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Lyrics in Progress

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...

mean streak

My wife was in a bad temper this morning. Maybe it was because I had babbled something, lets say , rather unrefined ;-) On the commuter train I came up with the idea writing a song with the title "mean streak". I just put down its chorus: she's got a...

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who is I

Comments on "who is I" (cool hook line, isn't it?): I love these spare, meaningful lyrics that milk a lot of meaning out of a few words. hardtwistmusic really enjoyed reading this good example of less is more Tony love the word marooned!! good write,...

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tackling the Mammoth

I've actually begun tackling my self-imposed mammoth task, compiling, sifting, and editing all lyrics that I've written so far. There are 337 of those. After having already published three collections that may not seem too effortful to do as I'd 'only'...

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under the disco light

I had got it all wrong! The chorus was the verse and vice versa. Alex and I made or rather re-defined the second part of the verse a pre-chorus - less lines to write ;-) Alex also suggested to swap the lines "where the music plays" and "where the party's...

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keep on dancing

It's a bore of a title, I'm afraid! I can't tell you how hard it is to write easygoing stuff: let's party, let's have fun... What exactly could you possibly write without repeating the very same bullshit over and over? Excuse my French! Alex has send...

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the worm in your apple

I'm the worm in your apple I'm the sting in your flesh I'm the flaw in your theory I'm the hope that is dashed I'm the leak in your memory I'm the guilt that you feel I'm the wound that keeps hurting I'm the fly in your meal why don't you try to accept...

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I'm the worm in your apple

... will be the title of my next lyrics. I wrote them during my vacation. I may want to rewrite the bridge. Will post the current version tomorrow. Stay tuned ;-)

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too high too fast

I wrote the lyrics rather quickly - over the lunch break. There is one line that I want in but didn't quite match the language of the rest of the lyrics: at an early age you'd reached the top you touched the stars could not be stopped *** banged many...

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under hostile stars

... is the next project I'm working on. I'm writing lyrics to match music by Hot Mama from Freiberg near Dresden (check them out - it's sure worth it). The first part had to be matched with the tune, writing the middle part was similar to writing to match...

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gonna tackle my self-imposed mammoth task

that is: compiling, correcting, editing, maybe even rewriting a few of the 333 lyrics that I've written so far. Some will be replaced with rewrites that I've written over the time. A few - the most crappy ones - might be replaced altogether, or - in other...

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