This song is where the gothic angle to my writing began. I'd had the title (I think it may have been inspired by the TV programme Urban Gothic) and a tiny part of the chorus for ages, but I couldn't write the rest. Then I started listening to the sheer gothic awesomeness that is The Sisters Of Mercy, and everything fell into place reasonably quickly from there. This song is hugely influenced by them, and especially their most famous song This Corrosion. This is where my idea for a musical genre came together: gothic production and atmosphere (lots of keyboards, sound effects, choirs, minor keys etc.), combined with the power of grunge or alternative music, and the sheer abandon of hard rock or metal.
What I decided to do was take a song about what life is like in the 21st Century, and shroud it in gothic and mythological imagery. So you get references to Roman Gods, vampires, architecture, monsters, demon spawn, the Garden of Eden, and spiritualism (the idea of a spiritual stream may have been somwhat, erm, borrowed, from the computer game Final Fantasy VII). Although it seems to be quite a grim world view, I also wanted to put some hope into it, which explains a reference to the maxim "Love and music will save us all"; although in this context, it's more "love and music are all we have".
I also felt like putting some Latin in it, to keep with the theme of the collision of two different time periods. However, I don't speak any Latin, so I got my translations from an online translator, which means I don't know how accurate they are. I'll put the translations at the end, in red.
This is probably the song that defines my current writing style, so obviously I'm pretty damn pleased with it. Any comments are welcome.
21st Century Gothic - July - August 2006
Never before
Has it seemed more
Like the human heart is just
A fist covered in blood
To speak from the heart
Means to open your veins
And die for attention
In a crimson tinged flood
There is a house
That is painted white
To disguise its blackened core
We've created a monster
And we watch
As it sends its spawn to war
We don't care if the savages die
We give the vampires of today
A mandate to suck our lifeblood dry
We are your children
Stranded in Eden after the fall
Won't you save us, can't you hear us
When we call?
Chorus:
(Hey)
Shadow shroud across the sky
(Hey)
Greed growing like a disease
(Hey)
Love looks into my eyes
And laughs at what it sees
(Hey)
Mars marauding, Aries annihilating
And i'm too selfish
To think of anyone but me
(Hey)
I have to sing my pain
To keep from going insane
(Hey)
Welcome to the 21st century!
I wither away
As my body decays
It's just my mind
That still retains control
And it reaches out
To flow through the stream
That connect the world's
Few remaining believing souls
We are paralysed
Victims of the night
Corpses animated by
Just two energies
Love
And music run through our veins
and unite us against
A common enemy
We are your children
Stranded in Eden after the fall
Won't you save us, can't you hear us
When we call?
Chorus:
(Hey)
Shadow shroud across the sky
(Hey)
Greed growing like a disease
(Hey)
Love looks into my eyes
And laughs at what it sees
(Hey)
Mars marauding, Aries annihilating
And i'm too selfish
To think of anyone but me
(Hey)
I have to sing my pain
To keep from going insane
(Hey)
Welcome to the 21st century!
Tantum is lacuna servo nos iam
(These words)
Tantum is lacuna servo nos iam
We dance through our music
We are just our music
We scream through our music
We bleed through our music
We call through our music
We're bound through our music
We live through our music
We're one through our music
(Shouted/screamed) Nos es unus!
Chorus:
(Hey)
Shadow shroud across the sky
(Hey)
Greed growing like a disease
(Hey)
Love looks into my eyes
And laughs at what it sees
(Hey)
Mars marauding, Aries annihilating
And i'm too selfish
To think of anyone but me
(Hey)
I have to sing my pain
To keep from going insane
(Hey)
Welcome to the 21st century!
Welcome to the 21st century!
Welcome ....
(Whispered) Nos es unus, Nos es unus, Nos es unus...(Repeat to fade)
Latin translations:
Tantum is lacuna servo nos iam = Only these words can save us now
Nos es unus = We are one
Saturday, 31 March 2007
Friday, 30 March 2007
Unbroken
I'd had the chorus to this kicking around for ages, but no verses to put it with. Then I started writing a seperate song called Unbroken, and I decided to give it this chorus. It was actually fun writing this, it looks like a tortured piece of post-grunge, but in reality its not much more than a nonsense poem disguised to look like that. Although that said, it does include some things that were going on in my life at the time (mostly my lovelife, as usual), but I exagerrated the hell of them, threw in some culture references (everything from the crucifixion to The Simpsons to Humpty Dumpty to mummification to Grease to Law), and a lot of bitter sounding humour, and this is the result. It's nothing too amazing, but its pretty fun I reckon. Comments as always are welcome.
Unbroken - March - May 2006
You can hold my face underwater until my mind starts to shut down
Nail me to a cross and make me wear a thorny crown
Hold me dead to rights for all the pain that I have caused
Saw me right in half to the sound of canned applause
You can hang me out to dry with the line around my throat
Skin me alive and then wear me as a coat
You can hold me scold me take me hate me
Do just what you will
You can rip me whip me beat me eat me
Until youve had your fill
Pre-chorus:
Come dish out what you cant take
Im in my haven, these walls wont break
I will be here, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
Promise me your heart only to give it to my best friend
Promise to be reckless when I know thats not what you intend
Press against me close to make me think I stand a chance
Say the Tango De La Muerte is the only way we'll dance
Push me off a wall and then not call all the Kings men
Pull my heart out through my nose and then do it all again
Shower me with kisses made of steel tipped clarity
Tell me that I never meant to you as you to me
You can cut me you can fuck me
But I wish that youd just love me!
Pre-chorus:
Spread your message full of pain
My love for you will still remain
Always and forever, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
I know what you want and
You know what I need
So come on please feed me
Everything you are
I need it
Im sleeping
You know what Im dreaming
You're scheming
Im screaming!
Your name from afar
And I cant be your man
If you dont know who I am
But if you do then tell me
Cos I want to say
Goodbye to who I was
And so long, and get lost
Then be introduced to
Who I am today
Pre-chorus:
I am safe inside my mind
And if youre in then we can find
A way to stay, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
Just hold me!
Just hold me! Just hold me! Just hold me! Just hold me!
Just hold me! Just hold me!
Hold me!
Unbroken - March - May 2006
You can hold my face underwater until my mind starts to shut down
Nail me to a cross and make me wear a thorny crown
Hold me dead to rights for all the pain that I have caused
Saw me right in half to the sound of canned applause
You can hang me out to dry with the line around my throat
Skin me alive and then wear me as a coat
You can hold me scold me take me hate me
Do just what you will
You can rip me whip me beat me eat me
Until youve had your fill
Pre-chorus:
Come dish out what you cant take
Im in my haven, these walls wont break
I will be here, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
Promise me your heart only to give it to my best friend
Promise to be reckless when I know thats not what you intend
Press against me close to make me think I stand a chance
Say the Tango De La Muerte is the only way we'll dance
Push me off a wall and then not call all the Kings men
Pull my heart out through my nose and then do it all again
Shower me with kisses made of steel tipped clarity
Tell me that I never meant to you as you to me
You can cut me you can fuck me
But I wish that youd just love me!
Pre-chorus:
Spread your message full of pain
My love for you will still remain
Always and forever, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
I know what you want and
You know what I need
So come on please feed me
Everything you are
I need it
Im sleeping
You know what Im dreaming
You're scheming
Im screaming!
Your name from afar
And I cant be your man
If you dont know who I am
But if you do then tell me
Cos I want to say
Goodbye to who I was
And so long, and get lost
Then be introduced to
Who I am today
Pre-chorus:
I am safe inside my mind
And if youre in then we can find
A way to stay, unbroken
Chorus:
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
Dont hold me down just hold me
DONT HOLD ME DOWN JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
JUST FUCKING HOLD ME!
Just hold me!
Just hold me! Just hold me! Just hold me! Just hold me!
Just hold me! Just hold me!
Hold me!
Thursday, 29 March 2007
The Untimely Demise Of Rock N' Roll
I think that I came up with the title for this, and one line from it, sometime towards the end of 2005. I just thought it'd be awesome to have a song with this title as the first track on an album, with a chorus that goes "Rock N' Roll is dead, long live Rock N' Roll!". By 2006, it had metamorphosed into a bit of a rant about how people treat musicians as if they're gods, and how the musicians are only too happy to take advantage of this. It's based on something that was getting to me at the beginning of the year, but I won't go into it
Like the last song, Schizophrene, its kind of bitter, but mostly just very tongue in cheek and sarcastic. Again it got very positive reviews, I'm now thinking that this style of writing kind of suits me! I quite like this one, if I do say so myself, it's quite witty :D
There's two lines in the bridge which I came up with alternative lines for, but I can't decide which I like better. I've marked that bit in red.
As always, comments are welcome
The Untimely Demise of Rock N' Roll - 2005 - February 2006
I heard he only sings
To keep from screaming
But to me it's the sound of pointless dreaming
What was once in pursuit
Of a place in the stars
Now needs sex and drugs for R'n'R
The song remains the same?
Well then it's time for a change!
Pre Chorus:
Down, down, down, down …
Down with the music!
Down with the music!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
So sick, sadistic, parasitic
Leeching off another's music
The rock's been wrapped in gossip paper
And then it rolled away
It seems the week has a brand new flavour
Every single day!
If anybody's out there
Please come and set me free
Cos I'm trapped inside a cage of notes
And every one's off-key!
And my life's pretty comfortable
And average and mundane
So tell me, is it all a lie
When I sing about my pain?
And if this goes to Number 1
I'll laugh until I cry
Cos then I'll know I lived to see
The day that music died!
Pre Chorus:
Down, down, down, down …
Down with the music!
Down with the music!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Fuck all the groupies who whore to the band!
What have they got that all other guys don't?
Rock gods may seem cool for sex on demand (alt. line: Don't tell me that it makes me less of a man)
But who's got your back when they're slitting your throat? (alt. line: Just cos I have your back while they're slitting your throat!)
I may be a loser who can't play guitar
Don't have what it takes to be a rock star
But at least I am honest, at least I am true
At least I can promise I'll be there for you!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
And this is my music
My heart and my soul
Rock N' Roll lives …
Fuck Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead ….
Like the last song, Schizophrene, its kind of bitter, but mostly just very tongue in cheek and sarcastic. Again it got very positive reviews, I'm now thinking that this style of writing kind of suits me! I quite like this one, if I do say so myself, it's quite witty :D
There's two lines in the bridge which I came up with alternative lines for, but I can't decide which I like better. I've marked that bit in red.
As always, comments are welcome
The Untimely Demise of Rock N' Roll - 2005 - February 2006
I heard he only sings
To keep from screaming
But to me it's the sound of pointless dreaming
What was once in pursuit
Of a place in the stars
Now needs sex and drugs for R'n'R
The song remains the same?
Well then it's time for a change!
Pre Chorus:
Down, down, down, down …
Down with the music!
Down with the music!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
So sick, sadistic, parasitic
Leeching off another's music
The rock's been wrapped in gossip paper
And then it rolled away
It seems the week has a brand new flavour
Every single day!
If anybody's out there
Please come and set me free
Cos I'm trapped inside a cage of notes
And every one's off-key!
And my life's pretty comfortable
And average and mundane
So tell me, is it all a lie
When I sing about my pain?
And if this goes to Number 1
I'll laugh until I cry
Cos then I'll know I lived to see
The day that music died!
Pre Chorus:
Down, down, down, down …
Down with the music!
Down with the music!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Fuck all the groupies who whore to the band!
What have they got that all other guys don't?
Rock gods may seem cool for sex on demand (alt. line: Don't tell me that it makes me less of a man)
But who's got your back when they're slitting your throat? (alt. line: Just cos I have your back while they're slitting your throat!)
I may be a loser who can't play guitar
Don't have what it takes to be a rock star
But at least I am honest, at least I am true
At least I can promise I'll be there for you!
Chorus:
Down with the music
It's taken control
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
And this is my music
My heart and my soul
Rock N' Roll lives …
Fuck Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead …
Long live Rock N' Roll!
Rock N' Roll is dead ….
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Schizophrene
The end of 2005 and beginning of 2006 was such a huge turning point in my life. To give a brief overview, I'd started at Uni, and while I had made friends and integrated myself a bit in the first term, I hadn't really met anyone or joined any social groups outside of the block I was living in (incidentally, the best friend I made that term buggered off over the Christmas holiday and never came back). To make matters worse, my girlfriend of about 22 months and I split up towards the end of the year. So 2005 ended on a bit of a downer, but I was determined that 2006 was going to be better. I was going to be positive ... wrote myself motivational signs and stuck them on the back of my door and everything :D
Although I was mostly OK at the start of 2006, at times I was still hurting pretty badly. As a result, my lyrics took a bit of a departure ... the first three songs I wrote in 2006 weren't all inspired by the same thing, but they were all exorcism of inner demons, but in a sort of exaggerated, tongue in cheek, darkly humorous way, sort of like some songs by Guns N' Roses or Nirvana ... the thing I like about Nirvana especially is the humour in Cobain's lyrics, which I think is often overlooked. You read the lyrics to something like You Know You're Right with its "things have never been so swell / and I have never felt this well" refrain, and its great, just dripping with sarcasm.
This particular song was put together really quickly, took about half an hour in all, most of which was when I was in the shower. Strangely, when I posted it online, people seemed to really like it, saying it seemed really genuine and sincere. One guy even asked if I minded him putting some music to it. The main thing I like about it is that I managed to get some made up words in there :p Feel free to comment
Schizophrene - January 2006
You tell me one day
I’ll be OK
Well honeybitch, it ain’t today!
Fuck you!
I really want to
What am I supposed to do?
Chorus 1:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you…
Repulsed by you!
I think I’m going insane!
Becoming a Schizophrene!
I think I’d better get away
Before you become my Queen!
I often want
To come inside
Just to rip out all the lies
That you left
Inside my head
But I would never wish you dead ...
Even though you’re gone
Still you lead me on!
Chorus 2:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you….
Repulsed by you!
I want you…
To go away!
Please just leave me!
Please stay
Tell me who the hell
You’re supposed to be?
You’re a friend to me…
My worst enemy!
I don’t know how I got here!
I don’t know how to leave!
You sold me your elixir
But I think I was deceived!
Chorus 3:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you….
Repulsed by you!
I want you…
To go away!
Please just leave me!
Please stay
Tell me who the hell
You’re supposed to be?
You’re a friend to me…
My worst enemy!
I created you
You created me
Is this really
What you wanted to see?
I think I’m going insane!
Becoming a Schizophrene!
I think I’d better get away
Goodbye to you my Queen!
Although I was mostly OK at the start of 2006, at times I was still hurting pretty badly. As a result, my lyrics took a bit of a departure ... the first three songs I wrote in 2006 weren't all inspired by the same thing, but they were all exorcism of inner demons, but in a sort of exaggerated, tongue in cheek, darkly humorous way, sort of like some songs by Guns N' Roses or Nirvana ... the thing I like about Nirvana especially is the humour in Cobain's lyrics, which I think is often overlooked. You read the lyrics to something like You Know You're Right with its "things have never been so swell / and I have never felt this well" refrain, and its great, just dripping with sarcasm.
This particular song was put together really quickly, took about half an hour in all, most of which was when I was in the shower. Strangely, when I posted it online, people seemed to really like it, saying it seemed really genuine and sincere. One guy even asked if I minded him putting some music to it. The main thing I like about it is that I managed to get some made up words in there :p Feel free to comment
Schizophrene - January 2006
You tell me one day
I’ll be OK
Well honeybitch, it ain’t today!
Fuck you!
I really want to
What am I supposed to do?
Chorus 1:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you…
Repulsed by you!
I think I’m going insane!
Becoming a Schizophrene!
I think I’d better get away
Before you become my Queen!
I often want
To come inside
Just to rip out all the lies
That you left
Inside my head
But I would never wish you dead ...
Even though you’re gone
Still you lead me on!
Chorus 2:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you….
Repulsed by you!
I want you…
To go away!
Please just leave me!
Please stay
Tell me who the hell
You’re supposed to be?
You’re a friend to me…
My worst enemy!
I don’t know how I got here!
I don’t know how to leave!
You sold me your elixir
But I think I was deceived!
Chorus 3:
I love you!
I hate you!
I lust for you….
Repulsed by you!
I want you…
To go away!
Please just leave me!
Please stay
Tell me who the hell
You’re supposed to be?
You’re a friend to me…
My worst enemy!
I created you
You created me
Is this really
What you wanted to see?
I think I’m going insane!
Becoming a Schizophrene!
I think I’d better get away
Goodbye to you my Queen!
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Fade Into The Sun 2005
Yeah, I know I'd already written a song called Fade Into The Sun (for a lyric writing contest, see entry down there somewhere), but I wasn't too keen on that song, and did really like the title, so I decided to re-use it. I wrote this a few days after I started University, and I think it's pretty self explanatory ... I was very lonely to start with, fortunately it got much better :) When I first posted it on the Internet, I noted that it probably has a "dramatic, bluesy hard rock" feel to it.
Incidentally, this is the last song I wrote in 2005. Kind of strange that in 2004 I wrote 12 songs (one of which I decided I didn't like, so I won't post it here until I finish it properly ... if that ever happens) and co-wrote a further 2, whereas in 2005 I only wrote 3. I dunno, maybe the end of college / beginning Uni this kept me too busy. Anyways, 2006 would see a bit of a return to form.
Comments always welcome
Fade Into The Sun - September 2005
They held forever in their hands
Together always they could stand
The march of time was not an army
Just an ambush that never began
The young believe they are a team
Never doubting where their lives would lead
So restless, yet so rooted
To a time when we
When everything was all that we believed
Too late, my brother
Too late, my love
Ripped apart from one another
A long long time ago
When we were still young
You're fading out of my sight
Slipping away through my hands
Was that the sound of your voice?
The words I can't understand
Losing the taste of your hair
Can't smell your skin on my skin
I remember everything
And nothing ... at all
Too late, my sister
Too late, my friends
Came to visit but I must have missed ya
Can't accept that
I can see our end
Chorus:
One by one we're dragged away
The better parts of me long gone
I don't know why, or how
Please don't leave me here alone
When as one
You fade into the sun
Do you still think of me?
