So . . .

I've posted some of the songs from this challenge . . . ones I liked enough to record. I am still working on the other ones and here they are

Day 40 - Blue Christmas Lights

First off . . . YAY I MADE IT THROUGH 40 DAYS! Congratulations me!

This song is a nostalgic song of my childhood. Blue christmas lights are one of those random things that remind me of my childhood just BLUE christmas lights it not like we only ever had them but when i sick my face up to a blue one I just get that feeling you know . . . 

Verse 1 - I'm taken back by the strangest of things

like blue christmas light and the smell of something baking

I remember as a child, shy & meek

attentively listening to 8 days a week

Verse 2 - I see the alley where we rode our bikes 

around the block a million times

I miss the sound of the gravel under my tires

those windy storms, inside safe & warm

nothing could touch us, there was no threat or harm

Chorus - I ache for the time I was a kid again

outside till dark & we were called back in 

I yearn for the casual lack of concern

Verse 3 - I'm taken back by the most random of sounds

like just the guitar in the living years

and all those other memories I hold dear

(repeat chorus)

I'm taken back by the most comforting things 

like blue christmas lights 

and late summer nights 

I'm not sure about that last line they both mean something but I dunno . . . Also the rest of the song is on the back of the page.

I'm done it's over. I have mixed feelings though I like writing everyday but it also releases some weight off . . .don't get me wrong I loved this whole experience.

Day 39 - Weather Man & Stay Alive

Ok so I did ANOTHER double feature NOT intentional actually technically I wrote 3 one being a response to The Beatles I'm So Tired then I realized it really WASN'T a response it was more of an opposite song . . . 

Anywho the first song Weather Man is inspired by . . . the weather OMG what a surprise. I used the weather/wether man as a metaphor sorta.

Verse 1 - I'm getting mixed signals from you 

make up your mind 

let it rain or let it shine

Verse 2 - I never know what to expect

don't tell me one thing

that leads to regret

Bridge - I'm ready for the rain, wind or snow

Chorus - Weather man, weather man tell me no lies

forecast tomorrow, forecast the skies 

weather man, tell me when I can go out

cause I'm sick of all the deception

Verse 3 - Never said I was mad

thought I'm disappointed  

how would you react 

if something I told you was false 

(repeat chorus)

I'm getting mixed signals from you 

make up your mind 

let it rain, let it shine

Next song is inspired by my love of horror/thriller films. I was trying to get my sister to watch a scary movie tonight but she doesn't like them. I came up with the first two lines while I was in the shower . . . weird don't people die in showers in a lot of scary movies? . . . Psycho . . . anywho I didn't really finish it off well but I wanted to finish it. No structure.

I walk in the door 

onto a creaky floor 

blood stains the walls 

and screams fill the halls

terror consumes me 

I feel it pulsing through

I know somebody's watching 

Running through the night 

falling on the floor

tripping over my feet 

struggling to get up 

as I face my defeat

somebody's chasing me

I'm the only one left 

I'll fight til the death

to stay alive 

Day 38 - Buried Underneath

The first verse and chorus were written by someone else "Josh" aka an alias. . . I didn't do it justice with the next few verses I TRIED to come up with.

Verse 1 - It use to be a place I called home

always safe and warm 

and now it's buried underneath

my fingers start to hurt 

as I'm digging through this dirt

Chorus - Soon there'll be a building standing tall

waiting for its turn to fall

this reconstruction never ends

new life is about to begin again

Verse 2 - This was I placed where I lived 

but the sun sets on its sad demise 

I fall on my knees powerless

it feels like the end of an era 

I hear the demolition getting nearer and nearer 

(repeat chorus)

My fingers start to hurt

as I'm digging through the dirt

It's all buried underneath 

I added that very last line at the last minute. . . dunno how this is gonna sound with music I have NO melody for this what so ever . . . the words might even change later on . . . dunno "josh" isn't here to supervise and I can't wait for "josh" I'm tired and I want to go to bed.

Day 37 - Crack in Your Armour

The first line refers to me, because I am sick AGAIN, if its not that then I'm in the hospital or I'm getting the Heimlich Maneuver . . . you know what I mean its just one of those things. This really doesn't have a chorus its a bunch of verses I'm just gonna write it like a poem.

It it's not one thing it's another 

same patterns repeating themselves 

an intricate design of epic proportions 

a crack in your armour 

Try not to make a mistake you make another

it's hard not to blame oneself 

or theories of ethics verses morals

I've found flaws in your reasonings 

If you say one thing I'll say another

are we in agreeance with each other?

or am I walking on broken glass

I feel the glitch in the matrix

If it's not one thing it's something else

I'm not going to beg you 

it's a waste of time to say the least 

I'm not going to be the one to put that crack in your armour 

Apparently agreeance is deemed OBSOLETE in the english dictionary. My computer is saying it's wrong and not a word BUT IT IS. also a glitch in the matrix (if you've seen the matrix) when they said that they meant deja vu so for me I'm using it like . . . history repeating itself. 

Day 36 - Bicycle

There actually IS a bike just chilling in my living room. It's Tanya's, my roommates.

