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LYRICS
Ohhhh…
The irony
In the hypocrisy
Arghhh…
It’s killing me
The destiny of stupidity
Please save me
The devistaty of conspiracy
Imploding bureaucracy
The taller their wall
The further their fall
After all
Comes tumbling down
Will they still be around?
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Ebm Ebdim; 98 BPM Mid-tempo Big Band
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Going to be late
If it’s half past ate
’cause when we get to nin [Yiddish]
We’ve got no mo’ time
I’m running late
Past my postdate
Thunder clouds
Are rollin’ in
Wonder when
It’s gonna begin
Produce Zeus
Throwing thunderbolts
Useless knowing
God’s children revolt
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G A C / E G A E / E G A C / C A G E; 118 BPM 16 Beat #6
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Is that right?
You think a parasite
Might set it right?
Sounding crazy
Said the cuckoo wasp
Clearing hazy
Dead the garden pest
Nothing lost
Nonetheless
Blastocystis hypothesis
The Nemesis thesis
Putting together the pieces
Dung beetle and her feces
Feasting on the parasite species
ABOUT THE
A song that applies to both gardening and politics.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am A7 / D6 G A7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Better face up to the facts
If I don’t relax
There’ll be no givebacks
If I’m on a slackline
Gotta feel sublime
If I’m on a tightrope
Be the tool not the fool
Knot the rope-a-dope
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Am7 / Am7 C Em / E7sus4
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Your brilliance
Radiating resilience
Assume the stance
Consume the instant instance
Brilliant brilliance
Co-mingle till single
One and same
Sane
Sanity availability
A decree to feed the hungry
Nourish n’ flourish
Selflessness bliss
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7sus4 Dm7(11); 106 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
In the minefield
Mining minds
What’s mankind’s yield
Avoiding kinds
Me, my, mine field
Finding minds
None bowed nor kneeled
Avoiding kinds
Stand on a mine
Blowing minds
Such a fine line
Avoiding kinds
Outstanding
Out standing
In a “mine”field
Wield a minefield
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#m7 C#sus4 Bsus4; 104 Ambient #2
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Sweetly tantalizing
Acting like it’s surprising
That I’m falling
Naturally
As it’s to be
Are you falling for me?
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C; 80 BPM Reggae #2
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Keyboards
Rick Reinhart: Bass
From the album Instant Distant
LYRICS
Taking walking
To the other side
Ain’t got no ride?
Taking walking
To the other side
Going near far-out
Watch out!
We don’t collide
Taking walking
To the other side
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am 76 BPM Trip-Hop
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track
Daniel: Vocals, Keyboards
Rick Reinhart: Xylophone
From the album Instant Distant
LYRICS
Within’ or agin’
Friend or foe
Gotta let us know
What about without
Carin’… givin’
A given?
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G D Bb; 99 BPM Digi-rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
What lies between your eyes
Should come as no surprise
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies
Sooner or later the investigator
Is gonna come ’round
Bound to be found
What slips between your lips
Is hard to come to grips
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies
What kind of mind is found
Embedded headed bound
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies
ABOUT THE SONG
A song about President Donald Trump.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Capo 2 E G E / G A / B7 A G E / A G E / E G A B7; 84 BPM Sirtaki
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Precariously positioned
Prepared to pounce
Not a pound of mercy
Not even an ounce
Threads of the web
Woven and spun
Sit in lay for the prey
Until it’s done
Feast like a beast
On blood and guts
Dog eat dog released
In a world gone nuts
But for lack of chops
You’d be licking them lots
Pavlov’s rule you would drool
The haves have the have nots
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: Am7 D7 Bbm6 / Am E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar
From the album Overflow
LYRICS
Don’t know if I can put to tune
All of (your) life’s ruin
But it’s coming to me
You help me see
What it means to be
Wont’ forget:
Cherish every moment
Won’t be long
’til it’s gone
Won’t regret
A single moment
Just as long
As I write your song
For you to listen to
Help ease the pain
For yours and you, too
Help staying sane
Don’t know if I can put to tune
All of (your) life’s ruin
But it’s coming to me
You help me see
What it means to be
Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA, after two sisters approached me with a request. The one’s son had committed suicide a month prior. Could I play something for him… he liked Led Zeppelin. So, I played a couple Zeppelin songs:
“Throw me a line; If I reach it in time; I’ll meet you up there; Where the path runs straight And high”
“No, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good… All last night sat on the levee and moaned… Thinkin’ ’bout my baby and my happy home”
When I finished, they were both crying. Then they asked, “Can I hug you?” After they left, I wrote this song for her son, Tommy.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D A / C E A / G A
Recording Parts 1-4: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Part 5: multi-track with Xylophone
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
If it makes the kids dance
Ya know it stands a chance
If it makes their mama move
Ya know you’re in the groove
If you’re waiting for God-given
When you’re already in heaven
Might be time to explore
Getting out a ‘lil more
Seeing the arms reaching
Knowing they want more
The child’s smile’s teaching
More than I knew before
If they stop you to interrupt
They must know what’s up
Can’t help nut show their feeling
Over what you’re dealing
ABOUT THE SONG
While writing music at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA, a musician stopped to ask me why I like creating songs at Gay Church… which caused me to write this song.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G E / E G A E [E F Bb A]
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar
From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Though the water’s clearly clear
Does it look blue to you?
Though the sky’s clearly clear
Does it look blue, too?
Is it clearly clear
Your personal point-of-view
Is relativity a rarity?
Though the days are the same
Are they going past fast
Though the nights are the same
Does it feel like they don’t last
Chorus
From where you’re at
Does the Earth look flat
The sun going around
From sunup ’til sundown
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7sus 4 E / Bm G E; 110 BPM Ambient #1
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse