schismatic
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Ok guys, been reading a bit about songwriting, had a few musical ideas in the past but I never got a full idea fixed down, it was always snippets. Therefore I decided I would try and write some lyrics first and then attempt to set music to them, in the hope that I might end up completing more projects and also to see if any musical/melody ideas came about from the lyrics. The song is untitled, but if you have any comments, feel free to throw them in. I haven't rhymed my lyrics, but I'm influenced by a lot of music that doesn't anyway (Maynard from Tool, Mikael from Opeth have a huge influence on me in the way I think about things musically).
The lyrics itself are just a bit of a personal rant at a few global issues at the moment, more of a personal trying to understand it all thing.
Lyrics:
Verse:
Tell me how, do you persuade
Someone to take action
To give their worth to causes
When they’ll never see the result?
How do they find the will
The mindless warring vexers
To explode their way to heaven’s gate
Not knowing the conclusion
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art
Verse:
Parasites feed daily on
Her essence to fuel conflict
We need her and she needs us
But we’re too consumed to notice
Draining her is draining us
A lie that we speak to ourselves
Is her illness terminal
Or doctor can you fix it?
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art
Breakdown:
But do I give a f**k about it anyway?
Ignorance is bliss they say
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art
The lyrics itself are just a bit of a personal rant at a few global issues at the moment, more of a personal trying to understand it all thing.
Lyrics:
Verse:
Tell me how, do you persuade
Someone to take action
To give their worth to causes
When they’ll never see the result?
How do they find the will
The mindless warring vexers
To explode their way to heaven’s gate
Not knowing the conclusion
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art
Verse:
Parasites feed daily on
Her essence to fuel conflict
We need her and she needs us
But we’re too consumed to notice
Draining her is draining us
A lie that we speak to ourselves
Is her illness terminal
Or doctor can you fix it?
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art
Breakdown:
But do I give a f**k about it anyway?
Ignorance is bliss they say
Chorus:
Answers that I do not have
And cannot ask for certain,
Truth is a forgotten art
We’re slipping through our fingers
Lapses in our reasoning
Persistence in our lies
Truth is a forgotten art
Truth is a forgotten art