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...
A songwriter colleague suggested a few changes for "butterfly", mainly leaving out unneccesary words like "that" or "somehow". One particular line was in the wrong tense: "not a single moment I would want to miss" had to be changed into ".. that I would...
Post lesenHere is just the chorus, the full text will be published on my lyrics pages and in my next compilation "Bernd's second hundred song lyrics" - "Butterfly" is my 200st song text: it hurts to look in your trustful eyes I don't want to tell another lie 'cause...
Post lesenFirst notes: fifteen hundred pages in the manifest of the man with a belief who's got the force of thousands who have only interests a private declaration of independency a rage in need of relief (I scrapped "by a man with no brains") a wild and dangerous...
Post lesen- would that be exploting the grief of other people? I read a statement saying as much in response to a song about Fukushima. I've written (and even recorded, but not yet published) a song inspired by the Fukushima desaster myself, it's called "doomsday...
Post lesenDid you notice the slight change in the title? First it was "post it on the net", then "post it on the internet", now it's "post it on the net" again. Call it 'artistic freedom' if you like. My own freedom this time. The lyrics are a collaboration of...
Post lesenAfter comparing the different versions and proposals my favorite version would look like this: Post It On The Internet if you’re just starting or already through if you feel good or you’ve got the flu just post it post it on the internet when you feel...
Post lesenLet's have a look at the meter, it goes (X = stressed, - = unstressed) X - - X - - X - - X X - - X - - X - - X - X - (just post it) - X - X - X - X (just post it on the internet) The characteristic pattern is X - - X Two lines do not match this pattern,...
Post lesen... a little while later Robert had a melody in his head that seemed to require a chorus, so he re-wrote the lot yet again, also editing a particular verse that would not match the rhyming scheme of the other verses. He also change the second last line...
Post lesen... then Robert suggested to re-write the song so it would only have verses and neither chorus nor a bridge. He re-wrote what I had planned as bridge(s), and also added two verses: This was his first draft: Post It On The Internet If you’re just starting...
Post lesenThis was the first version as I had put it down during a lunch break: when you’re beginning or you are through when you feel strong or you have caught the flu you should post it post it on the net when you are merry when you feel blue when you’re unfaithful...
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