And how our lives used to be
I'm still waiting for that call
You promised faithfully
We held forever in our hands
Too young to really understand
The march of time was not an army
Just an ambush that had already began
Too late, my saviours
Too late, my lives
Too hard, to cross this river
Not that I
I haven't tried
Chorus:
One by one we're dragged away
The better parts of me long gone
I don't know why, or how
Please don't leave me here alone
When as one
You fade into the sun
On the wind I hear a whisper
Your voice, and I know the words
"Nothing's changed, the old gang's still here"
At least that's what
I thought I heard
Incidentally, this is the last song I wrote in 2005. Kind of strange that in 2004 I wrote 12 songs (one of which I decided I didn't like, so I won't post it here until I finish it properly ... if that ever happens) and co-wrote a further 2, whereas in 2005 I only wrote 3. I dunno, maybe the end of college / beginning Uni this kept me too busy. Anyways, 2006 would see a bit of a return to form.
Comments always welcome
Fade Into The Sun - September 2005
They held forever in their hands
Together always they could stand
The march of time was not an army
Just an ambush that never began
The young believe they are a team
Never doubting where their lives would lead
So restless, yet so rooted
To a time when we
When everything was all that we believed
Too late, my brother
Too late, my love
Ripped apart from one another
A long long time ago
When we were still young
You're fading out of my sight
Slipping away through my hands
Was that the sound of your voice?
The words I can't understand
Losing the taste of your hair
Can't smell your skin on my skin
I remember everything
And nothing ... at all
Too late, my sister
Too late, my friends
Came to visit but I must have missed ya
Can't accept that
I can see our end
Chorus:
One by one we're dragged away
The better parts of me long gone
I don't know why, or how
Please don't leave me here alone
When as one
You fade into the sun
Do you still think of me?
And how our lives used to be
I'm still waiting for that call
You promised faithfully
We held forever in our hands
Too young to really understand
The march of time was not an army
Just an ambush that had already began
Too late, my saviours
Too late, my lives
Too hard, to cross this river
Not that I
I haven't tried
Chorus:
One by one we're dragged away
The better parts of me long gone
I don't know why, or how
Please don't leave me here alone
When as one
You fade into the sun
On the wind I hear a whisper
Your voice, and I know the words
"Nothing's changed, the old gang's still here"
At least that's what
I thought I heard
Sunday, 25 March 2007
Open Up Your Mind
This is a bit of an odd one. The idea for it originally came about because of an argument I had with my girlfriend at the time. She's got some very strong opinions on things (very Conservative opinions I might add), and sometimes that can really annoy me ... you know, when people refuse point blank to look at something from any other viewpoint? Well yeah, anyway, so a few days later I was at work, and a couple of ideas came into my head. As soon as I went on my break, I grabbed a Wage Enquiry form ... the only bit of paper I could find ... and wrote down the ideas. I've still got this Wage Enquiry form :p It was more just a collection of different ideas with a similar theme than a full song, but I decided to try to amalgamate it into a song anyway, which is why it's a bit disjointed.
It's pretty obvious as to what it's about. Managed to slip some references in there too: The Garden of Eden, Karl Marx, rubber bullets, rubber trees (I'm not entirely sure why) and Hiroshima (the "one doomed city"). I amused myself a bit with the "BREAK" bit, the idea is that the rhyme scheme indicates that that line is going to end in something that rhymes with "wrong", and when you hear "Why can't we all just get a-", you're suppose to think that it's going to end in "along", I thought it might be cool to screw with people's expectations.
When I first wrote this it took me a while to post it anywhere. I realise that, despite the assertions in the first verse to the contrary, it is actually quite preachy, and I'm not sure how comfortable I am using a song to tell people how they should think. But I suppose that it's more just a suggestion ... and being close minded never really helped anyone anyway, so I guess this is a good piece of advice to offer.
Comments welcome
Open Up Your Mind - February - April 2005
Now this may sound judgemental
But know that I'm not here to preach
I believe in choice to each his own
When it comes down to belief
So if you choose to disregard me
Then you know that I won't mind
I'd rather you believe my truth
Than force-feed you my lies
I don't want to tell you
What is wrong and what is right
All that I ask is that you
Open up your mind
All that I want is you to
Open up your mind
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
Blessed is the man who considers someone else
Open up your mind
And you will let the world inside
They say the sky's the limit
When you embrace the possibilities
But why stop there?
We can set our own limits
In times like these
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
The things you do may be judged by someone else
Replace all of the bullets with rubber
That we found upon the tree
The Garden of Eden could be right under our feet
And we would still be too blinded to see
And even now we are a world at war
It seems that Marx has been proved wrong
But tell me what the hell we're fighting for
And why can't we all just get a BREAK?!
Propaganda fought and paranoia won
Authority killed our only son
The war to end all wars but one
Where one doomed city held the sun
And burned....
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
Blessed is the man who considers someone else
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
The things you do may be judged by someone else
So by all means judge me quickly
On my religion or race
But don't be surprised if
In the crowd you're feeling out of place
Cos all thoughts are important
In these apathetic times
And if your belief's unfounded
Then your faith's unjustified
Question where you need to
And try not to follow blind
If you do one thing today then
Open up your mind
Take a breath and let go as you
Open up your mind
It's pretty obvious as to what it's about. Managed to slip some references in there too: The Garden of Eden, Karl Marx, rubber bullets, rubber trees (I'm not entirely sure why) and Hiroshima (the "one doomed city"). I amused myself a bit with the "BREAK" bit, the idea is that the rhyme scheme indicates that that line is going to end in something that rhymes with "wrong", and when you hear "Why can't we all just get a-", you're suppose to think that it's going to end in "along", I thought it might be cool to screw with people's expectations.
When I first wrote this it took me a while to post it anywhere. I realise that, despite the assertions in the first verse to the contrary, it is actually quite preachy, and I'm not sure how comfortable I am using a song to tell people how they should think. But I suppose that it's more just a suggestion ... and being close minded never really helped anyone anyway, so I guess this is a good piece of advice to offer.
Comments welcome
Open Up Your Mind - February - April 2005
Now this may sound judgemental
But know that I'm not here to preach
I believe in choice to each his own
When it comes down to belief
So if you choose to disregard me
Then you know that I won't mind
I'd rather you believe my truth
Than force-feed you my lies
I don't want to tell you
What is wrong and what is right
All that I ask is that you
Open up your mind
All that I want is you to
Open up your mind
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
Blessed is the man who considers someone else
Open up your mind
And you will let the world inside
They say the sky's the limit
When you embrace the possibilities
But why stop there?
We can set our own limits
In times like these
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
The things you do may be judged by someone else
Replace all of the bullets with rubber
That we found upon the tree
The Garden of Eden could be right under our feet
And we would still be too blinded to see
And even now we are a world at war
It seems that Marx has been proved wrong
But tell me what the hell we're fighting for
And why can't we all just get a BREAK?!
Propaganda fought and paranoia won
Authority killed our only son
The war to end all wars but one
Where one doomed city held the sun
And burned....
Chorus:
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
Blessed is the man who considers someone else
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
The things you do may be judged by someone else
So by all means judge me quickly
On my religion or race
But don't be surprised if
In the crowd you're feeling out of place
Cos all thoughts are important
In these apathetic times
And if your belief's unfounded
Then your faith's unjustified
Question where you need to
And try not to follow blind
If you do one thing today then
Open up your mind
Take a breath and let go as you
Open up your mind
Saturday, 24 March 2007
Sixth Form Poetry
I'd been writing bits and pieces for this for ages ... I think I might have started writing it in my head while I was at work sometime in 2004. Never bothered much with finishing it though, as I wasn't too keen on it. Then, sometime at the beginning of 2005, I was just writing down some verses at random based on whatever ideas came into my head, and I hit upon a verse that I quite liked .... I then decided to make it the first verse of this song, as it seemed to fit, and finished the whole thing quite quickly after.
I'm still not that keen on it mind you. I gave it the self-mocking title of Sixth Form Poetry because thats what it reads like ... angsty poetry written by a teenager (which admittedly it was, but I like to think I can write better than that), not particularly eloquent, and certainly not something any different to what had been written by a million teens both beforehand and since. And the choruses are pretty awful. But I wrote it down because it was there, and because I hadn't finished a song for about 5 months.
Musically I'd imagine it being sort of mainstream alternative rock I guess. My plan for it would be to reverse the typical quiet-loud dynamic, by having the verses be more forceful and direct, and the choruses more drifting and dreamy sounding
Sixth Form Poetry - 2004 - Early 2005
Just once I would like to feel
The sense of completion that comes
When the mission is over and done
And I need release
And I wish I could understand
The very nature of this deciet
Please let me go
Held under
Once again
Tried to scream but water just fills my lungs
Pushed under
Afraid
Fingers slipping
Lose my grip and
The fabric comes undone...
Chorus 1:
I think today I will rise
If you can find it in your heart to let me
And if it isn't too much trouble
I think I'll declare the day mine
Emotionally charged
Now burnt out
The fuse inside my mind has blown
Wound up so
So tight I
Need a reminder to let go...
Chorus 2:
I think today will find
A new door open somewhere in this room
And if you give me your blessing
I just might be able to rise
Tentacles slip and
Fabric rips and
Power resupplied
Chorus 3:
I'm sure that today I'll rise
If you just release your grip a bit
And even if you won't, you won't stop
What's been coming all this time
Chorus 4:
Somewhere the sun is shining
Even as you hold me down
And I can feel the night turning to day
As I feel my spirit rising
I'm still not that keen on it mind you. I gave it the self-mocking title of Sixth Form Poetry because thats what it reads like ... angsty poetry written by a teenager (which admittedly it was, but I like to think I can write better than that), not particularly eloquent, and certainly not something any different to what had been written by a million teens both beforehand and since. And the choruses are pretty awful. But I wrote it down because it was there, and because I hadn't finished a song for about 5 months.
Musically I'd imagine it being sort of mainstream alternative rock I guess. My plan for it would be to reverse the typical quiet-loud dynamic, by having the verses be more forceful and direct, and the choruses more drifting and dreamy sounding
Sixth Form Poetry - 2004 - Early 2005
Just once I would like to feel
The sense of completion that comes
When the mission is over and done
And I need release
And I wish I could understand
The very nature of this deciet
Please let me go
Held under
Once again
Tried to scream but water just fills my lungs
Pushed under
Afraid
Fingers slipping
Lose my grip and
The fabric comes undone...
Chorus 1:
I think today I will rise
If you can find it in your heart to let me
And if it isn't too much trouble
I think I'll declare the day mine
Emotionally charged
Now burnt out
The fuse inside my mind has blown
Wound up so
So tight I
Need a reminder to let go...
Chorus 2:
I think today will find
A new door open somewhere in this room
And if you give me your blessing
I just might be able to rise
Tentacles slip and
Fabric rips and
Power resupplied
Chorus 3:
I'm sure that today I'll rise
If you just release your grip a bit
And even if you won't, you won't stop
What's been coming all this time
Chorus 4:
Somewhere the sun is shining
Even as you hold me down
And I can feel the night turning to day
As I feel my spirit rising
Friday, 23 March 2007
Resurrection
This is undoubtedly one of my favourite songs I've ever written. I took a break from my normal themes of emotion of varying kinds, and wrote this. I think basically it just started off with a chorus, and an idea for a horror movie style song ... I love the Resident Evil computer game series, perhaps it came from that. Looking at it now, I've realised it unintentionally has a bit of a Thriller like vibe going as well. Anyway, from there it gradually grew to have some hidden messages in it; like about how people can take their lives for granted until something completely unexpected happens; or about how even though someone is dead, they're never really gone (although I realise this is a bit of an odd metaphor!); or that in death all people are the same, not sperated by morality or class or colour or even time; or that too many people die too young; or that death is not the end.
In terms of sound, it's probably fairly typical of the sort of music I'd want my band to play should such a thing ever come into existence ... gothic, grungey hard rock, a mixture of my major influences really. It's another song that I actually have a pretty decent melody for, and I really reckon it could be an anthem if played and recorded properly. The 3rd and 2nd to last line of each verse have this rapidly descending thing going on, in order to lead into the chorus
I've decided that, on the very slim offchance that I ever do manage to record and release an album, this will be the first song proper on the first album "The Angels And The Devils Are Going To War", after Between Heaven And Hell (see the entry for that below), with a massive guitar riff backed by a wall of sound kicking straight in after that song ends. It'll also be the first single ... it's definetly the song that I'd want people to know as my 'essential' song :D
Apparently, this is also the last song I finished in 2004, which is joint with 2006 as my most producitve songwriting year to date
Resurrection - September 2004
And the moon's light tore through
The cloudy sky
A million people enjoying
Just being alive
Too busy to notice the gleaming white
Of the gravestones bathed
In an ethereal light
Deep in the ground something stirs and
For all those who have forgotten
Plans unmade and lives will change
And something strange
Must inevitably happen
Chorus:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will hunt down the night sky
And the dead will rise
Eighteen hundred and eighty one
Young Bill was cut down in his prime
Laid to rest beside a killer
Last shot fired in nineteen sixty-nine
Both so hungry, both will rise
Both will once more feel
The cold warm kiss of life
Tonight it's time to roll the years back
And restart the blood flow to the brain
Senses attack, memories flood back
And the Earth is cracked
Open by the rain
Chorus:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will stalk down the night sky
And the dead will rise
How will it take you when
The night belongs to the living dead
Now the resurrection has begun
Never slept inside a coffin
Never used the soil as a bed
Never forget the dead are never gone
No the dead live on
And they'll return
Now the resurrection has begun
So much unfinished business and
So much to be set right and
So many died before their time
And now it's time
They had a second chance
Spoken (Vincent Price style):
And tonight my friends....
Chorus:
The dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will tear down the night sky
And the dead will rise
Spoken:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will tear down the night sky
And the dead will rise
In terms of sound, it's probably fairly typical of the sort of music I'd want my band to play should such a thing ever come into existence ... gothic, grungey hard rock, a mixture of my major influences really. It's another song that I actually have a pretty decent melody for, and I really reckon it could be an anthem if played and recorded properly. The 3rd and 2nd to last line of each verse have this rapidly descending thing going on, in order to lead into the chorus
I've decided that, on the very slim offchance that I ever do manage to record and release an album, this will be the first song proper on the first album "The Angels And The Devils Are Going To War", after Between Heaven And Hell (see the entry for that below), with a massive guitar riff backed by a wall of sound kicking straight in after that song ends. It'll also be the first single ... it's definetly the song that I'd want people to know as my 'essential' song :D
Apparently, this is also the last song I finished in 2004, which is joint with 2006 as my most producitve songwriting year to date
Resurrection - September 2004
And the moon's light tore through
The cloudy sky
A million people enjoying
Just being alive
Too busy to notice the gleaming white
Of the gravestones bathed
In an ethereal light
Deep in the ground something stirs and
For all those who have forgotten
Plans unmade and lives will change
And something strange
Must inevitably happen
Chorus:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will hunt down the night sky
And the dead will rise
Eighteen hundred and eighty one
Young Bill was cut down in his prime
Laid to rest beside a killer
Last shot fired in nineteen sixty-nine
Both so hungry, both will rise
Both will once more feel
The cold warm kiss of life
Tonight it's time to roll the years back
And restart the blood flow to the brain
Senses attack, memories flood back
And the Earth is cracked
Open by the rain
Chorus:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will stalk down the night sky
And the dead will rise
How will it take you when
The night belongs to the living dead
Now the resurrection has begun
Never slept inside a coffin
Never used the soil as a bed
Never forget the dead are never gone
No the dead live on
And they'll return
Now the resurrection has begun
So much unfinished business and
So much to be set right and
So many died before their time
And now it's time
They had a second chance
Spoken (Vincent Price style):
And tonight my friends....
Chorus:
The dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will tear down the night sky
And the dead will rise
Spoken:
And the dead will rise
And the dead will walk the Earth once more
And the dead will rise
And the dead will tear down the night sky
And the dead will rise
Monday, 19 March 2007
Parody Of Life
I remember when I was writing this describing it to people as "a turbolaser critique of everything that is wrong with the world". Most of my previous work had been concerned with love, and it felt like time for a state-of-the-union address. I think it's got some shades of the dark sense of humour which would be part of my later work.
There's a reference in the first verse to a story that was in the news at the time, involving a mother and her son having a sexual relationship. The bit at the very end is based on food never looking the same when you buy it as it does in the adverts. Other than that, the things described are just pretty much metaphorical. I quite like the first few lines about the father eating his own children, I think that was based either on praying mantises or something similar which do something like that; or a god from some kind of mythology (I can't remember which) who did that; or perhaps a combination of both. This also includes a variation on another of my favourite lines I've written : "I caught my girl sleeping with my demons" ... which is written at the top of a page in my notebook and underlined; just one of those things that suddenly and randomly came to me.
Even though my notebook tells me I wrote this just in August 2004, I'm pretty positive I wrote the chorus quite a while before that. Might have just been one of those ideas I had kicking around but never got around to writing down. I'll try to find out the real date though ... I know no ones really interested right now, but I am for archival purposes, and hell, maybe one day someone will be interested. To anyone who might be even slightly interested in this blog, comment are welcome and encouraged.
Parody Of Life - August 2004
What is this world
Where a father eats his own children
So they don't grow up to murder him
And people accept it and go on with their lives?
Where a son and a mother can love one another
Carnally as though husband and wife?
Strange bedfellows find others falling behind
And cut them to lose the dead weight
As we fall under the shroud of a thickening cloud
In the guise of the hand of fate
Light a fire to burn Rome
In the space of just a day
And be proud that you've killed
So many along the way
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Took a walk down mainstreet
And six shots to the head
Two months later the medic brings me
Back to life just to say
"You'd be better off dead"
I see a brother wage war on his sister
For a chance to dance the pole
Turn around in time to catch a leader
Auction his immortal soul
I stand on trial before the court
What did I fucking do?
"The sentence" they say "is to conform
The crime is being you"
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Parody of life
I caught my girl the other night
She was sleeping with my demons
They just laughed and told me
That love had died
I caught the last train out to the real world
Population one
With that image burning in my eyes
Sleeping with my demons.....
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Guess I bought into it
But it's never quite how it looks in the adverts
Is it?
