Day 4 - Red Shoes On

The scribbled out part was my first idea but i realized how STUPID it was. Inspiration for that was a conversation some classmates were having about the "end of the world" and that subject freaks the crap outta me so i started writing about how terrifying that topic is BUT class started and we watched music videos in class and the first video was Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues. Needless to say i scraped the first idea and wanted to write a bluesy song . . . 

verse 1 - I've got my red shoes on 

and my time well spent

I've got my red shoes on

got no time to repent

mini chorus - well I'm sitting here on the bus

wearing these shoes

and I'm humming these blues

verse 2 - I've got my head in a daze

and a stirring in my feet 

my thoughts are in a maze

and the sky's pretty bleak (or "I've got this pretty cool beat")

mini chorus 2 - well I'm watching the rain drops on my window

I don't have far to go 

verse 3 - I've got my red shoes on 

and the rest of my day

I've got to finish this song

before the day fades away

mini chorus 3 - I'm riding this train

I'm going insane 

I've got nothing to lose

I've got my red shoes on (x5 to fade)

There IS no music all I hear accompanying it is a stomp-clap beat. . . it sounds really good in my head. 

I hear a sort of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Nothing But Water" but not . . . . 

Day 3 - Cold & Numb

There IS no title for this one as I had a hard time with this one today and finally . . . well not exactly gave up but was pretty tempted. The words are SORTA depressing but the tune I came up with is completely the opposite and that's what I was going for. Inspiration, my sister calls me a dork, was walking to work in the rain and the poor circulation in my fingers . . . that's what it says. ha.

Verse 1 - Fingers cold and numb

these rainy days are not uncommon ones

grey and windy still

so predictable but I love (it or you) still

no sensation in my toes

but I'm not one of those

those who waver on a thin line

Chorus - Rain . . . don't give up on me 

I wont give up on you 

Rain . . .  you drenched me in your love 

you keeping my company is more than enough

verse 2 - Series of unfortunate events

have brought me back to you 

things I can't explain

things I can't undo

where does one go 

to get away form everything they know   ( i dunno about that line)

(repeat chorus)

instrument bridge

(chorus)

END!

can you tell I'm not happy with this one?

edit: I'm much more happy with this now that I've played it out and recorded it!

Day 2 - Tuning the Darkness

The title doesn't make sense unless you've seen Dark City, which I watched last night and therefore it was the subject of inspiration for today. So I came up with the first two lines then met up with Matt and sat there for about 3 hours coming up with some stuff then I finished off the rest when I got home (with the help of some random lines Matt had written down for me) but it was easier to do it to music. . .

Verse 1 - I can't remember my past 

I don't know why I am here

there's a life in my hands

and men at the door dressed in black

I have to get out before they get it

chasing me through a city that sleeps

Chorus - Tuning the darkness, changing this city

why don't they notice why do they change

doctor says that I'll be alright

a prick of the needle will return you to the night

Verse 2 - When the city awakens

the men in black disappear

I've been awake for 3 days

and still haven't seen the sun

in an ever changing city 

where the night is never the same

(repeat chorus)

I killed somebody they tell me

I don't believe this is true

kinda dark but so was the movie :P awesome none the less 

Day 1 - Cutlery Park

So the subject and idea of this song was discussed yesterday while on the bus with my sister and my friend Colin it was soo random that I just HAD to write about it.

I woke up this morning at 5am (for work) and this is what came out . . . . I know i know you can't even read it, right. check the bottom out I tried to write while walking to work . . . unsuccessfully.

While at work ideas came to me so i wrote it down and when I came home after work I just got into this really good flow and just kept writing I had changed it a bit from the first draft . . .

I realize you MIGHT not be able to read it here either but I like to show what my notebook looks like and how messy I can be :)

here are the lyrics

verse 1- I walk in the dark through cutlery park

with forks, sharp knives, and spoons

the moon reflects off silver and steel

there's voices in the wind

verse 2- This place is not what you would expect

this place is something else

the buzzing of the street lights

send shivers to my spine

chorus 1- I think that I'm alone here

my breath gets shallow still

my heart can't take the rest of this world

there's nothing to reveal

verse 3- I'm searching for a light

I look for what is right

I know that I was wrong

in thinking I was strong 

chorus 2 - I thought I was alone here

my breath stays shallow still 

my heart beat races faster now 

I can't move

verse 4- I walk in the dark through cutlery park 

waiting for morning to come

the moon reflects off silver and steel 

this nightmare's almost done

The best way I can describe it is a Tim Burton-esque. The images I see are a cemetery like scene but exaggerated like in The Nightmare before Christmas. I also had Laura Marling's Night Terror in mind.

I think day 1 went well. Let's see what day 2 brings.

Let the Challenge Begin!

So a friend of mine came up with an idea to help improve his song writing skills and I thought WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA! The idea is to write 40 songs in 40 days. One song a day be it bad or good and hopefully at the end of 40 days I will have learned something worth while.

I made a notebook. . .  well i decorated a cover of a notebook.

I also made a few rules pour moi . . . didn't want to over do it and limit myself but I thought a little ground rules for myself could motivate me more as this is going to be an insanely grueling task I am about to embark on.

The insaneness starts April 2nd. yay!