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This is fittingly appropriate, seeing as U2 are Irish and this is my "Irish drinking song"...

Written about 2 years ago, this is my "good riddance" song that seems to remain forever relevant to my life. Fun to sing as if you're slugging a pint back and forth

If you dont know the story of Molly Pitcher, she used to bring pitchers of water out to soldiers in (I can't remember which) war, keeping them hydrated and risking her life so that her country could fight on. Urban legend or truth, I don't care, it worked for the song. Wrote it in history class the day we learned the story, no joke.

The Ballad of Molly Pitcher

We can’t share the land
On this island of hope
So I’ll hope for me,
But not you
And if you cared at all
About any resolve,
You’d walk on
Which you can’t seem to do

[Chorus]
Well the battles a- ragin’
And I’m getting thirsty for peace
Which may not come soon
Molly, bring me some water
Or I’m going down
And I’ll take you all down with me, too

The soldiers are wounded
But still moving on
Stealing all of the time they can take
While the audience cries out
In pain from their wounds
That they’ve earned due to their own mistakes
They’re choking on answers
In a fight that’s not theirs,
Forgetting what we’re fighting for
If they'd lay down in peace
There would be no battle,
‘Cause there must be two sides to a war

[Chorus]
But the battle roars on,
And I’m thirsty for reason
Though I know I won’t find it with you
Molly, bring me some water
Or I’m going down
And I’ll take you all down with me, too

[Bridge]
You can bring out your fists
As you try to insist
That you’ve got a place on the field
But I’ve got a feeling
The truth will be stealing
Any weapons that you choose to wield.
[start building...]
And as I call for Molly
To bring me some water,
You can scream, you can kick, you can shout
Cause you’re thirsty for blood
But I’m happy to say
That’s not what she’s bringin’ out.

[Chorus]
The battle’s a- ragin’
And I’m thirsty for love
Which is how this whole thing can be won
Molly brought me a drink
And it led me to think
Which is something you just haven’t done

[Outro]
I’ll think about you
When you think about me
And not just mistakes that I’ve made
Maybe hats can be tipped,
Embraces exchanged
When you acknowledge the dues that I’ve paid

So Molly, I’ll wait
And your time, you can take
I’m not through with my water just yet
I’ll sit here and wait
Til you can remember to leave
So we can forget

WojBhoy

15 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:This is fittingly appropriate, seeing as U2 are Irish and this is my "Irish drinking song"...

Written about 2 years ago, this is my "good riddance" song that seems to remain forever relevant to my life. Fun to sing as if you're slugging a pint back and forth If you dont know the story of Molly Pitcher, she used to bring pitchers of water out to soldiers in (I can't remember which) war, keeping them hydrated and risking her life so that her country could fight on. Urban legend or truth, I don't care, it worked for the song. Wrote it in history class the day we learned the story, no joke.

The Ballad of Molly Pitcher

We can’t share the land
(...)
So we can forget

Can I please steal your muse lol? I wish words came to me as easily as it feels like they do for you mate, great stuff again

(hope you're saw my last post on here by the way)

LikeASong

15 years

I like a lot that song, Matt, some kind of epic ballad... lovely

... Makes me wanna pick my acoustic and strum some ol' G, Em and D chords... yeaaaahhh

MattG

15 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:I like a lot that song, Matt, some kind of epic ballad... lovely ... Makes me wanna pick my acoustic and strum some ol' G, Em and D chords... yeaaaahhh

C-G-F
C-F-C-F-G [quick change between the F-C-F]
C-G-F
C-F-G, F-E-D-C

And thank you so much Harry; I did see your other post but I had to run out before I had the chance to say thank you for it

Everyone's kind words mean so much, not just to me, but to everyone, and I'm glad this thread has turned into an open discussion and sharing place with no holds barred awesomeness

WojBhoy

15 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:C-G-F
C-F-C-F-G [quick change between the F-C-F]
C-G-F
C-F-G, F-E-D-C

And thank you so much Harry; I did see your other post but I had to run out before I had the chance to say thank you for it

Everyone's kind words mean so much, not just to me, but to everyone, and I'm glad this thread has turned into an open discussion and sharing place with no holds barred awesomeness

No worries bud

by the by, I wasn't meaning to say I hope you saw my other comments about your lyrics (although having said that, nothing wrong with doubling up the praise!) but also wanted to point towards the fact I think the two mediafire links you posted might be dud or something? Either way, they weren't working which was gutting 'cause I really want to hear your stuff now I've had the chance to read your words! But yeah, I completely agree, I'd been trawling through the archives to see if there was a thread similar to this but hadn't found one, and then a week or so later I find you started this up! Great going

MattG

15 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
No worries bud by the by, I wasn't meaning to say I hope you saw my other comments about your lyrics (although having said that, nothing wrong with doubling up the praise!) but also wanted to point towards the fact I think the two mediafire links you posted might be dud or something? Either way, they weren't working which was gutting 'cause I really want to hear your stuff now I've had the chance to read your words! But yeah, I completely agree, I'd been trawling through the archives to see if there was a thread similar to this but hadn't found one, and then a week or so later I find you started this up! Great going

Oh!! Haha now I feel a bit like an ass...

Haha no I definitely didn't see that comment. Let me refresh the links for you, give me a few minutes to locate the files and such.

U2Nick

15 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Cheers mate trust me, I'm trying to write more, I've got 'big ideas' as said by many before me but I generally find my problem to be that I've said all I want to say in a relatively economic space lol - not something I can generally claim to in other walks of life, i.e. I'm usually a waffler.