There's a reference in the first verse to a story that was in the news at the time, involving a mother and her son having a sexual relationship. The bit at the very end is based on food never looking the same when you buy it as it does in the adverts. Other than that, the things described are just pretty much metaphorical. I quite like the first few lines about the father eating his own children, I think that was based either on praying mantises or something similar which do something like that; or a god from some kind of mythology (I can't remember which) who did that; or perhaps a combination of both. This also includes a variation on another of my favourite lines I've written : "I caught my girl sleeping with my demons" ... which is written at the top of a page in my notebook and underlined; just one of those things that suddenly and randomly came to me.
Even though my notebook tells me I wrote this just in August 2004, I'm pretty positive I wrote the chorus quite a while before that. Might have just been one of those ideas I had kicking around but never got around to writing down. I'll try to find out the real date though ... I know no ones really interested right now, but I am for archival purposes, and hell, maybe one day someone will be interested. To anyone who might be even slightly interested in this blog, comment are welcome and encouraged.
Parody Of Life - August 2004
What is this world
Where a father eats his own children
So they don't grow up to murder him
And people accept it and go on with their lives?
Where a son and a mother can love one another
Carnally as though husband and wife?
Strange bedfellows find others falling behind
And cut them to lose the dead weight
As we fall under the shroud of a thickening cloud
In the guise of the hand of fate
Light a fire to burn Rome
In the space of just a day
And be proud that you've killed
So many along the way
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Took a walk down mainstreet
And six shots to the head
Two months later the medic brings me
Back to life just to say
"You'd be better off dead"
I see a brother wage war on his sister
For a chance to dance the pole
Turn around in time to catch a leader
Auction his immortal soul
I stand on trial before the court
What did I fucking do?
"The sentence" they say "is to conform
The crime is being you"
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Parody of life
I caught my girl the other night
She was sleeping with my demons
They just laughed and told me
That love had died
I caught the last train out to the real world
Population one
With that image burning in my eyes
Sleeping with my demons.....
Chorus:
All you people tell me
This is just how life should be
But when I look I see some kind of parody
A pale imitation of an artwork
A disease
A sick twisted joke and one
You try to sell me - Yeah
Guess I bought into it
But it's never quite how it looks in the adverts
Is it?
Sunday, 18 March 2007
Warrior Queen
A song I wrote very quickly, inspired by my girlfriend at the time ... again, I think she liked it. It's a fast paced modern rock song really, possibly with some punkish overtones ... if that makes sense! There are some bits where it appears that the line is far too long to fit the rhythm, this is deliberate, and those lines are sung even faster to fit it all in. I think this is an alright song, the melody I hear to it is actually rather hooky and catchy. I think the countdown bits serve as a pretty good hook as well.
Comments are always welcome
Warrior Queen - August 2004
Born to fight
Raised to always fight to win
Blessed with the moves
Of a warrior queen
Born to a tiger with
A golden eagle in her soul
Raised by wolves on a diet of
Learning how to fly by learning how to fall
Three, two, one
Let the battle begin
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Rise from the ashes of glowing defeat
Ready for battle again
Once was a student and now the elite
Fighting in freedom's name
Ten, nine, eight, anticipation in the air
Seven, six, five, see the hunt on the wind
Four, three, two, the odds are stacked up against her
One, let the battle begin
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Ten, nine eight, for a moment she raises me
Seven, six, five, up to more than I am
Four, three, two, and now she plunges
One....... into battle again
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
My love is a warrior queen
My love is a warrior queen
Best I've ever seen
Three, two, one
Let the battle begin
Comments are always welcome
Warrior Queen - August 2004
Born to fight
Raised to always fight to win
Blessed with the moves
Of a warrior queen
Born to a tiger with
A golden eagle in her soul
Raised by wolves on a diet of
Learning how to fly by learning how to fall
Three, two, one
Let the battle begin
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Rise from the ashes of glowing defeat
Ready for battle again
Once was a student and now the elite
Fighting in freedom's name
Ten, nine, eight, anticipation in the air
Seven, six, five, see the hunt on the wind
Four, three, two, the odds are stacked up against her
One, let the battle begin
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Ten, nine eight, for a moment she raises me
Seven, six, five, up to more than I am
Four, three, two, and now she plunges
One....... into battle again
Chorus:
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
Fight for the night it'll be alright
For tonight there's a victory
Playing a game that is one and the same
My love is a warrior queen
My love is a warrior queen
My love is a warrior queen
Best I've ever seen
Three, two, one
Let the battle begin
Friday, 16 March 2007
She
I don't have a huge amount to say about this song, I'm not actually overly keen on it. I wrote it about an ex-girlfriend, but I'm not entirely sure why. I also don't really know what style of music it would be ... perhaps something Jeff Buckley-ish, similar to Grace or something. There is one bit in it that I quite like though, the bit that refers to angels and devils, I remember that I'd come up with that ages before, while I was still going out with her in fact, in one of my random spouts of paranoia, and it ended up here ... I think I may have re-used it since then actually. I wrote this really quickly, and like I said, I can't completely remember why, I think I just might have had a title and decided to write it about this girl, even though I was over her ages before that. I'll post it for the sake of continuity, but be aware that I know it's not that great.
She - August 2004
And so it came to pass
That as autumn turned to winter
The love fell off the trees
And down my cheeks a light rain started
And that I owe to she
With her mask
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
As I hung from that tree
Where I thought I wanted to stay
She cut me free
And then melted away
She
Was gone so fast
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
Was she an angel I saw
When I closed my eyes
Or was she the devil
In a friendly disguise
She
Didn't want it to last
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
I no longer need her
But when brown leaves I saw
She pulled me back from the edge
Though it seems but a dream
I thank you only once more
And let this story lay down to rest
She
Is only my past, after all
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
(Repeat to fade)
She - August 2004
And so it came to pass
That as autumn turned to winter
The love fell off the trees
And down my cheeks a light rain started
And that I owe to she
With her mask
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
As I hung from that tree
Where I thought I wanted to stay
She cut me free
And then melted away
She
Was gone so fast
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
Was she an angel I saw
When I closed my eyes
Or was she the devil
In a friendly disguise
She
Didn't want it to last
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
I no longer need her
But when brown leaves I saw
She pulled me back from the edge
Though it seems but a dream
I thank you only once more
And let this story lay down to rest
She
Is only my past, after all
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
Who was she? Who is she?
What was she to me?
(Repeat to fade)
Thursday, 15 March 2007
A Cemetery
This was written after an English Literature trip with my college to the war graves in Belgium and France, a trip I can honestly say for many reasons is among the more powerful and cherished memories of my life. Completely leaving aside that I have great memories of being with my friends and girlfriend-at-the-time on that trip, it was also an unforgettable experience seeing the rows and rows of shining white graves at each site ... I don't know if I've ever seen anything more heartbreakingly, tragically beautiful.
I started writing this before even getting home from the trip, and finished it a short while later. It's rather more a poem than a song really, but I'd imagine it could be set to music ... also there are sections of repeating backing vocals with two lines multitracked over the top of each otherwhich mark it out as being a song. I wanted to make a statement with the structure here, which is why it's a little odd: the first four line section is meant to suggest a single grave, then the next section is meant to represent the "camera" as it were panning outwards to show countless rows of graves. The next verse, with the four couplets, is supposed to suggest pairs of graves, seperate from the others, as they aren't all just in neat rows: some of them seem to be rather randomly located, and there are a number in pairs where comrades-in-arms were buried together.
There are a few references in this song too:
"Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war" is the inscription on the grave of a soldier named Arthur Conway Young
There's a line which refers to graves of unknown soldiers who couldn't be identified. This got me thinking, what if some people were wrongly identified, and hence buried under the wrong name? To me, that's quite a scary thought. So the next line references that.
The "ten thousand white teeth on a green hill" line is a reference to that riddle from The Hobbit: " Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still", where the answer is teeth. The rectangular white graves do look somewhat like teeth.
Comments, as always, are welcome and encouraged
A Cemetery - July - August 2004
Across a sea of green
A single white stone
Can often be seen
To float all alone
On each of the stones
A single red rose
Casts a shadow on the earth
Where those who slain
Have so long lain
And will until their rebirth
For they will rise again
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
Ten thousand white teeth on a green hill
What once was moving now stands still
Heroes' names are engraved on stone
While countless others remain unknown
A number lie under a different name
For in death, all wrecks look the same
A sacrifice to the fallacy that war can end war
The stand to attention forevermore
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
They will rise
Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war
They will rise
They stand to attention forevermore
They will rise
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
Chorus2:
Walking through their resting place
I heard the spirits say
"We are those who were released
When we fought on Judgement Day"
They will rise
Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war
They will rise
They stand to attention forevermore
They will rise
I started writing this before even getting home from the trip, and finished it a short while later. It's rather more a poem than a song really, but I'd imagine it could be set to music ... also there are sections of repeating backing vocals with two lines multitracked over the top of each otherwhich mark it out as being a song. I wanted to make a statement with the structure here, which is why it's a little odd: the first four line section is meant to suggest a single grave, then the next section is meant to represent the "camera" as it were panning outwards to show countless rows of graves. The next verse, with the four couplets, is supposed to suggest pairs of graves, seperate from the others, as they aren't all just in neat rows: some of them seem to be rather randomly located, and there are a number in pairs where comrades-in-arms were buried together.
