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QUOTE (steelcaressed @ Feb 18 2007, 02:36 AM)
QUOTE (mortkort @ Feb 17 2007, 06:44 AM)
*clears trout*

here is my brand new lyric on my new song:

DEVIL ON THE FARM

I put the devil on the farm

I put the devil on the farm

Put a devil on the farm

I put the devil on the farm

I put the devil on the farm

Put a devil on the farm

DEVILS ON THE FARM!




Hell yeah!

Sounds like a variation on "T-Bone" by Neil Young.

 

I Quote:

 

I got mashed potatoes,

 

Ain't got no T-Bone.

 

 

 

Repeat...ad infinitum.

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"Make a wish upon a scar..."

Backseat Heartbreaks

Tossed under the seat of your car.

And elegance is only skin deep,

Falling asleep,

I'm counting sheepish conversations

And you're tending to speak

Out of turn...

And, "I'm an arsonist

Collecting hearts and houses

to burn."

 

Is that so?

 

Tell me, when will you learn...

Baby, boys will be boys,

Misguided and coy,

Trying our eyes out

Not to annoy you to death.

But still,

I find myself holding my breath

When I see you.

Wondering if there's anything left...

 

And you smile at me

Like you used to

When I loved you...

 

But it's my fault you're a vault.

"And I buried the key..."

Rest in Peace,

But at least

There are some holes in the wall...

And through those

I can see you everytime that you fall

For someone else...

And they'll hold you

Like I used to...

 

Just butterfly lust in the form of "I trust you."

And they'll Rush you

And crush you every time.

 

And you cry

Like you used to

When I hurt you...

 

Make a wish upon a scar...

Backseat Brokenhearts

Littering the floor of your car.

 

"I can still see mine..."

 

And how I wish I could fix it.

But we were allways

Too full of ourselves

To swallow our pride.

And nothings changed now...

 

So I peer down at you

From the holes in my wall,

And you smile up at me

Just like you used to

 

When I loved you...

 

 

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These are great lyrics, guys! I love it!
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These are not my lyrics I wish they were

 

Don't speak of safe messiahs,

A failure of the modern man,

To the centre of all life's desires,

As a whole not an also ran.

Love in a hollow field,

Break the image of your father's son,

Drawn to an inner feel,

He was thought of as the only one,

He was thought of as the only one.

 

He no longer denies,

All the failures of the modern man.

No, no, no, he can't pick sides,

Sees the failures of the modern man.

Wise words and sympathy,

Tell the story of our history.

New strength gives a real touch,

Sense and reason make it all too much.

With a strange fatality,

Broke the spirits of a lesser man,

Some other race can see,

In his way he was the only one,

In his way he was the only one.

 

He no longer denies,

All the failures of the modern man.

No, no, no, he can't pick sides,

Sees the failures of the modern man.

Now that it's time to decide,

In his time he was a total man,

Taken from caesar's side,

Kept in silence just to prove who's wrong.

He no longer denies,

All the failures of the modern man.

No, no, no, he can't pick sides,

Sees the failures of the modern man,

All the failures of the modern man.

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I working on a song about the simpsons character Radioactive Man, I'm not sure if I'm done yet. but it is at least 90% finished. hope you'll like it

 

 

Radioactive Man

 

Radioactive man! fought on a battle plan! Saved a boy, from being destroyed, soon to be the Fallout Boy.

Surrounded by the scoutmaster scouts, but they got knocked out. They had no other chance so they started to dance.

 

Ref:

Radioactive man! He is radioactive!

Radioactive man! For the ladies, he is very attractive!

Radioactive man! He is very proactive!

 

His powers are unknown they have never been shown, but he is bulletproof but the bullets still hurts, listen to him burp.

He fires nuclear heat from his eyes, go fry up some meat, and I will come and eat, and if you ask, I'll bring a treat.

 

Ref:

Radioactive man! He is radioactive!

Radioactive man! He is never inactive!

Radioactive man! Watch out, thats a kraut!

 

Do a crime and you will fail, he'll chime in and send you to jail.

He is never ever wrong, except that one time he sang a satanic song.

Once played by Wolfcastle, but the movie was just a hassle. The googles do nothing he would yell, but then again, he had a small brain.

 

Ref:

Radioactive man! He is radioactive!

Radioactive man! For the ladies, he is not unattractive!

Radioactive man! Up and atom!

