Monday, September 26, 2005

Sing Me A Song!

I'm twitch free! After 6 days! WHOO!

I've been getting into song writing lately. Ever since I got my super exciting keyboard! I've always wanted to write music, but I've never really had the means to do so. I've had a guitar for a number of years, but I'm not good enough on the guitar to try to write music on it. I find the task of writing a song rather daunting. I want to do it, but I always find it difficult. But I will perservere with it, because it's something I really love doing. I wrote my first real song on my own about 2 and a half weeks ago. I really enjoyed doing it, even though I didn't always find it easy. I started writing another song on Saturday, but it just wasn't happening for me. It ended up being rather tragic and nothing came from it, but yesterday I got some music down. Then last night I managed to write some lyrics. I always find it very difficult to write lyrics. I find myself in two extremes, either too corny or too abstract. It takes me a long time to sort out words that make the point, but don't sound cliche. I'm slowly getting there, but I have to go through a lot of crap to get where I want to be. Some of the things I wrote last night were so tragic I can't even repeat them! Ug... But I do love writing music and I'll continue to do it! I almost have another complete song! WHOO!

16 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...
    Heh heh, tell me about it. Whenever I try to write lyrics to a bit of music I really struggle to just cleanly get the message across. It ends up either being all fluffed up with meaningless crap, or saying what it wants to say...but there still being music to fill...

    Funny, I find writing so easy and fun, yet song writing can be so insanely difficult...
    Ludicrousity said...
    Lyric writing is very different to other forms of writing I've found.
    Ludicrousity said...
    I deleted the spam that was there, so peebody isn't insane, there was spam. I swear...

    And I'm not sure about posting lyrics. I have issues doing that. I just feel like when I separate lyrics and music something goes missing. Then my lyrics sound dumb by themselves because they are designed to go with music. I guess I can post them (when I bother typing them up), but just remember that they might seem stupid on their own.
    Mutt said...
    CURSES! I wanted to see the twitch at church last night, but I forgot, and now it's gone!

    That's like being a hippy and forgetting to go to Woodstock, damn
    Ludicrousity said...
    Get a job hippy!
    Ludicrousity said...
    Oh, harshness peebody! Ok, I'll post the lyrics then. But keep in mind they are designed to be sung, not read.
    Zebe said...
    i wont laugh at the lyrics if u post them! audibly anyway... nah i wont.
    YAY NO MORE TWITCH!!! do you feel free?

    i have NO idea where that question came from... MY BAD
    Ludicrousity said...
    Free as a bird without a twitching eyebrow!
    Ludicrousity said...
    No, I just didn't post them yet. Here they are:

    Verse 1:
    How can you tell me
    It’ll all be alright
    What can you see
    That I can’t see tonight?
    The angle of the mirror
    Tilts just to the left
    I see a dim reflection
    Of what was once my best

    Chorus:
    So I’m looking in your eyes
    For a sign, any sign
    That there is more than this
    Is there more than this?
    Is there more than this?

    Verse 2:
    I fear I had something
    But now it’s gone
    Tell me what I need
    I’m sick of being wrong
    Where do I begin
    The rain falls so hard
    It’s easier to run
    Coz I’m scared of being scarred

    Chorus:
    So I’m looking in your eyes
    For a sign, any sign
    That there is more than this
    Is there more than this?
    Is there more than this?

    Bridge:
    What if I fall?
    What if I give my all?
    What if I fall?
    What if I give my all?
    And fail...

    Chorus:
    So I’m looking in your eyes
    For a sign, any sign
    That there is more than this
    There is more than this
    There is more than this
    Mutt said...
    And you were embarressed about that? Don't tell me, the usual womany 'ooh, it's not good enough, mneh!' after sculpting and exact replica of 'David'

    My only comment/suggestion would be that, you know how the last chorus is changed to show a changed attitude, a resolution to the singers soul searching right? Well, the actual lyrics don't seem to naturally arrive at that conclusion, the singer seems to sing the same uncertainties for the whole song, and then suddenly like an afterthought decides to be hopeful.

    Or I misread the last chorus
    Ludicrousity said...
    I guess I just wanted to end on a note of hope. Not that everything is nice and resolved, but that there is something to work towards. There is hope despite the circumstance.

    And it's not that I think the lyrics suck, I just think they lose something by being read rather than heard as a piece of music.
    Mutt said...
    Yeah, you're right. I misread your post.

    And it's not that I think it's bad to end on a note of hope, a deviation from the expected chorus, I think it's great. But I just think the in between lyrics have to head towards it, even incrementally.
    Ludicrousity said...
    Any suggestions then? What should I change?
    Ludicrousity said...
    Slowish. I'd love to play it to you all somehow! It loses something on screen.
    Ludicrousity said...
    Ok, I've changed some of the lyrics. The last line is now:
    I'm sure there's more than this

    And the start of the second verse is now:
    I know I had something
    But I fear now it’s gone
    Dboy said...
    Awesome song dude. Great lyrics. Most of the time lyrics don't work at all when read (like you said), but this set really pulls it off even without the accompanying melodies.

    Can't wait to hear it :)

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