There are a few references in this song too:
"Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war" is the inscription on the grave of a soldier named Arthur Conway Young
There's a line which refers to graves of unknown soldiers who couldn't be identified. This got me thinking, what if some people were wrongly identified, and hence buried under the wrong name? To me, that's quite a scary thought. So the next line references that.
The "ten thousand white teeth on a green hill" line is a reference to that riddle from The Hobbit: " Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still", where the answer is teeth. The rectangular white graves do look somewhat like teeth.
Comments, as always, are welcome and encouraged
A Cemetery - July - August 2004
Across a sea of green
A single white stone
Can often be seen
To float all alone
On each of the stones
A single red rose
Casts a shadow on the earth
Where those who slain
Have so long lain
And will until their rebirth
For they will rise again
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
Ten thousand white teeth on a green hill
What once was moving now stands still
Heroes' names are engraved on stone
While countless others remain unknown
A number lie under a different name
For in death, all wrecks look the same
A sacrifice to the fallacy that war can end war
The stand to attention forevermore
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
They will rise
Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war
They will rise
They stand to attention forevermore
They will rise
Chorus:
Walking my path
Through the past
It seems the air might say
"We are those who will be set free
When we meet on Judgement Day"
Chorus2:
Walking through their resting place
I heard the spirits say
"We are those who were released
When we fought on Judgement Day"
They will rise
Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war
They will rise
They stand to attention forevermore
They will rise
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Spiritual
I wrote this song for my girlfriend at the time, for our 6 month anniversary ... I think she rather liked it, in fact if I remember rightly it made her a little teary. This is a love ballad but I don't think it's a typical one ... I think its good, I like the elemental theme, and in general I think it's more poetic and sophisticated than the other love songs I've written. In fact, I'd say this is my favourite of my love songs.
I've just rediscovered that when I posted it on the Internet originally, someone commented about the odd scientific metaphors, saying that "it's possibly the only rock song ever to contain the word "minerals". My very strange, slightly arrogant, and (in my opinion at least) rather fantastic reply was "Science, my friend, is the art of nature". Heh, not quite sure where I got that from!
I'd appreciate any comments, I'm beginning to feel as though I'm posting these just for myself ... if I am then that's fair enough, I'd still get a sense of accomplishment, but if anyone is reading this, it'd be nice for them to make themselves known.
Spiritual - February - July 2004
Together we two are a fuel
In which a dormant energy hides
A single spark all that’s needed
For this passion to ignite
And raise the flame that softly flickers
As though dancing in the breeze
To a music only heard by those
Who feel it in their dreams
A hypnotic glowing image is what I
See as slowly old ghosts burn
In one heated night the light of truth
Becomes aware of love’s return
In the torrent of the rapids
White waves crash upon the rocks
Wash away the noisy urgency
Of a thousand ticking clocks
Leaving a lake borne out of stillness
Like a faded memory
The waters seek to carry us
As we sail along life’s stream
And as the rain begins to fall
Into the mighty sea we’ll plunge
Diving into what it may bring
As if we two were one
Have you come to
Spirit me away?
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
I see a down-to-earth angel
With a flower in her hand
She holds the power to make hills
Rise up from out of dead sand
The old seed lives within the soil
New life lives deep in the seed
A symbiotic relationship
That fulfils all of our needs
As the plants absorb minerals
Which will let them bear fruit
Everything that you give me
Helps me break free of these roots
An element of surprise…
Entering into your world
Felt just like stepping into
A hurricane of your defences
Your own wind shield guarding you
Deep inside the maelstrom
The eye waits to feel the touch
Of the mortal man who is prepared
To stand the air’s last rush
This gale lifts us of our feet
And blows us far away from here
Like a surging gust of power
The strength of love becomes so clear
Have you come to
Spirit me away?
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
You’ve cast your compassion
In a spell around my heart
At the core of this Earth
The fire inside is beating
As the wind stings our faces
A watery tear leaves your eye
The feeling you radiate
Is what my whole world was needing
And you started to save it
The moment you fell from the sky
The element of surprise…
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
A spiritual being who has stolen my love
I've just rediscovered that when I posted it on the Internet originally, someone commented about the odd scientific metaphors, saying that "it's possibly the only rock song ever to contain the word "minerals". My very strange, slightly arrogant, and (in my opinion at least) rather fantastic reply was "Science, my friend, is the art of nature". Heh, not quite sure where I got that from!
I'd appreciate any comments, I'm beginning to feel as though I'm posting these just for myself ... if I am then that's fair enough, I'd still get a sense of accomplishment, but if anyone is reading this, it'd be nice for them to make themselves known.
Spiritual - February - July 2004
Together we two are a fuel
In which a dormant energy hides
A single spark all that’s needed
For this passion to ignite
And raise the flame that softly flickers
As though dancing in the breeze
To a music only heard by those
Who feel it in their dreams
A hypnotic glowing image is what I
See as slowly old ghosts burn
In one heated night the light of truth
Becomes aware of love’s return
In the torrent of the rapids
White waves crash upon the rocks
Wash away the noisy urgency
Of a thousand ticking clocks
Leaving a lake borne out of stillness
Like a faded memory
The waters seek to carry us
As we sail along life’s stream
And as the rain begins to fall
Into the mighty sea we’ll plunge
Diving into what it may bring
As if we two were one
Have you come to
Spirit me away?
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
I see a down-to-earth angel
With a flower in her hand
She holds the power to make hills
Rise up from out of dead sand
The old seed lives within the soil
New life lives deep in the seed
A symbiotic relationship
That fulfils all of our needs
As the plants absorb minerals
Which will let them bear fruit
Everything that you give me
Helps me break free of these roots
An element of surprise…
Entering into your world
Felt just like stepping into
A hurricane of your defences
Your own wind shield guarding you
Deep inside the maelstrom
The eye waits to feel the touch
Of the mortal man who is prepared
To stand the air’s last rush
This gale lifts us of our feet
And blows us far away from here
Like a surging gust of power
The strength of love becomes so clear
Have you come to
Spirit me away?
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
You’ve cast your compassion
In a spell around my heart
At the core of this Earth
The fire inside is beating
As the wind stings our faces
A watery tear leaves your eye
The feeling you radiate
Is what my whole world was needing
And you started to save it
The moment you fell from the sky
The element of surprise…
Chorus:
While the golden fires burn
The wild waters will flow
As the rich Earth still turns
And a soothing wind blows
You remain the embodiment of my love
Because I feel that you are a spirit sent from above
A spiritual being who has stolen my love
Sunday, 11 March 2007
Turning Point
I wrote a little about this song in a previous entry, the one for the song Hold, although I've remembered some more things about the writing process which contradict what I wrote before :p
I believe I actually had the idea for the song on the day I broke up from college for Christmas in 2003, and it was on my way home I got the idea. It was pretty different then, but I think I got the idea for the chorus. Then on the night of Christmas Day (not New's Years Eve as I said before), after I'd probably had a little bit to drink, I started writing a poem based around the idea on the way home from the party I was at. As I said before, it was based around the fact that I was having trouble letting go of the past.
I put it on the backburner for a while, but eventually managed to turn the poem into a song about six months later. I tried to be quite experimental with it, writing a poem with quite a loose structure and then turning it into a song, and I'm not sure it turned out completely right; some of the parts are lacking in rhythm a bit, and the anthemic chorus sits a bit oddly with the introspective bulk of the song. But I feel it's got some pretty powerful imagery, and I got a couple of decent reviews for it.
Comments are welcome, as always.
Turning Point - December 2003 - July 2004
Spoken: I am not trying to escape my past ...
The storm still rages over
The place I've just left
Its power of destruction
Still fresh in my head
It will haunt me forever
Never let me forget
How the clouds would pour down
Their memories and regrets
Ahead lies an unspoiled plain
The sun reflecting off morning dew
A single step foward
And no more
Is all I can do
Before I'm pulled back again
Unbidden, the images flash through
Destroying the dam that
Holds back the flood
Again, the tides was the
Sunlit canvas
In their murky colours
Spoken: I am not trying to escape my past. Just the hold it has over my future.
Something still holds me
The only choice is to
Escape the rain
Spoken: This is my attempt to make peace with what happened...
The city still has me
In her icy embrace
Wordless, still tries to
Plant a kiss on my face
Now I've had far too much
Only needed a taste
But I kept wanting more
Until she took it away
With my brush I paint
A wonderful new life
It's just ahead
But I remain scared
And the night
Swallows it up again
Just grant me my own chance
And I will make a world
Where it shines, though still rains
And from this new things grow
A garden imperfect
A design of our own
Spoken: This is my attempt to make peace with what happened. And to recognize that circumstances are different now.
Last year I was trapped by myself
This time my fate's down to me
And I will break free
Spoken: Have I....?
Chorus:
No more pain! No more fears!
No more rain! No more tears!
Today is the point on which my life will change
I will break free and I must
Escape the rain!
This is the point
On which my whole life will turn
The scales are balanced today
Time has stopped in the here and now
But it can't stay that way
If I look back then I am lost
And as they tip I pray
That I can find the strength
To move them to a new place
And that I don't slide back into the...
Spoken: Have I broken free?
Chorus:
No more pain! No more fears!
No more rain! No more tears!
Today is the point on which my life will change
I will break free and I must
Escape the rain!
Escape the rain!
Escape the rain!
Spoken: Have I broken free? One step at a time.
I believe I actually had the idea for the song on the day I broke up from college for Christmas in 2003, and it was on my way home I got the idea. It was pretty different then, but I think I got the idea for the chorus. Then on the night of Christmas Day (not New's Years Eve as I said before), after I'd probably had a little bit to drink, I started writing a poem based around the idea on the way home from the party I was at. As I said before, it was based around the fact that I was having trouble letting go of the past.
I put it on the backburner for a while, but eventually managed to turn the poem into a song about six months later. I tried to be quite experimental with it, writing a poem with quite a loose structure and then turning it into a song, and I'm not sure it turned out completely right; some of the parts are lacking in rhythm a bit, and the anthemic chorus sits a bit oddly with the introspective bulk of the song. But I feel it's got some pretty powerful imagery, and I got a couple of decent reviews for it.
Comments are welcome, as always.
Turning Point - December 2003 - July 2004
Spoken: I am not trying to escape my past ...
The storm still rages over
The place I've just left
Its power of destruction
Still fresh in my head
It will haunt me forever
Never let me forget
How the clouds would pour down
Their memories and regrets
Ahead lies an unspoiled plain
The sun reflecting off morning dew
A single step foward
And no more
Is all I can do
Before I'm pulled back again
Unbidden, the images flash through
Destroying the dam that
Holds back the flood
Again, the tides was the
Sunlit canvas
In their murky colours
Spoken: I am not trying to escape my past. Just the hold it has over my future.
Something still holds me
The only choice is to
Escape the rain
Spoken: This is my attempt to make peace with what happened...
The city still has me
In her icy embrace
Wordless, still tries to
Plant a kiss on my face
Now I've had far too much
Only needed a taste
But I kept wanting more
Until she took it away
With my brush I paint
A wonderful new life
It's just ahead
But I remain scared
And the night
Swallows it up again
Just grant me my own chance
And I will make a world
Where it shines, though still rains
And from this new things grow
A garden imperfect
A design of our own
Spoken: This is my attempt to make peace with what happened. And to recognize that circumstances are different now.
Last year I was trapped by myself
This time my fate's down to me
And I will break free
Spoken: Have I....?
Chorus:
No more pain! No more fears!
No more rain! No more tears!
Today is the point on which my life will change
I will break free and I must
Escape the rain!
This is the point
On which my whole life will turn
The scales are balanced today
Time has stopped in the here and now
But it can't stay that way
If I look back then I am lost
And as they tip I pray
That I can find the strength
To move them to a new place
And that I don't slide back into the...
Spoken: Have I broken free?
Chorus:
No more pain! No more fears!
No more rain! No more tears!
Today is the point on which my life will change
I will break free and I must
Escape the rain!
Escape the rain!
Escape the rain!
Spoken: Have I broken free? One step at a time.
Saturday, 10 March 2007
Thermal
There's not a huge amount of a story behind this one ... I remember I was on a bus, on the way home from my girlfriend-at-the-time's house ... I was listening to Van Halen on my CD player, I was looking at the sky ... and somehow I got the idea for this. I wrote it very quickly, which is why it is a bit rough in places
The idea of a hawk riding a thermal most likely comes from the Animorphs book series; one of the main characters is trapped as a hawk (and if that makes little sense ... read the books!), and his narration constantly refers to thermals: updrafts of hot air that rise of metal and buildings and things when they heat up. You know if you see a bird with it's wings spread, not flapping them but rising really quickly nonetheless? It's probably riding a thermal.
Incidentally, my girlfriend at the time had the chorus of this song as her signature on a messageboard she posted on ... even for a bit after we split up. Which was nice.
Thermal - May 2004
I find liberation
In the eyes of the free
Suddenly I know why I believe
In ghosts, in fairies, in God, in love,
In soul
A type of salvation
That rustles the leaves
Then fills my sky with holes
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
The release of a feeling amazes me
Into the air, borne from the sea
A bittersweet feeling that's taken away
Far too soon
Tomorrow we'll lie in til twelve
And run away in the the afternoon
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
And the higher it reaches,
The higher we'll reach
And the higher we'll be when it falls
So I pray in the morning
For success through the night
I prepare my self, in case
There's a need to fight
And it climbs ever higher
Until it's drowned in the light
Laughing and mocking our lives
Knowing that one day we'll fly
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
And it reaches the heavens
But doesn't stop there
As the sun rises in the sky
It keeps on flying
Past the end of time
The idea of a hawk riding a thermal most likely comes from the Animorphs book series; one of the main characters is trapped as a hawk (and if that makes little sense ... read the books!), and his narration constantly refers to thermals: updrafts of hot air that rise of metal and buildings and things when they heat up. You know if you see a bird with it's wings spread, not flapping them but rising really quickly nonetheless? It's probably riding a thermal.
Incidentally, my girlfriend at the time had the chorus of this song as her signature on a messageboard she posted on ... even for a bit after we split up. Which was nice.
Thermal - May 2004
I find liberation
In the eyes of the free
Suddenly I know why I believe
In ghosts, in fairies, in God, in love,
In soul
A type of salvation
That rustles the leaves
Then fills my sky with holes
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
The release of a feeling amazes me
Into the air, borne from the sea
A bittersweet feeling that's taken away
Far too soon
Tomorrow we'll lie in til twelve
And run away in the the afternoon
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
And the higher it reaches,
The higher we'll reach
And the higher we'll be when it falls
So I pray in the morning
For success through the night
I prepare my self, in case
There's a need to fight
And it climbs ever higher
Until it's drowned in the light
Laughing and mocking our lives
Knowing that one day we'll fly
Chorus:
With a wingspan of time
It's hungry for prey
It catches a thermal
And soars away
And it reaches the heavens
But doesn't stop there
As the sun rises in the sky
It keeps on flying
Past the end of time
Sunday, 4 March 2007
Remaining 3 DC songs
I'm getting bored of posting the DC songs, so I'm just going to put all the rest of the ones that haven't gone missing in this one thread. There's only 3 of them, and I only have a definete writing credit in one of them ... again though I can't remember which parts I wrote specifically.
Back to my lyrics next post!
Straight Out Of Dry County - Credited just to DC, I don't think I wrote on it though - March 2004
Pacing this rented room
That should've been my home
Waiting for the sun to set
On everything I've known
Waiting for the stars
That'll light my way
Part of me is straining to run
And part of me wants to stay
I don't know when I decided
This place was slowly killing me
Taking my life away, one day at a time
How could I have been so blind
Now I see
For so long
I was just like everyone else
Unknowing, unwitting
Ignoring everything I knew I felt
About how wrong this all was
Nothing here can ever be right
How can you live
How can you dream
With the flaming gates still burning bright
The only light in this timeless infinite night
Chorus:
Straight Outta Dry County
Tonight I ride free
No one's gotten out alive
But that's fine by me
My hands won't be tied
I'm getting out of here
Dead or alive
Some things mean more than life
I'll live free or die
The clock strikes nine
And I step outside
Feel the wind on my face
Why now do I feel so alive
When this may be
The last night I'll ever see
They won't let me go without a fight
I've just got myself, all alone
I'm gonna do this on my own
Darkness falls
Its time to go
Chorus:
Straight Outta Dry County
Tonight I ride free
No one's gotten out alive
But that's fine by me
My hands won't be tied
I'm getting out of here
Dead or alive
Some things mean more than life
I'll live free or die
Spoken: Do you know what it means to fear nothing? It means
you love nothing so much you'd miss it. That's what I'm
running to tonight. I'm running to love, and fear. And no
one is getting in my way. One way or another, tonight I'm
free. I WILL be free!!!
Start Over Now - Adrian - August 2004
You're livin' in a brave new world
Can't stop and look back
Gotta move forward
You have to live in the future
Not stuck in the past
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
You never run out of chances
There's always another day
Somehow you'll clear the slate
Find yourself a better way
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
You don't even have to know
You can just pretend
The past has never happened
And you can start again
Nothin' ever happened
You can start again...
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
Wake Me Up - Me and Adrian - I guess sometime in 2004
The last time, I thought it was over
That's it, and I was done
Back then I knew it was the end
But now the feeling's gone
Oh, and I've been numb so long
Didn't think I could ever feel like this again
Today is different
Now I feel so new
Didn't think anyone
Could make me feel the way I do
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
What happened to get us here today
Past is cloudy beyond right now
But for once my future is clear
I lived my life in the void
And now that you're here
I can see I've got nothing to fear
It all came unravelled
Now I feel so new
So wind the thread tightly
Give me my chance renewed
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
For all the times I lost my way
And all the times I thought I'd gone
The three hands must march on
And it's for you I'll always pray
To take me out of all that's wrong
Find a better place for us
A place where we belong.....
Show me how to feel again
Show me how to dream again
Show me how to love again
All my life is new
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
Back to my lyrics next post!
