I describe my ongoing lyrics writing projects. Where I get my ideas, how I match my words with other people's music, which little helpers I use...
The first version of the bridge was: ... we haven't got the time to just await the chime This I found not quite correct. Of course we've got enough time to do anything stupid we like. So, the second version - the one I published in my Blog - read ......
Post lesenDon't ask me how I came up with the idea for the verses. I simply don't know. I just had this line "you took me by surprise tonight" in my head, and proceeded from there. As for the bridge I looked up rhymes for "time" (mime, dime, also: I'm ..) in a...
Post lesenI wrote this song - yes, a song with a melody and all - in 2001. Therefore, it actually doesn't belong here. But since I'd mentioned it the other day ... My niece found my early songs much too dark and negative. She may have thought of songs like "passage"...
Post lesenI think I've got the chorus: the last of nature's mysteries life's a terminal disease there's just one chance that you must seize life's a terminal disease As for the structure I imagine: verse bridge chorus verse bridge chorus [solo] bridge chorus chorus...
Post lesenI don't have verses yet. The chorus will have four lines: xxx life's a terminal disease YYY life's a terminal disease (were XXX or YYY, respectively, will be any two of the lines of text which I have put down below. At the end of the song I imagine the...
Post lesen... will be the title of my next little project. It won't deal with HIV or cancer, though. In spite of the title I intend the text to be quite positive and life affirming. In the line of "lost in space" or "peaceful times".
Post lesenOriginally, I intended to give the song a more positive direction by adding a text for the bridge which would basically tell that not all has been lost since our children turned out alright. Also, I experimented with lines like "though our intentions...
Post lesenLast night I was woken by the sounds of a brawl. That's how I got the idea for the Motorplanet song which still lacked a topic. At about 2:30 am I wrote down these lines: there were angry shouts there was a scream sudden silence in the night went to sleep...
Post lesenA remark of a young man inspired me to this song or poem. He remarks on his MySpace page that towards tiny creatures he likes to play God. I wrote the text down this morning, it took about 20 minutes: God of the ants I'm the God of tiny creatures I decide...
Post lesenWhen Holger of the Motorplanet blues-rock band recently sent new compositions so I could create lyrics for them there were actually three of them. Two I have already finished. The third song is an up-tempo Rock song with three verses, and neither chorus...
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