INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
E variations
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
Tag: rock music
bookmark_borderImportant
LYRICS
Preoccupied with the unimportant
Deplete the brain to be ignorant
#1’s winning the rat race
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus
Try to deny all that is important
Nemesis comes to the arrogant
Unaware there’s egg on the face
Hubris falls in utter disgrace
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E Em-e
E C A B E
E C A E
A live 1-track stereo recording written and produced in West Chester, Chester County, PA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderWhat’s Cookin’?
LYRICS
Burnt on the outside… raw in the middle
Really ain’t much of a riddle
I’d love to say job well done
But the brains may be in the bun
Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked
Cook! Cook, will you take a look
There’s a fly drownin’ in my soup
Cook!, Cook, check your cookbook
Are fly’s in the soup du jour group?
Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A D A G A
A Ab A Bb A
A song inspired by world leaders.
A live 1-track stereo recording written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, PA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderDouble Down
LYRICS
When my losses start to mount
I take a look around
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”
When the sum is an amount
Can logic be found
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”
The clock strikes two bells
Time to find what the future tells
When the clock strikes three
An hour ahead… an hour behind… which will it be?
Leaving life to coin tosses
Resulting in losses
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”
Then, it’s time to make a plan
So you know that you can
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A E
E variations E+f#
A live 1-track stereo recording written and recorded in Chester County, PA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderAround The Corner
LYRICS
How do you know if the answer
Is right around the corner?
From the edge try to dangle
See it from a different angle
How do you know what’s in the book
If you don’t even take a look
What if you come to realize
The answer’s before your eyes
Gonna take within and spit it out
So I can figure out what out’s about
How do you know your limit has been reached
How do you know if your dam(n)’s been breached
What if you’re holding on way too long?
Let go and happen upon your life’s song
Gonna take within and spit it out
So I can take in what it’s all about
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em C G Am
Am C AM
A live 1-track stereo recording made in Honey Brook, PA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderColor The World
LYRICS
Color the world with shades of love
Before it’s too late and saying “should of”
Though there’s lots
Connect the dots
Fill between the lines
With feeling fine
Color the world with love’s hue
A rainbow assortment including you
Chorus
Color the world with shades of love
Love is the color I’m thinking of
Chorus
Color The World Music Video.mp4
Color The World Soundtrack.mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D9/D6 A7/A
F G D
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderThe Blue Bell Tolls for Thee
LYRICS
There goes someone with too much cash
Over concerned with how to make it last
Worry away the best of their days
Worry away in so many ways
If you worry beyond today
Maybe you’ve too much any way?
There goes someone with too much time
Over concerned with “me, my, my, mine”
Chorus
There goes someone with too much freedom
Over concerned terrorists will come
Chorus
There goes someone with too much conceit
Under constant threat of defeat
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F#m A
E C A
A song about greed and overabundance. Written in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, PA about the population of Blue Bell. It’s always interesting to me when playing out… that the wealthiest zip codes are home to the most selfish people.
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderLife Science
LYRICS
Do you know why we have a blue sky
Or why the old lady swallowed a fly
The inquisitive kind wants to know
How does the knowledge flow
Do you know why we all have to die
No matter how hard we try, try, try
The inquisitive mind wants to know
How does the knowledge flow
Where do you keep all your space
Does it fill your whole place
Baby, it might do you some good
Maybe, fire off a synapse if you could
1, 2, 3, for sure… perhaps more
Do you know why you’d stick thumb into pie
It ain’t so dumb if ya just want the plum
The inquisitive kind wants to know
How to tap knowledge flows
Do you know why we all have to die
No matter how hard we try, try, try
The inquisitive mind wants to know
How to tap knowledge flows
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A on 5th fret, G on 5th
D A A on 3rd, 4th
D A A on 3rd, 4th, 5th
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderSafety First
LYRICS
I don’t want anyone to get hurt
Alert!