Straight Out Of Dry County - Credited just to DC, I don't think I wrote on it though - March 2004
Pacing this rented room
That should've been my home
Waiting for the sun to set
On everything I've known
Waiting for the stars
That'll light my way
Part of me is straining to run
And part of me wants to stay
I don't know when I decided
This place was slowly killing me
Taking my life away, one day at a time
How could I have been so blind
Now I see
For so long
I was just like everyone else
Unknowing, unwitting
Ignoring everything I knew I felt
About how wrong this all was
Nothing here can ever be right
How can you live
How can you dream
With the flaming gates still burning bright
The only light in this timeless infinite night
Chorus:
Straight Outta Dry County
Tonight I ride free
No one's gotten out alive
But that's fine by me
My hands won't be tied
I'm getting out of here
Dead or alive
Some things mean more than life
I'll live free or die
The clock strikes nine
And I step outside
Feel the wind on my face
Why now do I feel so alive
When this may be
The last night I'll ever see
They won't let me go without a fight
I've just got myself, all alone
I'm gonna do this on my own
Darkness falls
Its time to go
Chorus:
Straight Outta Dry County
Tonight I ride free
No one's gotten out alive
But that's fine by me
My hands won't be tied
I'm getting out of here
Dead or alive
Some things mean more than life
I'll live free or die
Spoken: Do you know what it means to fear nothing? It means
you love nothing so much you'd miss it. That's what I'm
running to tonight. I'm running to love, and fear. And no
one is getting in my way. One way or another, tonight I'm
free. I WILL be free!!!
Start Over Now - Adrian - August 2004
You're livin' in a brave new world
Can't stop and look back
Gotta move forward
You have to live in the future
Not stuck in the past
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
You never run out of chances
There's always another day
Somehow you'll clear the slate
Find yourself a better way
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
You don't even have to know
You can just pretend
The past has never happened
And you can start again
Nothin' ever happened
You can start again...
Chorus:
Start Over Now
Don't you think its time?
This is your wake-up call
Its time to re-align
Realize this dream
Gotta find a way somehow
This is your wake-up call
Start Over...Now
Wake Me Up - Me and Adrian - I guess sometime in 2004
The last time, I thought it was over
That's it, and I was done
Back then I knew it was the end
But now the feeling's gone
Oh, and I've been numb so long
Didn't think I could ever feel like this again
Today is different
Now I feel so new
Didn't think anyone
Could make me feel the way I do
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
What happened to get us here today
Past is cloudy beyond right now
But for once my future is clear
I lived my life in the void
And now that you're here
I can see I've got nothing to fear
It all came unravelled
Now I feel so new
So wind the thread tightly
Give me my chance renewed
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
For all the times I lost my way
And all the times I thought I'd gone
The three hands must march on
And it's for you I'll always pray
To take me out of all that's wrong
Find a better place for us
A place where we belong.....
Show me how to feel again
Show me how to dream again
Show me how to love again
All my life is new
Can you...
Chorus:
Wake Me Up
And open my eyes
Wake Me Up
Can you teach me how to fly
So I can leave this all behind
Wake Me Up
And show me how to feel alive
Can you Wake Me Up
Saturday, 3 March 2007
DC - Hands Of Time
Another DC song, again this was mostly written by Adrian, I'm not sure which bits I contributed but I have a writing credit, so it must be something
Hands Of Time - Me and Adrian - Sometime in 2004
I'll always be here trying
To hold on to something to feel
But its been so long
That the memories are gone
Think I'm just trying to heal
I see you often
Always with somebody new
I wish I could be them
Yeah, I always did
But I'd deny it if you knew
Time flies but it cannot erase
Everything we've done
Some mistakes can't be unmade
But when I face down what I feel inside
I realize you're still the one
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Time changes everything
But it can't take this away
We're still the same
But this ain't about the names
Its about what we used to feel
The road we didn't take
The things we didn't say
It was just too d*mn easy
To turn and walk away
If we can see
Where we went wrong
Maybe we could turn around
But I know we're too far gone
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Staring down the past
I watched the future hit the floor
All the things I should've said
The ending we could have had
So unlike the one before
When you're reaching out
When you're all alone
Remember you and I
I'll take your hand
Reach through time
I'm reaching too
Let your hand find mine
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Hands Of Time - Me and Adrian - Sometime in 2004
I'll always be here trying
To hold on to something to feel
But its been so long
That the memories are gone
Think I'm just trying to heal
I see you often
Always with somebody new
I wish I could be them
Yeah, I always did
But I'd deny it if you knew
Time flies but it cannot erase
Everything we've done
Some mistakes can't be unmade
But when I face down what I feel inside
I realize you're still the one
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Time changes everything
But it can't take this away
We're still the same
But this ain't about the names
Its about what we used to feel
The road we didn't take
The things we didn't say
It was just too d*mn easy
To turn and walk away
If we can see
Where we went wrong
Maybe we could turn around
But I know we're too far gone
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Staring down the past
I watched the future hit the floor
All the things I should've said
The ending we could have had
So unlike the one before
When you're reaching out
When you're all alone
Remember you and I
I'll take your hand
Reach through time
I'm reaching too
Let your hand find mine
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Chorus:
We made a mistake
Now its too late to replay
There's no way to rewind
We can't turn back
The Hands Of Time
Thursday, 1 March 2007
DC - Back
Another DC song, this one I definetly remember writing bits for, although again the idea and main bulk of the writing was still Adrian's. If memory serves, I wrote the very first four line bit, and at least most of the two verses that start " For all the time that's passed you've cried " and " But nothing changed that I could see". The line " For all the time that's passed you've cried " was originally "Naked on the bed you lie", but Adrian wasn't keen on that so I changed it. Incidentally, I remember clearly that when I submitted the bits I wrote, Adrian commented that I'd outwritten Jim Steinman :D Which, y'know, is nice to hear :p
Back - Me and Adrian - Apparently November 2003
Back
One word
A million emotions
I can still remember the first time
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
I ran away from you
But I came Back
That night
You thought you could speak for me
You told me I loved you
I laughed and said no
How could I see the truth
For all the time that's passed you've cried
I've seen your heart
From the inside
Its a nice place to visit
But to stay there
And lose being free
I knew it wasn't
For me
Thats what I thought
Chorus:
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
But even though I never knew
I came back for you
But nothing changed
That I could see
You were still you
I was still me
Still just two halfs
Of a seperate whole
A one sided dance
Without a soul
Or thats the way
It seemed to me
Just a discarded memory
How could I know
That deep inside
My heart and love
Just couldn't hide?
After all
I came back for you
(Chorus x 6)
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
I came back for you
Now that I'm here all alone
I'm discovering their lies
Like my broken heart will heal with time
I see you all the time
But the barrier is still there
A simple hello can make my day
I don't know if we could would we say more
Or if we wouldn't dare
I can't know what you're feeling now
Sadness regret
A little of both
Do you feel like me
Or are you feeling hope
We're both looking forward
To the day when we can be together
Its coming, but not real soon
It'll take some time
But they can't hold me back forever
Someday this could all be through
I've got all these memories
Things we've done
Things you said
For all we are right now
Whatever we were
May as well be dead
It all brings me around
To that night I threw it all away
I could've said yes
Just one word
Who knows where we'd be today
I think I'm makin' myself sick
Remembering how I lied
I stumbled on my words
They just couldn't come out
So I just go on the way I am
Can't even say I tried
This is kinda starting to hurt
I'm starting to doubt
How I ever could've thought of you
Don't know who I'm fighting for
What's real or all these memories of you
I don't even know if we can work
But this I promise you
(Chorus x 6)
Last time you said it I denied
Now its the truth and not a lie
I'm coming back for you
For all the people I've left behind
I won't let go this time
I'm coming back for you
Back - Me and Adrian - Apparently November 2003
Back
One word
A million emotions
I can still remember the first time
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
I ran away from you
But I came Back
That night
You thought you could speak for me
You told me I loved you
I laughed and said no
How could I see the truth
For all the time that's passed you've cried
I've seen your heart
From the inside
Its a nice place to visit
But to stay there
And lose being free
I knew it wasn't
For me
Thats what I thought
Chorus:
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
But even though I never knew
I came back for you
But nothing changed
That I could see
You were still you
I was still me
Still just two halfs
Of a seperate whole
A one sided dance
Without a soul
Or thats the way
It seemed to me
Just a discarded memory
How could I know
That deep inside
My heart and love
Just couldn't hide?
After all
I came back for you
(Chorus x 6)
Last time you said it I denied
Now I wish I hadn't lied
I came back for you
Now that I'm here all alone
I'm discovering their lies
Like my broken heart will heal with time
I see you all the time
But the barrier is still there
A simple hello can make my day
I don't know if we could would we say more
Or if we wouldn't dare
I can't know what you're feeling now
Sadness regret
A little of both
Do you feel like me
Or are you feeling hope
We're both looking forward
To the day when we can be together
Its coming, but not real soon
It'll take some time
But they can't hold me back forever
Someday this could all be through
I've got all these memories
Things we've done
Things you said
For all we are right now
Whatever we were
May as well be dead
It all brings me around
To that night I threw it all away
I could've said yes
Just one word
Who knows where we'd be today
I think I'm makin' myself sick
Remembering how I lied
I stumbled on my words
They just couldn't come out
So I just go on the way I am
Can't even say I tried
This is kinda starting to hurt
I'm starting to doubt
How I ever could've thought of you
Don't know who I'm fighting for
What's real or all these memories of you
I don't even know if we can work
But this I promise you
(Chorus x 6)
Last time you said it I denied
Now its the truth and not a lie
I'm coming back for you
For all the people I've left behind
I won't let go this time
I'm coming back for you
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