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...
I had two verses and a bridge. When I read the bridge I discovered that the meter was very much like that of the verses although there were more syllables. I simply had sort of cut the lines in halves so I hadn't noticed. Somewhere in between I had altered...
Post lesenthree steps up five steps down look up the sky crawl 'cross the ground let your soul fly while you drown Not excactly cheering, I guess... But a start for new lyrics, anyway.
Post lesen... that I will place right after the first chorus and BEFORE the third verse for obvious(?) reasons: I'm hearing cheerful laughter and also angry shouts coming from the playground a lively mix of sounds I watch a couple holding hands I see a young girl...
Post lesenI rewrote the first verse: she was 22 consumed by lung cancer she'd never smoked a cigarette she saw all her friends to say her Good-Byes she said we must not be upset Should run a little smoother. And I never cared for the former last line - "said there...
Post lesenAnother verse in the manner of the first two, yet two 'stories' squeezed into a single verse: a new motorbike that ran smooth and fast smashed its driver on a concrete wall some old nasty crook enjoys his old age made millions by means that appall
Post lesenI think I'd mentioned some time before that I would write a 'philosophical' text about the human condition. It looks like it will come out not too philosophical but rather typical - for me ;-) she was 22 consumed by lung cancer she'd never smoked a single...
Post lesenI wrote two choruses because I was not happy with my first version. My first version: the sun is out, the world is open to us [clumsy to sing, stress on the "to"] see new things, let us travel far and wide [-2 syllables/notes] why should we want to stay,...
Post lesenRemember, it's supposed to be about running away and have a summerly feel. I've mainly collected synonyms for "running away", but I may actually leave it at "run away" after all because that phrase actually occurs in the Gibberish-singing that I received...
Post lesenMaybe I was wrong about producers after all. After "take off" I've received another tune that requires matching lyrics. And more are in the pipeline. Song #2 is supposed to have a summerly atmosphere and deal with 'making off' (I'll probably have to find...
Post lesenWhile I'm supposed to write for yet another producer* I completed "no knight tonight", a little lyrics project of my own that had been resting uncompleted for months. But that's not what I wanted to write about at all... Well, aside from his tune Tobias...
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