital 12-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Bells

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat To Do?

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LYRICS
What am I suppose to do
When there’s nothing I can do
What am I suppose to do
I’m asking you

Gotta get back on my feet
By keeping upbeat
Defeat defeat
When my heart’s complete

Maybe if I help the world
Before I get too old
The idea ain’t that bold
Oldest story ever told

No reason. There is no “why?”
We’re all going to die
Will you transcend the sky
Because you decide to try

I’m asking you…
I’m begging you

What To Do? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written and recorded while my mother is in hospice dying of cancer and complications.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: A C B7 E / E F# A B7
Recording: digital 7-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Fortitude

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LYRICS
The fortitude in you
The attitude of fortitude
Have you?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

Have you got it?
Come on and get it
Go get it
Have you got it in you?
Come on, do you?
Do you, too?
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

In a compassion fashion
Not rude and not lewd
With the love of a peace dove
Fortitude
I’ve got the fortitude
In the key of blues

The Fortitude.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the will to live. Written about my mom while she is in hospice.

Style: Alternative Country Blues
Chords: E7 hammer on E / E A G / B7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWait-less / Weightless

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LYRICS
Did you discover…
Your complaint of having to wait
Is over
Yes, wait less
Now you are wait-less
Your weightless
You’re weightless

Same ole fate
Meet-your-maker date
They say…
It could be any day

Angels are your wings
And other amazing things
Unfurled
Wonders beyond the world

I think you’re seeing heaven
Heaven, again
You know…
From whence one will come, one will go
Heaven, again

Wait-less (Music Video).mp4

Wait-less.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written during the solar eclipse with my mother. She was in hospice on Marshall Street in West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em harmonics / C D E / C E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

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_borderBury The Hatchet

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LYRICS
I don’t know if I’m really prepared to miss you
Come again
Same ole problem when you’re burying kin

I don’t know if I’m really prepared to miss you
Don’t let it end
Same ole problem when you bury a friend

I don’t know if I’m really prepared to miss you
Gettin’ me riled
Same ole problem when you buy a child

I don’t know if I’m really prepared to miss you
I sure do
Same ole problem when I’m missing you

Why wait? Before it’s too late
Bury the hatchet
Ratchet it up a bit
Bury the hatchet
Why wait? Before it’s too late

Bury The Hatchet.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E A/E A G/E E A/E B7 A G E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse