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[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

[polyonymy.livejournal.com]

Awesome, that'll be some good listening.