writing songs

[TDM]

Meg, that one was really good. not really scary, persay, because it's not different about how i think. anyway, here's one called:

"POINT OF NO RETURN"

[Spiraling down, spinning around.]
[Both wanting and not wanting to be found.]
[Full of rage, pounding the ground,]
[I keep on fighting when I hear that sound]
[That I've heard before, breaking down my core.]
[I don't want a part of this anymore.]
[Yet you bust down the door, making my mind sore.]
[And no one stops to help me as I hit the floor.]
[It slows down time; I've lost what's mine.]
[So I crawl back up till we see eye to eye.]
[I watch my life fly by until the day I die.]
[I'm sick of being depressed, and not knowing why...]

I feel the pain of things that don't exist.
I'm falling down deep inside an abyss.
I've taught myself all I could ever learn.
I'm moving past the point of no return.

[Deep in thought, a battle is fought.]
[Thinking so fast that I can't be caught.]
[Believe it or not, gone is all I've sought.]
[I've lost everything, but pain is all I've got.]
[With all this pain, there's nothing to gain.]
[My emotions are playing with me like this is a game.]
[It's not the same; I'm full of shame.]
[My brain is all that's driving me insane.]
[Yet it's only me, and pain is all I see.]
[And nothing now will just let me be.]
[Trying desperately, I just want to leave.]
[But there's no way in hell that I can just be free.]

chorus

A constant ringing inside my head...
Gotta wake up to be sure I'm not dead...
I'm fighting a losing battle with me...
And now I know that I won't ever be free!
A CONSTANT RINGING INSIDE MY HEAD!
GOTTA WAKE UP TO BE SURE I'M NOT DEAD!
I'M FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE WITH ME!
AND NOW I KNOW THAT I WON'T EVER BE FREE!

chorus 2x

[TDM]

kinda felt like i needed to revive this thread for all the songs i had written, along with anyone else that had some new ones to post:

"STORY OF MY LIFE"

I wake up again, and get ready for another day of hell.
Go to school again, suicidal but no one can tell.
All my so-called friends, all they do is push me around.
Waiting for the end of this day so maybe I will be found
By some people when I see them they might give a damn,
Cause I know nothing can mend what I know that I am.

All my life, in my eyes
Has been nothing more than lies.
And I can't become what I need,
And I just can't make you see!

This is the story of my life.
The way you fill it all with strife
Hurts me more than anyone can know,
And it hurts me more than I will ever show.
Cause I never get the girl, always by myself,
Never loved by the world, no one hears my cry for help,
Always alone, never having any friends.
But then I go to sleep, wake up, and do it all again...

I just can't decide why this is happening to me.
Because I know you lied, and you just don't want to see
How you know I died beneath the surface of these days.
But I sometimes realize how lost we get in this maze.
And I want to be beside you every day that I can.
But deep inside, I know that someday this will end.

All my life, in your eyes
Has been everything but lies.
And I won't become what you need,
And I refuse to make you see!

chorus

My life has always been one big joke to you.
Along with everyone else that I thought I once knew.
As I end this suffering by picking up the knife,
I am writing the last chapter in the story of my life.

chorus 2x

Bleeding everywhere, I know I've crossed the line...
And I drift off into this deep sleep for the last time...

[Krum]

Hey let's make a real song!I can get musical software and we only need a vocalist I can only do stuff like Chester's screaming from LP or some singing
btw sorry to admit it TDM but your lyrics need to get into some kind of a beat, not only to rhyme but the number of syllables(sp?)to be the same everywhere so it can be sung to

[TDM]

just because they don't have the same number of syllables doesn't mean it can't be sung and it won't sound good. trust me, i have beats and rhythms to them, and the people that have heard them like them. not trying to say you're wrong, but songs don't have to follow a certain pattern all the time. all songs are unpredictable, and that's what makes them good. and if you could hear them, i think that you would recognize the beat.

but, do you think that making a song is really possible? well, with more than one person, especially here. and besides, we all have ideas for songs here, which ones would we use?

BTW, i could do some rapping, it prolly won't sound as good as Mike's from LP, but we're amateurs. also a little singing, but i happen to have a small voice range.

[Krum]

i can sing for about 30 minutes and then my voice becomes "tired" and i start sqwaking like a crow .Right now(about 10.47 and it's dark n stuff)I'm gonna call a friend for the software of another friend for instruments(we were thinking to make a band but we're not organised enough).but i don't have good recording equipment .And yes, my friend is probably sleeping but i'll wake him anyway-here's a scene in 2 in the morning:
*ring**ring*
Friend:WHAAAT!!!
Me:Are you sleeping?
Friend:AARGH!!
*hands up*

[TDM]

heh, that would piss me off, too if i was woken up that early in the morning. i plan on making a band once i get into college and away from here (as in where i am). but, who knows, hopefully, i'll be able to play an instrument by then!

[Krum]

well it's not that hard if you understand the notes.I used to play piano when I was little, self-trained and i could play pretty much everything.Guitars are a bit more confusing but I'll manage once I get one

[TDM]

well, i used to know how to play the piano. very well, in fact. well, good for the time period that i took lessons. but i can still back, and play songs by ear a little bit. it may take about an hour for a full song, but it only took me 5 minutes to teach myself the theme song to "Without A Trace", a TV show on CBS. but, anyway, here's another of my songs called 'Memory':

"MEMORY"

[Where were you but a moment ago?]
[A distant memory that we both know]
[Will haunt our minds for many years,]
[Engulfed within our darkest fears.]
[And trapped inside what we decide,]
[While I question you about why you lied.]
[And every time I remember, I try to forget]
[What you think I deserve to get.]
[Even though I can't recall anything anymore,]
[I'm still tortured by what happened before.]
[It's moving so fast that I can't react,]
[And every day I say that I know that I can't go back.]

This is my memory!
Why does everything you've said to me
Sound so wrong?
This is my ecstasy!
Why did every time you had to leave
Take so long?

[I feel like I need to know]
[Exactly what happened so long ago,]
[When you knew you first had to lie to me,]
[And we were caught in this bitter irony.]
[So it took so long to find out what's wrong,]
[And you had to realize you didn't belong.]
[Because of all this, I refuse to regret]
[What you think I deserve to get.]
[Even though I can't recall anything anymore,]
[I'm still tortured by what happened before.]
[It's moving so fast that I can't react,]
[And every day I say that I know that I can't go back.]

chorus

This memory keeps me confused...
[So used and abused, and I can't make it through.]
I used to keep it deep inside...
[But then you lied, and you died, because you committed suicide.]
And I can't go back to how it used to be...
[The way you used to see me in my memory.]
As it falls apart...

chorus 2x

Only a memory...

[platinumstepper]

I play the piano and i taught myself how to play and read music and everything i have a band called plan b and we are just starting to write songs but we havent got anything yet.

[han lin]

i am really loving these songs

meg, you have a way with emotional words


I’m gonna let you down
Its your choice if you swim or drown
I’ve carried you too far
Is it possible to change your stars?

ch
Soundless as the rainbow stains the sky
Cruel as the tears while I lie
Quiet as the lightning in the storm
And noiseless as a soul already torn

Its time to say goodbye
Don’t look puzzled and don’t you dare ask why
I thought you spoke so true
You never call me I can’t help feeling used

b
Do you realise how much you’re hurting me
Not knowing how you are or even how you seem
I still hear about all the things you do
You know I’d rather hear about them from you

CH
b2
Your eyes are meant to be a window to your soul
Why can’t I see through?
What’s going on inside? Where did you sleep last night?
Why can’t I see through?


this song and some others are played by this band i'm in called ethereal. we havent done much recently though because of exams. Should be together again soon though fingers crossed.

[Barry Trotter]

i really like that han

got any more?

[TDM]

here's one of mine called 'Refusal'

"REFUSAL"

[Hate, distrust, forcefulness,]
[The way you're always, more or less]
[Causing pain, death, and lies.]
[At least that's how it is through my eyes.]
[Pride and hate, lust not love.]
[You know not what I'm thinking of!]
[Anger, pain, can't relate.]
[I can't be helped; it's just too late!]
[Little faith, so confused.]
[And this is what I think of you!]

And I refuse to
[Do what you want me to do!]
You have no control
[Of my deep and bitter soul.]
You don't want me
[Unless you know what you need.]
Just try to gain what you lack.
[But you know you can't turn back.]

[Refusing pain, bittersweet,]
[Knowing every time we meet]
[I'm dying slow; you're living free.]
[I'm always known you've just used me]
[To go on; don't deny]
[About every time you lie.]
[Pain, death, hate; cannot cease.]
[Won't you please just stop at least?]
[Life undone, what's untrue?]
[And this is what I think of you!]

chorus

And this is
The way of my refusal!
What can't I
Let you know to your face?
And now I
Need for you to leave now!
But now I know
I must put you in your place!

chorus 2x

[FairyTale]

Wow, DM, you're songs are really amazing. I wish I could write like that. I've tried writing songs but...they just aren't all that great. It's weird because I'm a poet so I can make words flow and stuff but my songs are just lacking.

[han lin]

Can you hear me when I weep, when I cry behind my eyes?
Can you see that I’m not smiling; are there cracks in my disguise?
Can I smother any longer, damaged lies that take my breath?
Can your claws dig in much deeper? Till I rupture, till my death

Do you notice when I’m screaming, on the journey to your room?
Do you hear my nails scraping, on the floor towards my tomb?
Do you defend my actions, when I’ve stabbed you in the back?
Do I confuse your motives, when not all is white and black?

Would you restrain my dreaming, if you had me by the throat?
Would I break free and whisper, could I sing one final note?
Would you tie my hands and feet, if I promised not to run?
Would you believe I killed you, with a bullet from a gun?

Could you have traced the blood stains, which are rolling down my face?
Could we dance through the darkness, falling down on high from grace?
Could I have changed my insides, bleached them clean and sewed them true?
Could I have slipped below them, having nothing to pursue?

[Barry Trotter]

that reminds me of AFI