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...
Namely mine aren't. I'm dealing lyrics like a prostitute deals her favors: everybody can use them. The difference is that I don't get paid.
I originally wrote "I believe (in our love)" to match a tune by Markus:
That was in 2009. In 2011 Craig picked these lyrics to set them to music. Over a few weeks we replaced phrases that were too British or archaic, regrouped lines of text, and 'tweaked' the lyrics to his liking. Amazingly, Craig writes 'lyrics first' but always insists in rewriting the lyrics first to match his ideas before he actually sets about creating music. I posted the resulting text on my lyrics pages, too:
When Craig actually recorded the song he adapted the lyrics yet again:
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