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LYRICS
Surf’s up! Catch the celestial tide
Ride the sound wave, ride
In the thick of the cosmic
Ridin’ high
Going to fly
If your tie-dyed is dry
Come give ‘er a try
Take a farout trip
For even a little bit
Let ‘er rip
That’s it!
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E / D E / A G E / D A E
Rhythm: 104 BPM
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
It’s a slippery slope
And we’re already sliding
A very slippery slope
Lay on the sleigh
Head on the sled
Going to slide
Pick our ride
It’s a slippery slope
And we’re already sliding
Rather be wrecking
Or gliding?
Can’t wait for skates
Currently curling
Looks like I’m going to ride
On my backside
It’s a very slippery slope
And we’re already sliding
We’re already sliding
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: A C . G D A
Recording: digital 15-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Slide Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Keyboards and Synthesizers
This song is either a holiday song about winter weather, and/or a song about post-election USA.
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
You’re gonna wish your evil side
Had never seen the turned tide
Now the tide has turned
For the past is yearned
Better run like the dickens
Before this plot thickens
Better head for the hills
Lick your wounds n’ ills
(Yeah, take your medicine… swallow your pills)
Seize the thrill watchin’ your guts spill
Ain’t that much time left until….
Chorus
Be the overall voodoo doll
Watch you cry and ball
But it won’t do ya no good
Could have done what ya should
Crying won’t do you no good
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E E7 / D G E
Rhythm: 52 –> 62 –> 80+ < -- 43 BPM
Recording: digital 14-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Harmonicas, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Music inspired by "When the Levee Breaks" (a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929.) Lyrics inspired by being a victim of fraud.
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Did you ever hear of a brave new year?
Have a brave new year
Have yourself a brave new year
May your holiday be very merry
And, have a brave new year
’tis the season to be jolly
And, have a brave new year
May your spirit be shinning bright
May your spirit be bright
As you head into the light
Of a brave new year
Did you ever hear of a brave new year?
Have a brave new year
Have yourself a brave new year
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: EDM Christmas Music
Chords: G Gsus4 G7
Recording: digital 12-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
“Brave New Year” is an old English phrase similar to “Happy New Year”. Greg Lake sings the line “I wish you a brave new year” in the song I Believe in Father Christmas.
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
The fox is in the henhouse
The barn door’s open wide
The cat eaten by a mouse
The outside’s come inside
Where does your heart reside?
Hit the floor start to roar
Know for sure we’ll endure
Hit the deck, bounce, eject
Introspect then reflect
… some more
The fox is in the henhouse
The barn door’s open wide
The cat eaten by a mouse
The outside’s come inside
Where does your heart reside?
Finish first then do more
The allure as before
Getting young in the head
Loving heart in the stead
… instead
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E A / D G
Recording: digital 16-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
This year for Christmas instead of asking for Peace On Earth…
I’d settle for Peace On America
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
From Oregon to Pennsylvania
Washington to California
Peace release in America
Please release peace in’Merica
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
From Maine out to Arizona
Vermont to Alaska
Peace release in America
Please release peace in’Merica
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
New Mexico to Virginia
New York down to Florida
Peace release in America
Please release peace in’Merica
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
Mississippi to Georgia
Missouri to Nevada
Peace release in America
Please release peace in’Merica
Glory, glory hallelujah
Peace to all of America
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: G Em / C Am
Recording: digital 12-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
Coversong originally made famous by Greg Lake
Written by Greg Lake with lyrics by Peter Sinfield
Dsus2 G6 D
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth,
But instead it just kept on raining,
A veil of tears for the Virgin birth.
C G D
I remember one Christmas morning,
C G D
The Winter's light and a distant choir,
D A G D
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell,
D G6 Dsus2
And eyes full of tinsel and fire.
They sold me A dream of Christmas,
They sold me A silent night,
They told me A fairy story,
'Til I believed in the Israelite.
Chorus
I wish you A hopeful Christmas,
I wish you A brave New Year,
All anguish, pain and sadness,
Leave your heart and let your road be clear.
Dsus2 G6 D
They said there'd be snow at Christmas,
They said there'd be peace on earth,
D A G6 D
Hallelujah! Noel!, be it Heaven or Hell,
D G6 Dsus2
The Christmas we get, we deserve.
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Recording: digital 16-track stereo
Daniel Brouse — Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Bill Kucera — Guitar
From the album Christmasness
LYRICS
I’m really glad you’re here
To hear some Christmas cheer
Here to hear
Pull up a chair
Or dance right there
Here to hear
Good News! Hallelujah!
Life’s clues… hallelujah!
Really! Thanks a lot for comin’
Feel free to join in
With singin’
Clappin’ and dancin’
Tappin’ your feet
Bumpin’ your seat
Good News! Hallelujah!
Life’s clues… hallelujah!
Here to hear
Here to hear
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: B E / G E B/E / A C / A C E
Recording: digital 14-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Everyone knows how it feels to be the bad man
From a badland
They understand
But do you know how it feels to be a good man
Up on the bandstand
Free! In command
Let the music poor/pour from you
Pour some more
Let the music poor/pour from you
’till it flows all over me, too
No one wants to feel mistreated
Repeated… in the same grade
Rather feel elevated
Elated… we’ve got it made
Let the music poor/pour from you
Pour some more
Let the music poor/pour from you
’till it flows all over me, too
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: D C E A / Amt A Ab A
Rhythm: 56 –> 93 BPM 6/8
Recording: digital 14-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
It’s only raining under the cloud
Don’t feel the need to feel proud
Step out from under your cloud
And rise above
Feel the shine of love
Rise, rise above
Start to shine your love
Warmhearted polish applied liberally
Servanthood relish supplied happily
Good-heart polish buffed with glee
Rise, rise above
Feel the shine of love
Rise, rise above
Start to shine your love
Shine your love, baby
I try to it regularly / frequently
Put on a fine, fine shine
And let the world know you glow
Play some music and play it loud
Got the spirit… well endowed
Come now, girl, out from under the cloud
Put on a fine shine
Rise, rise above
Feel the shine of love
Rise, rise above
Start to shine your love
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: D E / G D E / G D/A E
Rhythm: 100 BPM 16 Beat
Recording: digital 15-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
I’m sure going to miss this
No candy canes at Christmas
The devil has them away
There’ll be no sugar on Christmas Day
Go figure
Hostage to shortage
For the holiday
There’s no gas in the tank
No rubber for the wheels
Still we thank God that Christmas feels
Yank our hopes from depths sank
Go figure
Hostage to shortage
For the holiday
Poor Santa
Can’t even bring us coal
But I won’t cry to Ma or Pa
Love can fill our stockings hole
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: C G C D / C D C D G
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
I was listening to my mother being interviewed about her life. During World War II, she was a little girl (5 to 8-years-old.) The war brought about many shortages including gas, rubber and sugar.
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Had to beg my brother
For a little sugar
Had to make the sugar
Last a little further
Trying to make the gas last
Toothpaste tubes into shrapnel
Ice cream treat rare and special
Had to beg my brother
For a little sugar
Had to make the sugar
Last a little further
He would rather not bother
Chances were slim with him
Had to beg my brother
For a little sugar
Had to make the sugar
Last a little further
Remembering the war that passed
Reminiscing life in the past
Reminiscing the scene
December seven… miles from heaven
On a date with infamy
Render “we shall never surrender”
And join our warring family
Remembering the obscene scene
The head of a little girl will fill
With the sound of sirens from an air raid drill
And over head, as the little girl goes to sleep at night
Search lights fueling the fright
Is that right?
That’s not right
Right?
Finally, all the way to the light of day
I scream…
Ice cream
The head of a little girl will fill with an ice cream chill
Ice cream in our freezer — a better day
As the thoughts of a little girl fill
Gone is feeling fear that way
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Cm Csus4 Cm7 C
Rhythm: 67 –> 81 BPM
Recording: digital 15-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
I was listening to my mother being interviewed about her life. During World War II, she was a little girl (5 to 8-years-old.) After remembering all the shortages and difficulties, she recalled not having felt that fear again. The United States has felt safe and secure for the rest of her life.
During the war period, a horse drawn carriage would bring a block of ice for the refrigerator. It wasn’t until after the war that the family could get an electric refrigerator and freezer for ice cream.
December 7, 1941 — “a date which will live in infamy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We shall never surrender,” Winston Churchill (4 June 1940)
The music turned out to be inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
You know
It’s cold enough to snow
But will it add up?
You know
The north winds do blow
But will it add up?
Accumulation
Of frozen precipitation
Accumulation
Winter’s anticipation
Confront
The arrival of a cold front
But will it add up?
Storm warning
Temperature’s freezing
But will it add up?
Accumulation
Of frozen precipitation
Accumulation
Winter’s anticipation
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: Am / Em C Am / C Em Am
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Let the bells ring
May the angels sing
Please God anything
Is Christmas near?
Let the bells ring
May the angels sing
Please God something
Is Christmas near?
Is Christmas here?
Please bring Christmas cheer
Do wise men follow The Star
If so wonder… wander how far
Are shepherds awoken from sleep
So that they might take a peep
Did the wisemen make it further
Did the Virgin Mary break hear water
Has the King Of King’s yet been born
When will we ever learn
Is Christmas here yet
Another year with no regret
Is Christmas here yet
Another year I’ll never forget
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music
Chords: F C / C F G / C G / C Am
Recording: digital 14-track stereo
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Bill — Electric Guitar
From the album Christmasness
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
No matter how tough it might seem
Don’t ever give up your dream
It’s not karma that’s being mean
Don’t ever give up your dream
It’s the scene coming clean
Cleanse the filth and obscene
Relinquish to the sweet dream
I’m aware…
I don’t care for your nightmare
Gleam of a sunbeam
Sweet dream
Per diem conscious stream
Everyday sweet dream
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E A / G D E
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album Eschatology
by Daniel Brouse