Verse 1 - There's a bicycle in my living room

I'm tempted to go out and ride

but this weather is not convincing 

and I don't want to go outside

Verse 2 - You're calling me with those wheels

teasing me with that body of yours

that smooth black metal with red writing

dreaming up adventures you've never been before

Chorus - Take me on a ride

through streets I've never been 

to places I've never seen

down roads that extend for hours on end 

Verse 3 - So mysterious you are

as you lean against the wall

dunno who you think you are

trying to persuade me outside 

(repeat chorus)

Verse 4 - But your tires are flat

your dreams are shattered 

you hold yourself back 

like nothing really mattered 

Don't play coy with me 

You're not a boy you see

You're a bicycle 

Between the last chorus and the 4th verse I got on the bike and rode it into the kitchen and back to the living room realizing it had a flat tire . . .

Day 35 - Heavy Eyes, Sore Throat

Today was a scary day. I already wasn't feeling well and on top of that when I tried to take something FOR my sickness I swallowed a pill and it wouldn't go down and of course I panic it was the scariest thing that ever happened to me my boss had to perform the heimlich maneuver! My throat is killing me and I sound like a frog I tried singing . . . no. All I can do is rest.

Verse 1 - Eyes are heavy but I can't sleep 

throat is sore & I can barely speak

skull is pounding like a ton of bricks on my head

I can't function on these weak legs

unsteady are these quivering hands

just give me an extra day

an extra day of rest

Chorus - Deal with the pain

cause I'm afraid to take anything

push through

it'll go away soon

but it doesn't feel that way 

Verse 2 - My whole body is just aching

I'm out of it but what else is new

my eye lids are heavy think I'll sleep

throat is still sore so I won't speak

my head is killing me . . . softly 

oh . . . softly 

(repeat chorus)

I wasn't really all in with this song . . . still just taking it easy this was worst than when I went to the hospital. I'd take that over  again in a heartbeat 

Day 34 - Nothing To Offer & The Station

ITS A DOUBLE FEATURE. I was able to write two songs in less than 2 hours . . . whoa.

First song is Nothing To Offer inspired by the fact that WHEN someone I care about is hurting I was told that I look at them like they're broken it's only cause I'm empathic towards them.

Verse 1 - I've got nothing to offer

all I've got are these hands

give me something to do

I feel useless to you

Chorus - I'm not one to say let it out, let it out

Don't hold it inside, talk to me, let it out

Verse 2 - All I can do is listen to you

I've been told that's one thing I can do

you were not meant to take on this burden

give it to me and I'll bare it

(repeat chorus)

Verse 3 - I've got nothing to offer

all I got are these hands

all I can do is listen to you

that is one thing I can surely do

That is one thing I can do for you 

2ND song! It's called The station. My friend Fran had posted a picture of a train station in Berlin (WHICH I LOVE) I also love those european train stations so old and antique like I just love it. Anyway the picture said "born to die in Berlin" so I thought hmmm something sad has to happen at this station. This is what came out.

Verse 1 - If you get on that train we're done

if you go away we're through

why would you do this to me

so careless and thoughtlessly 

Chorus - Standing at the station 

watching you with your bags

don't get on that train

I need you back

Verse 2 - I don't want to stand alone here

crying my eyes out, for what?

people stare at me on the platform

I'm not strong enough to weather this storm

(repeat chorus)

If you get on that train we're over

if only I said it

maybe you would've stayed.

Day 33 - Canvas So Blue

Basically inspiration is in the first line. I woke up this morning and I was soo pleased that it was already getting light by the time I left for work it was quite bright. I LOVE SUMMER. FYI I'm up at 5am for work :P

Verse 1 - I like waking up at 5am 

to see the sun already rising

not walking when its dark out

and looking over my shoulder

Verse 2 - I can't wait til it's warmer 

no more sweaters no more coats

bring on the sun bring on the coast 

I'll leave foot prints in the sand

Chorus - The sky is full of clouds

the kind that paint pictures 

on a canvas so blue

the wind blows

whispering secrets in my ear 

the way you do 

Verse 3 - I love how the sun doesn't set til 8pm

then it's up again like it never slept

I could go walking by myself 

in the warm night summer air 

(repeat chorus x2)

I almost started writing another song for today cause I was going nowhere with this one and a few lines came to me as I was getting out of the shower so I started to use that buuuuut I eventually was going nowhere with THAT one so I stuck to this one.

Day 32 - Circuit Failure

the first line had just popped into my head at work but the melody was inpired by Young The Giant's "I Got" and the rest of the words just followed.

Verse 1 - You know which buttons to push

I misunderstood when you told me maybe

ask me again I want to answer right

I want to compromise, work it out

Verse 2 - Don't get your wires crossed 

you're bound to get lost at sea

watching you make your way to the surface

losing all meaning and purpose

Chorus - Circuit failure 

electrical breakdown

you've blown a fuse

checking all power lines

looking for warning signs

its catastrophic 

Verse 3 - Running on empty now

your battery's run out and sparks are flying

an electrical current surges through

everything inch of me

and its quite the sensation

(repeat chorus)

You know which buttons to push

I misunderstood you the other day 

really the subject is up for interpretation if you can find a hidden meaning then GREAT.