 

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g34/ericam5/radioactive-man-up-and-atom.png

 

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Here's one we used to play in my old band:

 

Perilous Land

 

Where dryads dance in misty woods

Bright eyes stare from beneath a hood

Hold onto fantasy, reject the truth

You find reflections in the bane of youth

They're out to take all you can give

To steal your soul but let you live

 

Where bugbears dance upon the graves

The resting places of their sleves

Beware the goblin king's evil eye

As they hunt beneath the sky

They're out to take all you can give

To steal your soul but let you live

 

The changeling lies within the home

You've lost the child you've always known

The glamour fails, the shock is sharp

You hear the faerie on the harp

They're out to take all you can give

To steal your soul but let you live

 

The place you go to when you dream

The nightmare land where children scream

The daemons crawling into sight

Beneath the covers you pray for light

They're out to take all you can give

To steal your soul but let you live

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QUOTE (drewb93 @ Sep 6 2007, 06:57 PM)
Wow ... these lyrics are great! How did you guys do it? Seriously, I've been trying to write good song lyrics forever, and I can never come up with anything. Is it a natural talent, or can I 'learn' how to do it?

It can be learned. Try making lyrics to a song you already know. Like make lyrics to Marathon. See how it sounds in your mind after. Go from there. Keep trying until you get a muse to get you going..... biggrin.gif

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I actually posted some lyrics some time ago in a poetry thread, but this place is perhaps more appropriate as they were always lyrics to music I had written and not poems:

 

I'll start with this one

 

BELLEVUE

 

As I watch the pale shadows

Cast down over your face

Darkness holds me dearly

While conscious I remain

 

Of the cold comfort of you...

 

You could have walked with me forever

On a road not hard to find

But choosing "Now or never"

Has left you deaf and blind

 

And tommorrow holds no light....

 

And while in darkness

I hold you in my hand

Whisper words of distortion

Direct from child to man

And though I listen hard

Im back where I began

 

Lost...lonely..afraid

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Ok, I decided to try. I posted this in the Poetry Thread, and I just remembered this thread, so I figured it would be better to go here. Anyway, here it is. It's only one stanza (not even!) but I think it's alright ...

 

Depression sets in

To the unwanted man.

He is still loveless

Due to "true love" again

The pain has been felt

Rejection's been dealt

__________________ <-- Need help!

 

It's kinda like a combination of The Pass and Coldfire, I guess. I take a lot of influence from Neil, of course. That last line, I haven't got anything for that. If anyone's got something for me, I'll gladly accept it. Also, any constructive criticism would be cool, too. I'm working for the rest of song, and hoping it'll turn out decent.

 

Any advice, help, suggestions, etc is appreciated!

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Not that anyone's ever going to really read these lyrics I put to song with an acoustic guitar, but here goes:

 

SLEEP

 

Main riff: double (4th) stopped EE F#F# AF# B....B B....AA BB AA B....B..B B

Verse chords: Bm G D A

Chorus chords: 2 x (Bm G F#7 add 4 (think Hemispheres)) Em A...

Interlude: D Em D/F# G... D D/F# Em G... (D Am7 sus2 D Em9) x 2

 

VERSE

No matter how hard

I try to be myself

Some part of you

Ends up becoming me hug2.gif

 

I just wanted to thank you

For being there, for being my friend

I know sometimes

I'm hard to understand

 

But's is so easy

To be negative

To put up a shell

Yeah, to put up that wall

 

But I don't want to take you

For granted

Cuz you know all I want

Is the best for you heart.gif

 

CHORUS1

No, it's not as hard as it seems

I deal with it in my dreams

It's not as hard as it seems

We're here together for awhile

And then we sleep....

 

 

VERSE

And since our paths still cross

I guess, you'll be around

Just hit me when I hide rage.gif

If that's what it takes to bring me out

 

And as the hours go by

I hope, it's a quality, that you taste

When you relish the memories

Of us, killing time...

 

CHORUS2

No, it's not as hard as it seems

We deal with it in our dreams

It's not as hard as it seems...

 

Interlude

(vocals second time)

Cuz all we have is NOW

A few trips around the Sun

And then...

Our time... is done sad.gif

 

CHORUS3

No, it's not as hard as it seems

To deal with it all in dreams

It's not as hard as it seems

 

We're here together for awhile

And then we sleep.... sad.gif

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Wake Up

(Written for those lost/depressed despite a party lifestyle)

 

Intro chords (straight 8ths)

2 x (A... E/G#... G... D/F#)

 

Verses (punk style)

A E A D E... G A

A E A D E... G D

 

Bridges (ska)

A... E... G... A

A... E... G... D

 

Chorus

(same as intro)

 

Middle part (folk/reggae-ish)

Bm A E...

Bm A E G

 

 

Intro

You gotta live your whole life

Right Now

With your... Personal Purpose as your guide

I know you'll get up, like you have before,

And get on with your life...

 

Verse1

I think you think you know what it's all about

You're so emotionally correct

I know you know what I'm talking about

How could I be more direct?

