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...
As you will see, I actually did use ideas from my 'Bollywood vocabulary'. As I do rather regularly, I used rhyming dictionaries a lot. Lines like "whirling and leaping and reeling" are simple to find rhymes for - you just shift the words 'whirling', 'leaping', and 'reeling' until you find a matching word. After finding nothing appropriate that would rhyme with 'whirling' or 'leaping' I decided on putting 'reeling' last. I first thought about finding a line that would end with 'feeling'. Next came 'wheeling', in the end I decided on 'freewheeling'. I like a little spice in my lyrics. It was similar with the word 'lust' - should I include it or not? See how I decided:
life is a dream
we live in a majic world
come as my prince
and I'll be your loving girl
we will dance like the wind through a colorful scene
whirling and leaping and reeling
bright spotlights are shining yellow, red, blue, and green
we're carefree, gay, and freewheeling
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...
hope and despair
we live in a tragic world
come to my relief
and I'll be your grateful girl
we will live our life full of passion and lust
caring and loving and sharing
we will brush off defeats with the force of a gust
we'll be strong and brave and daring
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...