Don’t want anyone to get hurt
If you’re just digging in the dirt
With disaster trying to flirt
Faster toward disaster
I don’t want me to be nasty
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em C#m7b5 CM7
112 BPM / 16 Beat Funk
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderRiddle
LYRICS
Hey just a little do you diddle with the riddle
Diddle, diddle
Diddle a little with the riddle
The means to the end are in the middle
Hey diddle, diddle
About the ends
Maybe make amends
But what about the middle
Hey just a little won’t you diddle with the riddle
Hey a little diddle… diddle a little with the riddle
The means to the ends?
What about the message it sends?
Hey now, won’t you diddle just a little with riddle
All the days that you’re alive
Well, well will you survive
Eventually we’re all gonna die
Then it won’t be so much “me, me, I”
When you diddle just a little with the riddle
You’ll see the means to your ends
And the message it sends
What about all the middle
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb Eb F
80 BPM / 16 Beat #2
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderThe Outlaw Blues
LYRICS
Have you heard the news
They’ve outlawed the blues
Now, I’m so confused
We’ve already paid our dues
The outlaw blues
These fall days are getting short
Looks like we’re down to our last resort
A tender heart you don’t have to bruise
Thank of all the love that you’ll lose
The outlaw blues
If you can’t remember what life’s about
Maybe it’s time to get out
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am +g, +f#, +f -c
Em Am
B7 A E
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderThe Gravity of the Situation
LYRICS
Sitting under an apple tree
I discovered gravity
Is it just a law new to me?
Do you feel the world falling through outer space
An annual orbit for the human race
An object in motion stays in motion
Unless you’ve got some friction
Acted upon by dome other force
Set the controls for an out-of-control course
Chorus
If I hadn’t found gravity
Would I float around freely
Is it just a law new to me
After all It’s so hard to see
Chorus
The Gravity of the Situation.mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G C A
E G C D
D E B E
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderRule #14214
LYRICS
Rule number one four two one four
Don’t let your ass get hit by the door
Maybe I need chilling
To be fulfilling
Try not to let my freedom of speech
Have them yelling impeach
Impeach… ment
It’s not what I meant
Impeachment
When it’s not what I meant
Bite my tongue
And, bide my time
Bite my tongue
A moot mute
A mute moot
When what you say can be misconstrued
And, ya just end up looking rude or crude
Or rude and crude
Crude and rude
On the other hand, maybe I need to understand
The rudiments of the elements…
Er, a.. the rudimentary of the elementary
What I’m trying to say is.. at the root and primary
Thou can not be sedimentary
Without being hard-pressed,
I’d of guessed?
As for a conclusion… wouldn’t I rather arrive alive?
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em7 Em Em7(11)
156 BPM / British Pop
A song about the risk of standing up and speaking out… when what you say can be misconstrued. (It was named after the filename it was assigned.)
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex with a sustain peddle, a USB to a laptop running Korg software, and it also has a midi cable to the Korg N364)
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderUS Aye
LYRICS
I’d sail the seven seas
If you weren’t just a tease
Now one sees you seize the siege
An endless campaign of over hill over dale
In the long run’s got to fail
To a chief they’ll never bow down or hail
A legacy of lunacy as our tale
How can you say the only righteousness is us
A bunch of holly rollers that must have missed the bus
Another crusade that’s American made
Can not be considered as fair trade
How can you say the only righteousness is us
A bunch of holly rollers that must have missed the bus
Another crusade that’s American made
Into Styx’s waters we do wade
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C D A
A G
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderGet It
LYRICS
Why don’t you go ahead and get it
Stutter stuck on a blabber habit
Monday morning quarterback
Backseat driver annoyance knack
Are you aware
The answer’s right there
Come as a surprise
It’s right before your eyes
Why don’t you get up and go
Instead of stuck on “I don’t know”
How are you going to save face
If you’ve never even been in the race
Why don’t you go ahead and get it
Stutter stuck on a blabber habit
Monday morning quarterback
Backseat driver experience lack
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E A G E
C E
C E C A
A live 1-track stereo recording.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse