bookmark_borderPermanent Marker

LYRICS
They can’t erase you
No matter what they do
They can’t erase you

Though the meaning of life is a mystery
You won’t get lost in the history

They can try to ignore you
But you’re going to get through
Because that is what you do

When the meaning of life comes through clearly
You’ll be clinging to life… just barely

So before it’s too late
Spring to life… don’t hesitate
Nooooooo…. don’t wait!

Earth’s lurker
Human marker
Heaven’s lurker
Permanent marker

Permanent Marker.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Aadd9 Aadd9+f# Em
Asus A7

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, PA, USA.

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTwilight

LYRICS
See the sun reflected in your eye
See the sun light up the western sky
Watch as the Earth’s shadow
Casts night onto our hallow

How do you count the passing of days
How do you amount the righteous ways
Find evil hard to swallow
No sense crying… don’t wallow

Live each bit to the fullest
Live each bit reaching for best
Live every moment hollow of sorrow
Live every moment like no tomorrow

Twilight Part 2.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm Dm7 Dmadd9 Csus2 CM7

100 beats per minute / Modern Ballad

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGood As Gold

LYRICS
Have you been told
All that glitters is not gold?
As a matter of fact, in every cloud’s shinning
Is a silver lining

As you grow old
Enlightenment… lo and behold
Lo and behold… enlightening
Provocation without inciting

How exciting

Good As Gold.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C C add 9 F CM7

146 beats per minute / Bossa Nova

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSnakebite

Snakebite.mp3

LYRICS
Have you been bitten by a snake?
The way you shake….

Shake n’ stir
That’s for sure

Is that right
Snakebite?

What’s your stance
On the snakebite dance?

The way you shake
Don’t know how much I can take

Shake, rattlesnake, roll

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm

144 beats per minute / Pop Polka

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSome-up Synergy Sum

Some-up Synergy Sum.mp3

LYRICS
Sum
S U M
and then some sum

When the sum is more than all the parts together
Synergy

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderImaginator

LYRICS
Imagination generator
Creator
Imaginator

Generate a generation
With imagination
Generation generation

Salvation

The kind kind that uses mind
To help mind mankind
Humankind
If there were any humanity left
In human-ity
Unless I’m deft
… none left

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm add9

142 beats per minute / Polka

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Heart

The Heart.mp3

LYRICS
Wow!
I knew somehow
You’d come through
But, I couldn’t figure
Exactly, what you’d do

Ciao!
I knew somehow
We’d pull through
To the promised grandeur
Spectacularly, thank you

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm Dm7
C Dm

132 beats per minute / Jazz Combo Heavy Metalfied

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFirst Call: Assembly

First Call / Assembly.mp3

War Poster
War Poster

LYRICS
What will man do in the name of the Lord?
What hell will man wreak in the name of God?
No matter how absurd
No matter how odd
No matter how forsaken
Granted, life is taken

Gather round humankind
For some kind
Of Ass embly

Can you tell the mule from the fool
Is the donkey me?

There’s a soldier in the grass
With a bullet in his ass
Take it out, take it out, like a good boy scout

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Bb

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

A song based on the bugle calls First Call and Assembly.

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

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFeelings

Recording In The Dark
Recording In The Dark

Feelings.mp3

LYRICS
I like crawling into spaces
I like making funny faces
You like sending out tracers
Attempts at erasers (erasures)

I like writing little songs
I like figuring right from wrong
You like acting too strong
Weighing down hard and long

Who knows maybe faces and song
Will help us all to get along
We could be twice as strong
And, save our human races
… leaving some traces

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em Bsus4 Em7
F#m7
G

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRa

Sun Songwriting
Sun Songwriting

Ra Part 3.mp3

LYRICS
Fusion
Confusion
Solar energy
The sun
No matter our distortion
Can’t help the synergy
No matter our destruction
Devastation, eradication
Let the light shine
It’ll all be fine
Just let the light shine
We’ll all be fine

Fusion
Confusion
If the nuclear
Is not clear
You’ve got Fusion Confusion

The sun

Ra, ra, ra
God of the sun
Ray, ray, ray
Which either way you say
Ra, ra, ra
Ray, ray, ray
Whichever way you say
Ra, ra
Ray, ray

Golden
God
The Sun

Turning the plants on
To being green
The sun
If you know what I mean
(Their fill of chlorophyll)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F#

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPin Drop

Recording Studio
Recording Studio

Pin Drop.mp3

LYRICS
Quite enough to hear a pin drop
Right before your bubbles pop
If it’s so loud you can’t hear yourself think
Do a mind meld and we’ll link
Let it be found…
You’ve become one with the sound

Quite enough to hear a pin drop
Right before ya blow your top
If you lead a horse to water and can’t make ’em drink
Give a smile, a hug… a wink
Let it be found…
You’ve come around

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
notes: D walkdown with Bb and F#
D Bb
Dm

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

This song is motivated by the contrast between quite and not quite… like during a snow fall… like “Mandela funeral live: Angry Desmond Tutu scolds FNB stadium”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate, “I want to hear a pin drop!”

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBasic Alkaline

Basic Alkaline Part 6.mp3

Songwriting In The Studio
Songwriting In The Studio

LYRICS
Basically alkaline

Basic alkaloid
Filling the void

Basic acid

Acidic

If I did acid…
Like vinegar
Alkaloid I’d…
Basically if I…
Basic basically

If I enclose and expose
Enclose
If I enclose and expose
In tight quarters
And, expose them to each other
Creating the void
Alkaloid, basically

How long would it be
Be… before
They explode
The motherload
Explode
Bass an alkaloid

ABOUT THIS SONG
Intro — Am FM7

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTether Snapped

INSTRUMENTAL

000721_2333-Tether-Snapped.mp3

000721_2334-Tether-Snapped-Prelude.mp3

000721_2335-Tether-Snapped-Interlude.mp3

000721_2336-Tether-Snapped.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Intro — Em

Daniel — Synthesizers

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDistortion Level

Distortion Pedal Level to 10
Distortion Pedal Level to 10

Distortion Level.mp3

LYRICS
Pardon me,
I hate to interrupt
But, ya see
Please turn the distortion up

With passing years
Escalation of fear
I want to hear
Through distorted ear

Our solution
De-evolution
Through pollution

The irony
Of the social tyranny
Is killing me

The way we inflict our will
Shouts out kill, kill, kill!

ABOUT THIS SONG
Intro — Gb Eb
Chords — Eb Dbsus4

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSo Go

So Go.mp3

LYRICS
Just sitting here
Deserve nothing
So thankful
For what you bring

Just living here
No title to nuttin’
So grateful
For what you bring

So go
In the soul
You know
So go
Overflow
The overflow
… so go with the flow

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A
E D A

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse