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Rylo84
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... I thought I would post in the songwriting forum as I am a singer/songwriter in a band based in Liverpool, UK.
Now when I first started the band back in late 2007 I had a book full of poems/lyrics that i had amassed during my years at school and uni that I had just sitting there and when I first brought the band together the songs came quick and easy through just trying different sets of lyrics over some riffs that the guitarist had.
But now a year later and almost all of the stuff I had back then has been used or deemed not good enough and to be honest I have found it difficult to write on a regular basis as I used to do before (over the last year I have been married, moved in to a new home, etc etc).
I generally find it quite difficult to write in the rehearsal space and prefer to do it when alone listening to some instrumental recordings that the guitarist of the band has given me or just writing lyrics to no tune when I feel the urge.
Anyway recently I have felt the writing coming back to me and have wrote a few sets of lyrics that I would like to share with people who know what they are talking about and are actually interested in how songs change, evolve, and mutate during the period of conception to the demo and finally to a finished recording.
The idea I have is to post a couple of sets of lyrics of mine that I like and then will update with the progress of the song as things progress, and hopefully eventually be able to post a quality recording of the songs. They're still a bit simple and may need some fleshing out with an extra verse or two here or there but you'll get the idea.
So...
Lyric Set 1
I think this will be suited to a quite laid back, acoustic recording. See what you think.
(V1)Time may take it's time
But I can' t choose my life
And I can't save myself
No matter how hard I try
(Br)It seems that nobody
Wants to take me by the hand
And I understand (I understand)
'cause nobody wants to take a chance
On a loser like me
V2)So I'll just take my time
Waiting for the sun to shine
Waiting for my luck to change
When i know it's gonna stay the same
(Br)So won't you come and take a chance
And take me by the hand
And we'll walk away (we'll walk away)
But I know that's never gonna happen now
Now or forever more
(Ch)And I can see where I'd like to be
But I know i'm never gonna be
As happy as I'd like to be
I guess that life's just not
Life's just not that easy.
Lyric Set 2
I think this one will be a quite up-tempo rock/punk type tune (well that's the way it is in my head anyway). I'm struggling for a chorus part for this one at the minute. I'll probably wait until we get a tune behind it and see where we can go with it.
(V1)Who'd have thought i'd be twenty four
Working for nothing 'til I can't work no more
Living somewhere that i don't want to be
Trying to please people that just f***ing bore me
(Br)But this is the road that I've chose to go down
And this is the road where i'll sink and drown
It's a well trodden path that I've got to get off
'cause I don't want to sink,
No i don't want to sink at all...
(V2)So what can I do to get off this track
When it's people like you who keep holding me back
I've been wondering around just for something to do
And I've been praying each night just for something brand new
(Br)But this is the road that I've...
Any feedback or ideas that you may want to give about the above would be great and I would appreciate any input!
Also through a brief browse through this forum i have picked up some info about a monthly writing comp that i would be interesting in getting involved with. Any more info on thsi would be appreciated also.
Thanks!
Rylo
Now when I first started the band back in late 2007 I had a book full of poems/lyrics that i had amassed during my years at school and uni that I had just sitting there and when I first brought the band together the songs came quick and easy through just trying different sets of lyrics over some riffs that the guitarist had.
But now a year later and almost all of the stuff I had back then has been used or deemed not good enough and to be honest I have found it difficult to write on a regular basis as I used to do before (over the last year I have been married, moved in to a new home, etc etc).
I generally find it quite difficult to write in the rehearsal space and prefer to do it when alone listening to some instrumental recordings that the guitarist of the band has given me or just writing lyrics to no tune when I feel the urge.
Anyway recently I have felt the writing coming back to me and have wrote a few sets of lyrics that I would like to share with people who know what they are talking about and are actually interested in how songs change, evolve, and mutate during the period of conception to the demo and finally to a finished recording.
The idea I have is to post a couple of sets of lyrics of mine that I like and then will update with the progress of the song as things progress, and hopefully eventually be able to post a quality recording of the songs. They're still a bit simple and may need some fleshing out with an extra verse or two here or there but you'll get the idea.
So...
Lyric Set 1
I think this will be suited to a quite laid back, acoustic recording. See what you think.
(V1)Time may take it's time
But I can' t choose my life
And I can't save myself
No matter how hard I try
(Br)It seems that nobody
Wants to take me by the hand
And I understand (I understand)
'cause nobody wants to take a chance
On a loser like me
V2)So I'll just take my time
Waiting for the sun to shine
Waiting for my luck to change
When i know it's gonna stay the same
(Br)So won't you come and take a chance
And take me by the hand
And we'll walk away (we'll walk away)
But I know that's never gonna happen now
Now or forever more
(Ch)And I can see where I'd like to be
But I know i'm never gonna be
As happy as I'd like to be
I guess that life's just not
Life's just not that easy.
Lyric Set 2
I think this one will be a quite up-tempo rock/punk type tune (well that's the way it is in my head anyway). I'm struggling for a chorus part for this one at the minute. I'll probably wait until we get a tune behind it and see where we can go with it.
(V1)Who'd have thought i'd be twenty four
Working for nothing 'til I can't work no more
Living somewhere that i don't want to be
Trying to please people that just f***ing bore me
(Br)But this is the road that I've chose to go down
And this is the road where i'll sink and drown
It's a well trodden path that I've got to get off
'cause I don't want to sink,
No i don't want to sink at all...
(V2)So what can I do to get off this track
When it's people like you who keep holding me back
I've been wondering around just for something to do
And I've been praying each night just for something brand new
(Br)But this is the road that I've...
Any feedback or ideas that you may want to give about the above would be great and I would appreciate any input!
Also through a brief browse through this forum i have picked up some info about a monthly writing comp that i would be interesting in getting involved with. Any more info on thsi would be appreciated also.
Thanks!
Rylo
