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...
The idea to the subject has been with me since quite a while, yet somehow I never found a convincing clue. The song is supposed to deal with our endeavor to achieve something in our life that outlasts our personal existence. Yesterday I had an inspiration....
Post lesenDuring yesterday's lunch break I wrote a verse as well as a chorus, but I'm happy with neither. I don't like the chorus because I've already written a song called "who I am" that I actually find quite good myself. A new song titled "who am I" would look...
Post lesenFound this in my 'scrap book'. Think I'm gonna think about it: I had this dream 'bout flying I'd never thought that I could hit the floor when you think you know all there is you'll find that there may well be more 'twas not the place I fancied 'twas...
Post lesenThe idea came up while I was swimming my 1,000 meters in the indoor pool. Actually, there was just this single line "don't call me by my name". And I remembered the German fairy tale called "Rumpelstilzchen". Anyway, I decided to write something around...
Post lesenCraig had sent a text that I could use as 'template' for the verses: yet another rewrite for "Hold on" During my vacation I wrote two verses. Unforunately I could only come up with lines that had one syllable too many compared to Craig's dummy text. Musically...
Post lesenI changed the first line of the second verse from "Latin lover, smart seducer" to "smart seducer, Latin lover" to obtain a consistent rhyming pattern - X A X A - for all verses.
Post lesenActually there's a choice of Ron's version: Cast away this outer shell keep my desire within Replace my own persona with what you see in him ... and my own lunch time inspiration: I just hang around the bar and drown my misery in beer I admire you from...
Post lesenAfter compiling a few more lines - actually completing the lyrics except for the bridge - I decided to make them present tense: 'me' watching a couple dance and discovering my longing for 'her': time's frozen, I am spellbound I cannot keep my eyes from...
Post lesenI put down a few lines that should make clear WHY I want to shed my skin (why I want her so much): time froze, I was spellbound I couldn't keep my eyes from you my heart raced, my mind tumbled what I saw could not be true pure beauty, pure grace huge...
Post lesenAn adjustment: it will have to be "can't" instead of "cannot" to match the meter. And here's the bridge: am I losing both you and my best friend have our love and friendship both reached a dead end Should you wonder why it has taken me so long to come...
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