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

[neoliminal.livejournal.com]

Very nice. You should be a musician. Actually this is the best song I've seen since the one your wrote about me. Which still fits. Hrm. Perhaps your actually an oracle.

[neoliminal.livejournal.com]

BTW, do you use GarageBand on the Mac? It seems simultaneously cool and Duplo.

[(Anonymous)]

me? on a mac? surely you jest!

nah, i've got a little setup for recording on the PC, with a Shure SM-57, a Mackie 1202, and Audacity open-source audio editing software. i'll see if i can work myself up to setting it up this afternoon, but don't hold your breath. i've been having trouble so much as bathing lately.

[neoliminal.livejournal.com]

I forced myself into the shower this morning. I'm almost proud of myself.

[merde.livejournal.com]

i totally know the feeling. i'm hoping i can manage that today as well.

man, depression sucks rocks.