To write a text which matches the new song I need to know the number of lines, the number of syllables per line, and their intonation. Therefore, I have added a - probably only provisional - melody for my chord progression (life is provisional, if you...
Alex composes instrumental music. When he wanted to write his first song he asked me to write the lyrics. That was about a year ago. I never heard from him again. Out of a sudden he now sent his first song. He also has added notes as to the subject. The...
Today two little ideas came into my mind which could make it into a song, maybe even make a hook line. The first is the expression "walking on memory lane" because that's what I've been doing the last weeks. Well, that line has been used before, it's...
I haven't heard from Alex again. Maybe he doesn't like my writing style. Anyway, since I didn't receive a new or altered composition I simply completed the lyrics for the tune that I've got, which I actually like a lot. The pattern for the verses goes...
Often my songs and lyrics ideas start with a vague idea what I might write about. Recently I've come up with three new subjects which I would like to cast into songs: - lost revolutions or rebellions, or rather the eternal rebel (catch phrase might contain...
I've thought about a chorus for "lost". So I'm lost I don't know a way out Have I crossed the point of no return? Will there be a final last straw just for me so that I can turn I don't like the rhyme "return" - "turn", neither am I happy with the "final...
I've written about this before. The message at that time was: when you're old enough - like me - there is plenty of experience to draw on. If you're young, you might just take advantage of other's experiences. You could choose articles from the newspapers...
These are two verses I wrote down for "Spartacus". They don't make much sense by themselves yet. The idea is, that Spartacus reflects about the long term outcome of his rebellion after his death. so you think that you can humble the proud men they'd become...
Originally, I intended to restrict the irony to one or maybe two verses. Somehow, yet, it made it into the chorus as well. Truth be told, I didn't come up with a proper chorus, i.e. a serious text. So I have contented myself with an ironic chorus as well....
It's an old one which you might have come across on my lyrics pages. I've posted it because I just discovered an archived version of my very early web pages on the wayback-machine. There is a little poem I wrote 1999 which actually became the seed for...
I like Brigitte's smile - and I like Brigitte smile, or so. And I wrote a little poem, must've been in the late 90's: Her smile I glimpsed at her and caught a smile, and quickly stored it in a jar. When sometimes I feel blue awhile relief is not so very...
Vanity was a very, very old lady I have written and sung about. Well, she had been young once, and the "Vanitas" sculpture I mentioned the other day actually has two sides: the young, vain woman, and the old, pruney one. Every once in a while I write...
This is one of my early songs. A song about the internet hype when the world-wide-web was taking off. Its text was inspired by a programming colleague who was more impressed by the many fanciful features of the web technology rather than their functionality....
... then it's time to celebrate. When your song has become famous, is produced on CD, and is being played on radio stations, then it is time to make sure that your share of the big profit finds the right pocket, i.e. yours. Radio stations, discos, shopping...
While I've been trying to record "long-legged divinity" and straighten out "close your eyes" - both with little success - Karsten has sent 5 (!) compositions which still lack their lyrics. Looks like I've got to be busy for a couple of days. I think I...
The first part read "rock is about sex", so this is actually the second issue on my "long-legged divinity". Although I forgot the tune I first had in mind the chorus has always come along with a melody. Which is the rule for my own stuff: I normally have...
Two verses, two chorus versions. For the latter Karsten had provided ideas which I only altered slightly: rise and fall they think themselves so tall fly high'n touch the sky, but finally they'll fall and cry rise and fall they think themselves so tall...
"Welcome to hell" is one of the titles Karsten suggested and which I took to immediately. Now, how do I go from there? 1. define the subject Well, I've got a title. In the verses I would like to describe different kinds of hell, or different kinds of...
I had to consult my rhyming dictionary quite a lot. Thus I found "dust" as a rhyme for "disgust", "bright" for "might", "gain" for "vain", "den" for "men". On the internet I also had found "bombs" for "qualms", which is not exactly great, but will have...
Karsten has shortened the intro for "rise and fall" and considers a purely instrumental intro. This actually improves the song a lot. In former times there were two rules for hit material: the chorus must begin after a maximum of 30 seconds, and a songs...
Karsten wants to change the tune for the chorus while the verses still haven't got any, so my nicely fitted text probably doesn't fit any longer. There's no use to continue working on a song with no tune. I might collect a few more ideas and note them...
I had noted a few ideas for the verses of "Welcome in Hell", and meanwhile Karsten has sent his ideas as to their melody. The result is, that my suggestions won't fit. I had suspected as much. Anyway, here are my - meanwhile obsolete - proposals: you...
... is the working title of another song by Karsten. Karsten sends MIDI files which makes it rather easy for me to determine the meter of a song. For example, the stress is on the first beat in 4/4 meter, and less significantly on the third. Here is the...
After I had figured out that the subject of the song had to be happy memories rather than dismal ones I simply had to invent a few joyful moments one might like to remember about a partnership. It was as simple as that. Rhyming was not so simple. Consequently,...
I'm caught in your eyes and I could be losing myself but your smile always puts me at ease I even love the peach fuzz on your tummy and arms during the nights I'm watching you breathe my love's grown beyond compare I'm lonesome when you're not there I'll...
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