I'm glad you got those ideas from 'Song 1', 'cause that was the general feel I had going through my head, the idea of like breaking out into the big wide world sort of thing. I think I'd probably describe it as somewhere between Streets, Dancing In The Dark, Read My Mind (Killers) and Running To The Light (Runrig). With a bit of luck, I'll manage to finish it!

Ahh, I see.

I know what you mean, I'm kind of doing the same with the album that I'm working on.

I have an idea for an ending, even though it seems kind of obvious. The second verse is about leaving somewhere to go somewhere else. I think that the last verse would end rightfully in the "new place." (Maybe only to find that it is all the same at the end? Too dark? ehh...) Idk, just thoughts.

MattG

15 years

From the forthcoming album Wake Up the Riot (:P ) :

Everything's Gonna Be Alright http://www.mediafire.com/?odoyohwm5ln

I've got covers of "Tryin to Throw Your Arms Around the World" and I actually just played "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" with a school choir- couple kids stepped out and did a foursome on the vocal- that I'll try to rip and put on here ASAP, too, but this is the only thing I've got recorded in full that I've written. Thanks for the interest, Harry!

MattG

15 years

Originally posted by U2Nick:[..]

Ahh, I see. I know what you mean, I'm kind of doing the same with the album that I'm working on.

I have an idea for an ending, even though it seems kind of obvious. The second verse is about leaving somewhere to go somewhere else. I think that the last verse would end rightfully in the "new place." (Maybe only to find that it is all the same at the end? Too dark? ehh...) Idk, just thoughts.

Not necessarily too dark at all; many people (myself included) are fascinated by lyrics having to do with cycles. Roger Waters & The Wall, anyone? One of the greatest rock opuses of a lifetime, which begins with the line 'we came in' and ends with the line 'is this where', so when the album is put on repeat, it says "is this where we came in?"

Do what you want with it, but don't take any worries over instincts. Its your music.

WojBhoy

15 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Oh!! Haha now I feel a bit like an ass...

Haha no I definitely didn't see that comment. Let me refresh the links for you, give me a few minutes to locate the files and such.

Aha 'tis alright bud, easily missed! Listening now, liking it

Originally posted by U2Nick:Ahh, I see. I know what you mean, I'm kind of doing the same with the album that I'm working on.

I have an idea for an ending, even though it seems kind of obvious. The second verse is about leaving somewhere to go somewhere else. I think that the last verse would end rightfully in the "new place." (Maybe only to find that it is all the same at the end? Too dark? ehh...) Idk, just thoughts.

I can't claim to be working on an album

just random stuff I put together when the chance presents itself, or more precisely, when I get an idea and feel like wasting a bit of time doing something I enjoy

I've been considering something like that perhaps. At the moment, I've got an idea for an open-ended kind of third verse - the lyrics sort of being something like, wherever it is the 'we' in the song are going, it's full of hope and that kind of thing, breaking out into the light etc. That in turn would lead into an outro, something along the lines of Don't Stop Believin', Walk On or what have you, where like (in the former's case) there's a lyrical 'chorus'/hook at the end, closing the song out on a massive high, as it were?

At the moment, I'm just trying to pin point at the straw of an idea in a massive stackful of needly ideas and fill out the lyrics from there. Personally, I love the song that it is and for what I feel it could be, which I guess is important when writing your own material! It's the kind of thing I've always wanted to write, and I don't want to let it gather dust. Unfortunately you guys can't really judge without me putting together something of note - all I've got is the lyrics I posted, a random instrumental demo of piano + rhythm (i.e. me looping a drum beat put together by recording me tapping it out on a leather armchair...) and a shedload of ideas running around my head, so with a bit of luck I'll have something midweek for you guys to check out.

However, all is not lost - I've uploaded a demo of 'Change The World' on mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?nt5jmwidyn3) for you guys to check out. It's slightly different from the lyrics I posted earlier, because I recorded it before I changed it to what I posted, but you get the idea anyway. I've been toying with the idea of putting together a more guitar-based version, but that's for later lol - as with 'song 1', I'm still just working on it.

MattG

15 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Aha 'tis alright bud, easily missed! Listening now, liking it

[..]
However, all is not lost - I've uploaded a demo of 'Change The World' on mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?nt5jmwidyn3) for you guys to check out. It's slightly different from the lyrics I posted earlier, because I recorded it before I changed it to what I posted, but you get the idea anyway. I've been toying with the idea of putting together a more guitar-based version, but that's for later lol - as with 'song 1', I'm still just working on it.

Downloading/listening now...

I wish I was as gifted on the piano as you are, it seems so natural and flowing, not like you're "trying to create something" at all...like it's already there, you're just providing it. Vocal melodies are fantastic too. Something I'd be singing along to all the time, not too clustered and yet still different enough...

Final impression: gorgeous

If I could change the world today
I'd change it all for you
If I could open up your eyes today
I'd make you see things like I do

Is an absolutely touching chorus. I was praying that that last line would indeed be the last line the first listen through (I didn't read the lyrics prior, just jumped on the download), and the trail off into the piano lines is absolutely perfect.

Bravo, Harry

WojBhoy

15 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Downloading/listening now...

I wish I was as gifted on the piano as you are, it seems so natural and flowing, not like you're "trying to create something" at all...like it's already there, you're just providing it. Vocal melodies are fantastic too. Something I'd be singing along to all the time, not too clustered and yet still different enough...

Final impression: gorgeous

If I could change the world today
I'd change it all for you
If I could open up your eyes today
I'd make you see things like I do

Is an absolutely touching chorus. I was praying that that last line would indeed be the last line the first listen through (I didn't read the lyrics prior, just jumped on the download), and the trail off into the piano lines is absolutely perfect.

Bravo, Harry

Wow. Thankyou Matt

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