bookmark_borderOn Our Axis

LYRICS
The way
The night turns to day
Day to night
Night to day
Dawn to dusk
The cycle of lust

Winter solstice
Summer solstice
Equinox

Sly as a fox
In the clothes of sheep
Lion… lamb
Do I know who I am?

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — All Flats
Eb Bb Db Gb

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlippery Slope

Slippery Slope.mp3

LYRICS
Headed out
On a slippery slope
No doubt,
Going to need some hope

Less I look the dope
And, slide where there’s nowhere to hide
Get a hold… cope?
I already tried

Whether it’s decline or incline
I’m inclined
To decline
An invitation to devastation

Holding on tight
With all our might
Hold on long enough
No matter how tough
Everything will be alright

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C A
Bb A

140 beats per minute / Shuffle Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderShuffle Boogie

Songwriting In A Snow Storm
Songwriting In A Snow Storm

INSTRUMENTAL

Shuffle Boogie.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm

129 beats per minute / Shuffle Boogie

Daniel — Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCrunch

Songwriting About a Snow Storm
Songwriting About a Snow Storm

Crunch.mp3

LYRICS
The ground underneath my feet
Crunches

If crutches are in your clutches
Won’t help like they could
When watching people clasping
Please help like we should

Instructed to be productive
And, with thy gifts give
Productive to the instructed
Long let quality live

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C

90 beats per minute / 60’s Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

This is a song about being productive… even when you’re unexpectedly shut-in… like in a snow storm… at the same time, giving consideration to the most vulnerable of your neighbors.

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDancing Feet

Recording in the Studio, West Chester, PA
Recording in the Studio, West Chester, PA

Dancing Feet.mp3

LYRICS
Those dancing feet
Taking over me
Those dancing feet
Obvious to see
Those dancing feet
Take over… complete

Swing your partner round and round
Let your dangle dangle down

They’re such a treat
Your dancing feet
A touch so sweet
Your dancing feet
Keep the beat
Stoke heart’s heat

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — B A
D B

178 beats per minute — cowboy boogie.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWith A Reggae Backbeat

With A Reggae Backbeat.mp3

LYRICS
When you think
About it
What a trip

Embark your mental ship
Connect with the humane orbit
You’re our missing link
Are our missing link

If we could just get in synch

Computer Midi Hook-up
Computer Midi Hook-up

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Am Ab
G6 Am7(11)

Reggae groove at 142 beats per minute.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Knew Know

Studio Recording
Studio Recording

The Knew Know.mp3

LYRICS
I bet ya didn’t know
If you only knew
Who knows what you’d do
Do you?

Is it the kind of thing
That’d make you sing
Is it the kind of thing
You can bring?

If what’s new
Is you know
You knew
What’s new
Ya know?

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — EM7aug FM7

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn A Cloud

In A Cloud.mp3

LYRICS
For crying out loud
I just found
When I look around
I’m in a cloud
All this fog
Causes vision to clog

I musta missed all this mist
In some sort of fate twist
Easy to resist
Seeing what exists

Rape, murder and hate
Before it’s too late
Let the light shine through
And reveal what is true

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D7sus4 G7sus4 C9 Dm7(11)

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 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_borderDreamour

Dreamour.mp3

LYRICS
Please tell me what would you like it to be about?

Please tell me what would you like your life to be about
Can you answer without doubt
What would you like your life to be about?

In and out and in and out and in and out…
What would you like your life to be about?

Be the creator of your landscape
Shape the ape
Envision your vision
Control your dream
Control the scene (less obscene)

Imagine you’re a train engineer
Engineer your train
Engineer where you want to go
Because you know where you want to go
Go!

Engineer,
You can steer clear
You can be aware
Aware everywhere
You can go where you want to go
You know

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Ebm Ebm7

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTouch Down

Touch Down (Music Video).mp4

LYRICS
When we touch down
Probably won’t stick ’round

There’s no time for bickering
There’s no time for heckling
Much rather be singing
Phrases that praises living (loving)

When we touch down
A quick stop in town

There’s no time for snickering
There’s no time for belittling
Much rather be singing
Phrases that praises living (loving)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Am Em C

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

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

From the album Rude-ill-mentally
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe First Christmas Eve Night

The First Christmas Eve Night.mp3

LYRICS
Don’t you love this time of year
There’s just enough nip in the air
To see the night sky clear

Chorus
And it makes you wonder
Star bright
About the first Christmas night

Don’t you love this time of year
When goodwill fills the air
Heart and soul can see clear

Chrous

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C C7
F C

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

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSpoon Fed / Hand That Feeds

Spoon Fed / Hand That Feeds.mp3

LYRICS
Please don’t spoon feed me
I beg
I cry on my knees
I’m down on my knees

Please don’t spoon feed me
I don’t want to bite…
I don’t want to cut off the nose
I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds
I don’t want to cut off the nose to spite….

Please don’t spoon feed me
I gotta fight the urge to bite
The hand that feeds me

Please don’t spoon feed me

’cause you see
Inevitably there will be a jerk of the knee

I have to plea
Please don’t spoon feed me

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Gb Ab Bb
Db Eb

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Thought Experiments
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderShout!

Making the Video for Shout!
Making the Video for Shout!

Shout! (Video).mp4

Shout!.mp3

LYRICS
So Joshua son of Nun
Had to get the job done
Had to get the battle won

It came to be found
… just turn up the sound

They found… just turn up the sound

Blow trumpets
Show rhythm
Now our battle hymn, “Shout!” x6

And the walls came tumbling down

Make a joyful noise
All the earth
Break forth into joyous song

“trumpet sound;
lute and flute
tambourine and dance;
strings and pipe
sounding cymbals;
no, no… with loud clashing cymbals!

play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy
And they sang a new song

suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace

the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy”

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E G E
A D A E
D A E

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

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

The song is based on these bible verses:

Joshua 5:13-6:27

6 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout!”

Psalm 98:4 ESV
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! …

1 Chronicles 15:16
David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song

Job 38:7 ESV
When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Revelation 5:11 ESV
Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

Luke 2:13-14 ESV
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

bookmark_borderHome For Christmas

Home For Christmas (Music Video).mp4

Home For Christmas.mp3

LYRICS
If you’re feeling all alone at Christmas
Feelings for all the people you miss
Please remember you’re never alone
Wherever you are… you’re at home

Please remember you’re never alone

If you’re feeling blue… another year anew
Feeling life is slipping away… you’re blue
Please remember how much you’re loved
Embrace now so there’s no regret of “could’ve”

Breath in deep the Christmas spirit
Not just today but all year… keep near it
Please remember wherever you roam
Where ever… you’re never alone

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D G A D
E A

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

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse