lyrics in progress

Maybe it's a compensation for reading a rather stupid romance, maybe it's because it's so long since I've last heard from the hard rockers from MotorPlanet... Anyway, I felt like writing something agressive. RhymeZone helped me rhyming

burst mode

strolling aimlessly
feeling some kind of vague agony
crying shamelessly
to the sounds of an urban symphony
tryin' to make some sense
desperate hope to find some sympathy
somehow you're too tense
to evoke a hint of empathy

now you're running in burst mode
driven by compulsive forces
you're running in burst mode
with the power of bolting horses
running in burst mode

you are quite confused
your imagination running wild
and you feel abused
as if you were a maltreated child
you can find no clues
how to rid your brain of the crap it's piled
you have no excuse
and no reason why you should feel riled

but you're running in burst mode
driven by compulsive forces
you're running in burst mode
with the power of bolting horses
running in burst mode

disasters may happen
in the course of tonight
though you can't think of
a reason to fight
disasters may happen

'cause you're running in burst mode
driven by compulsive forces
you're running in burst mode
with the power of bolting horses
running in burst mode

"let's party ..." is the third song by Alexander and Stefan that I've written the lyrics for, two or three more songs are supposed to follow.

Using dummy text as a template helped preventing a writer's block when it came to writing the bridge. I was able to re-write the text rather quickly. I had to add one syllable in the second last line of the bridge. But that seems acceptable since there was supposed to be a long note that can easily be replaced with two short ones. And you might note that I actually used ideas from my scratch text, even the single word "anyway".

Two lines might prove slightly tongue twisting when Jennifer will sing them because the melody is very fast: "make small steps or strides", and "be dancing slow and close ".

Anyway, here is the complete text. You can also find it on my page for my latest additions of my lyrics site together with all the other new stuff.

when the work is done
or when school is out
it's time for some fun
and we sing and shout
no more drudgery
and no foreign rule
no indignity
no more playin' the fool

but we have to hurry up because the night gets close
we clean up, make up, getting ready for the show
got to get started, folks, because there is no time to lose
in no time we're ready and we are all geared up to go

let us party on the beach
let us party in the streets
let us party every night
let us set the nights alight
let us feel the throbbing beat
let us feel the body heat
let's be hot or raving mad
let's be free and get on bad

take the bus or train
come by foot or car
or even come by plane
if it is too far
you can walk or ride
take the motorbike
make small steps or strides
just come as you like

but you have to hurry up because the night gets close
just clean up, make up, getting ready for the show
now do get started, folks, because there is no time to lose
in no time you're ready and you are all geared up to go

let us party on the beach
let us party in the streets
let us party every night
let us set the nights alight
let us feel the throbbing beat
let us feel the body heat
let's be hot or raving mad
let's be free and get on bad

we will dance
and we'll
be dancing slow and close
or revel like crazy
we'll have fun and dance the night away
anyway
we will dance
and we
can be boisterous and wild
what ever the night will bring we
are going to enjoy our time

let us party on the beach
let us party in the streets
let us party every night
let us set the nights alight
let us feel the throbbing beat
let us feel the body heat
let's be hot or raving mad
let's be free and get on bad

Verse one begins with "when the work is done, or when school is out " (note the correction!), so the missing four lines should have something to do with having got rid of disagreeable duties:

when the work is done
or when school is out
it's time for some fun
and we sing and shout
no more drudgery
and no foreign rule
no indignity
no more playin' the fool

I need a second verse that should add something new to the song. First I thought about writing about partying all over the world in the manner of  "They're really rockin' in Boston, In Pittsburgh, Pa., Deep in the heart of Texas, And round the 'Frisco Bay" (Chuck Berry). But then I got the idea of describing the means of transport you might use when heading towards the venue of the party. It would make a logical progression: first verse - ending the working or school day; second verse - moving towards the venue. The third part, that would be not another verse, but the bridge, might then be about actually dancing and enjoying oneself.

Verse two:

take the bus or train
come by foot or car
or even come by plane
if it is too far
you can walk or ride
take the motorbike
make small steps or strides
just come as you like

I used RhymeZone.com yet again to get ideas as to viable rhymes.