soup's on!

[mountain_laurel]

i've finally finished the lyrics for that song i was working on a few weeks ago, and i'm pretty happy with them overall. the melody for the verses needs some work, and i'd like to do a little more with the chord progression, but it is, essentially, a complete song.

update, 12 hours later: i decided the chorus was too repetitive, so i've written a variation for the third repetition.

something kind

i don't know how i got this old
it's all gone by so fast
just wishing for a moment
that i wished i could make last
when i set out down this highway
i had holes in both my shoes
i had the world to win
and just myself to lose

chorus:

i send signals out like semaphore
just searching for an open door
i don't know what this heart is for
my soul is sore
my soul is sore
i look but i can never find
a feeling i can get behind
ingenuous and unrefined
just something kind

i used to fall in love so hard
it always let me down
i'd get hung up on a moment
till the next one came around
but now my fear of falling
keeps me cut off from my muse
no inspiration
no emotion i can use

(repeat chorus)

bridge:

i want to fall
i want to fall
i want to fight till i break down this wailing wall
i am afraid
i am alive
i'm on the road but i've forgotten how to drive

TROMBONE SOLO

chorus, variation:

i send signals out like semaphore
just searching for an open door
i don't know what i'm waiting for
i wanted more
i wanted more
i'm lonely and i'm disinclined
to give it up and be resigned
and desperate for peace of mind
just something kind

i want to fall
i want to fall


obAttr: gooley for the title phrase.
music and lyrics © 2007 meredith tanner. all rights reserved.

Comments

[avahgdu.livejournal.com]

Very, very nice. The line in the begninning about holes in your shoes reminds me of my song Vagabonds. (I posted it, but don't know if you saw it.)


Any way we are gonna get to hear ya sing it?

Mah current music:waking up to Never, Never Land.