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...
First my last verse began:
the chrysanthemum flowers
mark the end of the season
for a while
I thought about rhyming "while" with "smile". But since chrysanthema stand for fidelity I also wanted that aspect included. In the end I decided on:
the chrysanthemum flowers
mark the end of the season
it is true
I think of the years, [will have to be sung "year-hears" because the text is one syllable short]
of our past, and the future
shared with you
I will be true
true to you
I will be true
I also decided to have two variants of the chorus. Plants need sun as much as water, so the choruses will alternate between:
and now I
am standing in the sun
and feel blessed with my garden of bliss
like my plants
I revel in the sun
I dance, and I marvel at this
place of rest
isle of love
my world of bliss
and
and now I
am standing in the rain
and feel blessed with my garden of bliss
like my plants
I revel in the rain
I dance, and I marvel at this
place of rest
isle of love
my world of bliss
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And here is the previous history of the "garden of bliss":