Jack Russell
I smell home cookin!
I've puzzled over some lyrics i've been writing in a new tune. More often than not, they don't really mean anything. Why? Well, because I tend to come up with a melody first, and then write words for the melody.
Which leads me to wonder: Do lyrics matter at all? If the music and melody are dead on and good, then who cares what words you use?
A case in point:
Here's the song I'm working on (Untitled):
"Clouds in the blue forgotten--crushed in a velvet sky
windless ages blow us away, floating beyond the universe
shattered bridge of agony, depth charge crushing sound
diving down, the seeker goes on into the void
listen to words that float in the sea
green undertow rolling sound
undulating silent screams, ghosts live underground
following the anchor chain, 20 fathoms down
[Chorus:]
Some day she will rise above the ocean
another love lost in the graves of empty pages
she will rise above the ocean surface
and I will fade into the sand down in the rocks
Frozen in shards of ice on the bow
the wreckage is far below
underneath the searchlight beams, steel and broken bone
tangled razor knife-edge wire, crazy worlds unknown
[Repeat chorus]
[Coda]
Out of the haze comes the ray of the day
from the skyline far below
and the edge of the gray breaks beyond what remains
of the time lost afterglow
The cellophane age is a song in the rain
where the starlight hits the snow
and the alien rage speaks to all of the reign
of the time-space rock and roll"
So, does this mean anything at all? Does it matter?
Which leads me to wonder: Do lyrics matter at all? If the music and melody are dead on and good, then who cares what words you use?
A case in point:
Here's the song I'm working on (Untitled):
"Clouds in the blue forgotten--crushed in a velvet sky
windless ages blow us away, floating beyond the universe
shattered bridge of agony, depth charge crushing sound
diving down, the seeker goes on into the void
listen to words that float in the sea
green undertow rolling sound
undulating silent screams, ghosts live underground
following the anchor chain, 20 fathoms down
[Chorus:]
Some day she will rise above the ocean
another love lost in the graves of empty pages
she will rise above the ocean surface
and I will fade into the sand down in the rocks
Frozen in shards of ice on the bow
the wreckage is far below
underneath the searchlight beams, steel and broken bone
tangled razor knife-edge wire, crazy worlds unknown
[Repeat chorus]
[Coda]
Out of the haze comes the ray of the day
from the skyline far below
and the edge of the gray breaks beyond what remains
of the time lost afterglow
The cellophane age is a song in the rain
where the starlight hits the snow
and the alien rage speaks to all of the reign
of the time-space rock and roll"
So, does this mean anything at all? Does it matter?
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