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...
Today I tossed some lines together adding to the ones I had put down a while ago, then I just brought them in a viable order, that was it. Verses, chorus, and bridge have got all very samey as for their meter and rhyming pattern, but then, the song will...
at the moment it's only on SoundClick Lyrics: to start a row you need neither cause nor reason there is neither time nor season it's like I've committed treason but I don't wanna leave ain't gonna leave I don't wanna leave at all rows in a row can't we...
I had put down the follwing fragment a while ago: bitter complaints 'bout the tyrannical king who claimed for himself the right of the first night and tried the young men's strength in the ring reached the Gods Today I added "who considered the plight",...
Except that my lyrics had to match his music there were not too many requirements for this song. Well, there was Markus' working title "look for the right", that was about it. The song - the recording that I've got with its dummy text - sounds quite optimistic...
"Personal growth" was my subject - my secret agenda - when writing "Gilgamesh". The Gods made sure that Gilgamesh would learn to become a good king to his people the hard way. He had to conceive the fact of mortality before he could overcome his arrogance...
Actually, there are two versions of Phoenix now. The version I'm presenting here is my private one that does NOT match the tune I was supposed to write the lyrics for. And, yes, it is "Phoenix" again although the second verse has nothing much to do with...
I've begun writing for a Persian artist, trying to transform one of his songs to English. It's about Phoenix, the one who rises from the ashes, i.e. mythological stuff with political implications, maybe a bit similar to my own "Spartacus". I've put all...
There seems to be nothing more to the myth of Phoenix than that it rises from the ashes to live again, so I made it Simorgh again, the Persian equivalent to Phoenix. Simorgh provides more content to write about. How I went about the song so far is difficult...
Alex wants the rhyme scheme of the verses to be changed into ABAB. And he is right, it would flow much better that way. So here is an alternative version: light and dark your looks, your strength, your charm, and your wit bewitch all the women in town...
First, here is the music to the verse of my current little project: 117verse (M3U for Microsoft Mediaplayer), 117verse.mp3 (mp3 if M3U doesn't work) I came up with a text for the second line quite instantly: "I am blinking as the sun comes out". Maybe...
The key scene in Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" takes place by the river while Siddhartha is staying with the ferryman. Therefore, I have decided to base my chorus on this part. Here's my chorus: listen to the river hear its thousand voices when it roars,...
In the part that I called 'chorus' before there is a distinct increase of tension over the first two lines. That's why I consider this short part a 'lift' now. It brought up the image of a gathering storm so I came up with these lines for the chorus:...
... or writing, come to think of it? Do you have to serve the meaning of your lyrics on a plate? Don't think so. Most certainly not, if you're not even sure yourself ;-) I wrote two verses and a bridge around an entry in my scrap book today. It's not...
Two suggs - but I'm not quite happy yet: LIFT: strong winds start blowing from the sea [adds next to nothing] black clouds are looming _ [a syllable is missing at the end; might work, though] OR: heavy waves that hit the shore [a syllable - upbeat - is...
I think I'll make the intertwined part were 'she' and 'he' are singing alternately the prechorus. It now reads: He: whatever happens She: I could not stand it He: I must not lose her She: if it ended He: whatever happens She: with full zest He: I will...
"Watch out" is the - maybe provisional - title that I have given my lyrics. I scrapped the "mad storm", replacing it with "watch out", an expression I could also use in other places where only two syllables were required. After Stasy in principal signalled...
Because the song would become way too short I'll put the second part of the lift in again, yet only once towards the end of the song. I like that musical part a lot, it would be a pity to NOT repeat it once more ;-) And yes, there is music! In my mind...
Marian suggested that I write a duet because his band, Melon Gallery, has both a female and a male singer (himself). I had an idea this evening and began taking notes. This is what I have gathered so far: He: whatever happens She: I could not stand it...
I've written the verses. BUT: yet again I walked into the trap of using the same meter for all parts of the song. Preferably, the meters should differ between verse and chorus (and pre-chorus). Yet once I am in writing mode everthing I'm writing tends...
might need a little 'tweak' here and there, but basically it's done: conflicting chiefs and groups fight for superiority there is no lenience towards alleged enemies marauding gangs create a climate of anxiety there is no hope left for decorum and propriety...
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ohohohohohoho la la ohohohohohoho Not much of a 'template', but it displays the numbers of syllables. First I had: broken hopes shattered dreams we feel frustrated our land our lives are...
A political song, for a change. I won't bore you with any details. I simply put down what goes on in my mind when I'm hearing the news about Palestine, the Ukraine, Syria, and so on. This is just the chorus that I'm a little proud of: too little truth...
I 'talked' about the importance of the meter in lyrics every once in a while. Actually, the most important aspect to achieve consistence in your lyrics is having consistent endings in corresponding lines. Lines can end on a stressed syllable or unstressed....
Here's some text with no chorus yet that I put down today: make me your second thought let's lead a life in sin grant me the things I sought but never do me in keep me under the carpet or against the odds so I'm not on the market and out of sight of Gods...
While I am - still - working on my all-engrossing lyrics collection I am kind of raising an inventory as a sideline. I discovered one dublicate in my Excel-Sheet, another text was not a song text at all but containes four short 'narratives' I once wrote...
