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...
I often wonder how a lyricist possibly can have 'writer's block'. There are more ideas everywhere around you than you would be able to write about within your lifespan. The other day I read about a thumb that had fallen from the sky, possibly being dropped...
There was not much spare time for indulging in my hobby, but I added a rhyme (down - town) in the chorus by changing the word order a bit: by rule of thumb a severed thumb stickin' out simply means thumbs down in the end for you this tiny part of your...
... which means Blues, or rather Blues Rock. Kai from Norway was looking for a lyricist who would find words to his music. I found his post on an American songwriting board. Fortunately, that approach is kind of my speciality, so we got together rather...
I have exchanded the bridge so now the lyrics should make more sense. Although I like to be slightly cryptic ro ambiguous once in a while, I still aim for my lyrics to be understandable, of course, at least on an emotional level. "love to be loved" had...
I've re-constructed the bridge by heart - probably even improving it a bit. It's not THAT long, anyway ;-) though they pester me with some emphasis in the end my unbelief will be their nemesis So, this is what the complete text looks like: Death and the...
"twelve" is the working title I gave a riff - and later the arrangement around that riff - that I developed playing the twelve-string. I completed the arrangement today adding a simple bass line. Then I figured out how many text parts I would need and...
I re-wrote the bridge: though I hoped that I could find my place and I hoped to find some meaning though I hoped some day I could embrace a proud future that was gleaming Next comes the lift, so the sentence is sort of continued there: when I'm tryin'...
Just two lines - the chorus: we are dancing in the rain while others run - away we are dancing in the rain to call the sun - again I wrote the second line first and checked rhymes for 'sun': fun, run, none, done, one, won... Not the greatest lyrics ever...
A tune sung over the phone, 1:26 minutes, rather complex, with a very short chorus... Jen also sent a text that I hoped I could use as a template, but then my syllable count told me that his own words did not fit with the melody. I began with the chorus....
First I intended to let the text begin rather harmlessly, in the manner "were my words too harsh", and "did I touch you too hard". But the expression "touch sb too hard" did not seem to work in English (in German it would be seen as a rude and sarcastic...
My first revision after having access to Rhymezone again which seems to be(come) my favorite tool: no more trusting, no more lying no more longing, no more crying no more suff'ring, no more feeling no more hurting, no more healing no more hoping, no more...
The structure of the song is (ignoring the instrumental parts): Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Chorus. The bridge is rather weird, or, say, difficult to work with. Eight or nine lines, most with just three syllables, one with only one. In case...
You may have realized - or may have not - that I quite often write lyrics to match a tune somebody else has already finished composing. Not many lyricists are ready to work that way because it obviously can restrict your choice of words and lines considerably....
... is the featured song of the month on my Lyrics Pages. So, maybe, its a good idea to present its lyrics here as well: the village was plundered the harvest destroyed the peasants were tortured young girls raped and slain futures erased and homes set...
a sheltered life when you were younger you've known the Brahman sophistication lived with ascetics, bore the hunger and practiced humble contemplation finding the flaw in the wise man's lectures to break the circle of reincarnation first seemed based...
Hooray! I actually deleted an entry from my scrap book. The title "against the odds" had rested there for quite a considerable time, now I've actually used it. Bernd O. had asked me to write a title "I see the sun", but somehow after listening to his...
Martin has provided quite a few guidelines. The song he has in mind is to be about a tramp who plays guitar for a living, drinks, has no home, but actually lives the life he wants. The verses are supposed to have two paragraphs with six lines each and...
Obviously, Bernd - the other Bernd - will have to check if and how the lyrics match with what he has in mind musically. This is what I put together, referring to my Penguin Rhyming Dictionary quite heavily (the lagoon!). As you will note I also shifted...
Bernd (another Bernd) has produced the accompaniment for a new song and asked for lyrics that might fit. It's early April and I've sure had it with low temperatures and bad weather, so I came up with ideas for a summer song. This is what I've got so far:...
This may become the chorus: let your gaze wander from the top of the wall over the blooming land over courtyards, fountains, and flower beds let your thoughts wander and make sure to recall the time of glory and the great king of kings, called Gilgamesh...
I completed a set of nonsense(?) rhymes today - after letting them rest for about three months. indulging in my rhyme addiction was what I posted at that time. After regrouping the distiches, including a few I had added a while ago and discarding others...
I received this musical - what shall we call it - draft... The sound is sooo ugly. Scratching Midi-noise with Sonja singing and squeaking "la la la - lalalala - la"... Although Hot Mama have an idea as to what the song might be about they didn't tell...
Nothing much to report. I began writing the lyrics before I went on a prolonged weekend trip, and I finished it 5 minutes ago, right after my return. This is the chorus: to make a living we steal and cheat to make a living we walk the street to make a...
Just a few more 'tweaks'. 2nd verse: I'll be with you when you despair when you need help I will be there (back to the first version here) one day I'm am there to show the way next day I'm leading you astray 3rd verse: I'm your story as yet untold I'll...
It seems that I've gone too far in my ambiguity. But since the text is rather generic replacing lines to change its mood is actually quite simple. I already had my doubts about the line "when you need warmth I'm deathly cold" (I still like it, but it...