 

Bridge1

Well, if you don't pretend to be someone else

If you don't let money ruin your style

I know you'll get up, like you have before

And get on with your life, I said,

 

CHORUS

WAKE UP, to the pictures

LISTEN to the sounds

GIVE UP your conventions

Cuz your Mother Earth is down

 

Verse2

"He said, she said" well I don't wanna tell you that

I don't wanna bring about disrespect

Your circle of friends may not be "all that"

But you gotta have something to protect

 

Bridge2

If you can't accept who you are

How can you become who you can be?

Life is what you make of it

So get on with your dreams, because....

 

Middle part

(slight slow-down)

Tomorrow you go, where you go

I go, where I go

And there we were...

 

If you re-arrange... Time... to take a

Look at your life.. you'll see

People and Places, they come and grow

 

We throw away everything

Everywhere

And everyone....

 

We surround ourselves with trash

and tragic stories

and glimpses into fantastic, fabricated lives...

 

Then dispose of those souls we've used

to get Where We are Today,

it's changing too much, too fast...

(speed up to last chorus)

 

CHORUS

WAKE UP, to the pictures

LISTEN to the sounds

GIVE UP your conventions

Cuz your Mother Earth is down

 

(add backup INTRO vocals over last CHORUS)

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One more quick ditty before logging for the night.

 

An alien in a T-shirt makes a Way thru the Crowds (clouds?)

C G D C

Observing all the Rituals of the Residents

C G D

Struggles to Understand all their Facial expressions

C D Am Em

Wonders what they Think their mission is

C/G D/F#

On this blue-green planet?

Em add 2

 

They drift along Oblivious to the Damages that they've Done

C G D C

And like Insects they Reproduce at a Phenomenal rate Given

C D Am Em

Their Lack of Vision

C D

Of the Great Beyond...

Em/C add 2 riff below

 

(Alex-style sustained low-end riff in 6/4, 5/4)

(root)E B F# G (root)C D.. B.. G F# D

(root)E B_C D.. G.. D C_B

repeated as long as necessary

other parts unfinished

concept similar to Natural Science

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Hmm, seem to have lost the last post... anyways...

 

Sifting thru my old email boxes, I ran across these.

 

A poem-response to me from this girl I was seeing.

 

so you tell me over and over

how you just dont need me

so now im gone

and you just need to move on

how could you do this to me

i am done questioning you for your time

cause this time i know its for real

im ready to leave you be

you meant the world to me

but now i know

your just playing with me

and im moving on

 

im sorry its over

so just let me go

you had your chance

now youve lost all of me

im so sorry isnt going to get me

im sorry its over

 

out of all the things you could do

breaking my heart was the last straw

and now im losing something i once adored

but what am i to feel

you play me so easily

after all this time

im ready to find me

maybe oneday youll keep still

but as for now

im gone and you just need to see

ive made up my mind

and i just want to let you go

 

im sorry its over

so just let me go

you had your chance

now youve lost all of me

im so sorry isnt going to get me

im sorry its over

 

this time i cant cry

i cant let you see how i feel

no matter how many tears i cried

i wanted nothing more to be there

and you here for me

but sometimes things just fade

somehow you easily break

so it hurts inside but ill be alright

ill hold my pride

close the door

find room to breath

and hopefully tell you how i feel

 

im sorry its over

so just let me go

you had your chance

now youve lost all of me

im so sorry isnt going to get me

im sorry its over

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And then here's my poem-response to that poem.

 

Funny thing is, I forwarded a copy to the singer-songwriter in the band I was in at the time, not too much before we finally broke up... and he replied asking

 

QUOTE
Andy,


I liked your poem... I don't mean to be vein, but your poem isn't about our band and you being over me and Taylor, is it?

Good piece,
Adam

 

Funny how a band can be like a relationship, and how sometimes what makes lyrics/poetry work is its ambiguous or interpretive nature...

 

Echoes over and over

of vain cries 'cross Mountainsides

yet in the Valleys we wonder

 

Explorers wander and wonder

of worlds wide, yet trapped inside

of the hearts we've touched from under

 

still Eagles soar

while Ants crawl

and Hearts, how they're torn asunder

 

yet Lions roar

while Kittens paw

and Pirates sail for treasures to plunder

 

Out of all the things one can do

Is breaking Hearts something I can afford?

When what came easily has easily gone,

And what once was, is nothing more?

 

I'm sorry it's over, it once was fun

I had a chance, but it never begun

And tears were for, and tears were gone,

But Pride and Hurt are my only sons

 

I'm sorry it's over

please let me go

I had a chance

but just to let you know...

I've lost me AND you

tho we never danced

For what's it's worth, it helped us Both to grow...

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