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And here we have another song, something of an "intro" to this new songbook I'm working on. A re-generation song of sorts, about gripping reality and being wary of what has happened, what is happening, and what to walk towards in the wake of recent events.

The last part of the song, starting with the repeated "This is begun", would be sort of an eruption of sorts....a song that boils and brews until it hits that point...sort of like live versions of "Bad" when he gets to the "not fade away". Then that ending is something jubilant in my head...something like a Lion-King-esque tribal beat in the back, a galloping rhythm....Its exciting.

This Is Begun[/b
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I smell sulfur
Like something’s happening
Premonitions of a burn
Like something’s happening

Words like silence
Teasing me
Lies like power
Teasing me

Demons can’t be too careful…
Don’t disturb denial
Or risk the clatter when the day breaks…
And you wake up on your isle

This is begun (x4)

So let it happen
This is begun
Crash into beaches with these seas
This is begun
So don’t regret it
And don’t look too closely into the sun-
This is begun.

MattG

12 years

X

Let’s imagine
That this is not the tenth time
Make up that we are make-believe

Razor thin whispers
On your candy lips
Chase their tails in these winds

There’s a light on
A light on
There’s a light on
But it’s not for me

Let’s run away
In opposite directions
With intentions, not by mistake

Wet cement again
Waiting for impressions
Glistens like a question

There’s a light on
A light on
There’s a light on
But it’s not for me

That night spent
Without colors, black and white
Is creeping by

I’ll ignore it
If you’ll allow it
And we’ll both go
Back to wishing
We were dreaming
Making up
That we were make believe

There’s a light on
A light on
But not for me, not for me
Yes there’s a light on
A light on
There’s a light on,
But not for me.

BonoGlasses

12 years

Great work man! I like This Is Begun a lot!

I still can't figure out how to put music to lyrics. Like, I try messing around with chords and nothing works. Super frustrating.

MattG

12 years

Thank you

Just sort of opening up and seeing what comes out at this point.

MattG

12 years

"Say Goodnight, It's Morning"

Lyrical gymnastics
Steal the mind of a girl
Flipside feeling normal
Boy in an upside-down world

Sideways we lie
And we lie so blatantly
Stay for one more song
It repeats, repeats, repeats
(chorus)
Take me home
You already are
Let me go
Don’t have to get very far
Take me back
Murder the mystery
Say goodnight
It’s morning to me
(post chorus)
And its getting so early
And you’re so close to me
We’re about to pay forever
For what we thought we took for free

Everything is different
Yet it has to stay the same
Defeat sings battle cries
While we refuse to change our names

Guilt creeps in so slowly
You don’t know what to do
I’m terrified to stay, see what I’m
Capable of doing to you

Take me home
You already are
Let me go
Don’t have to get very far
Take me back
Murder the mystery
Say goodnight
It’s morning to me
(post)
This air is dry as paper
This room feels so real
Grounded by architecture
Of how we’re supposed to feel

Your ways are lost on me
I don’t know how to change
Our heads lie here together
Your heart’s so out of range
Let me stay
Where you are
Don’t let me go
I’ll fall so far
Take me in
Just let us be
Say goodnight
Its morning to me
Say goodnight-
Its still morning to me.

BonoGlasses

12 years

Good news all! Working with a producer friend of mine to put music to and record some of my original lyrics!! Should be exciting to hear the end result, you guys will be the first!! Also, new lyrics:

There’s a girl on the block with her head in her hands
She’s crying and there’s no way to stop her.
She cries ‘cause she feels like she’s losing her man
And that he’d be better off if he dropped her

So I call out her name and I hold out my hand
But she don’t hear a thing ‘cos she’s cryin bout her man

What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When she sits alone and cries and shuts out the world?
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s gotta go and try to unfurl
Her mind from her heart
So that she can start
To get back on her feet and move forward
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s watchin her cry and she’s his whole world

There’s a girl on the block and I don’t know why
But she’s always cryin’ in the corner
I wish she would stop and I will not lie
It’s because I just want to warn her

That I want her for mine if only she could
Just wipe her eyes we’d be doing real good

What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When she sits alone and cries and shuts out the world?
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s gotta go and try to unfurl
Her mind from her heart
So that she can start
To get back on her feet and move forward
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s watchin her cry and she’s his whole world

Oh baby
Take your head from you hands and see
Oh baby
That if you’re looking for love then start looking for me

What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When she sits alone and cries and shuts out the world?
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s gotta go and try to unfurl
Her mind from her heart
So that she can start
To get back on her feet and move forward
What’s a guy to do with a broken girl
When he’s watchin her cry and she’s his whole world

MattG

12 years

Ive written a lot of songs in the last few days. This is a place holder for me to remember to share some lyrics with you.

WojBhoy

12 years

http://soundcloud.com/hjwoj/the-vulture-demo

Very short taster of a song I've begun to concoct this evening. Train ride home conjured up some (unexpected) ideas which I've tried to channel into something cohesive. At the moment it's just 50 secs of noise, but I've got hopes for it!

MattG

12 years

THAT IS SO COOL!

WojBhoy

12 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:THAT IS SO COOL!

Ah dude you've just made my evening

we all know how long it takes me to write anything, so you can imagine how stoked I am lol. Really keen to take this somewhere. Am going to try and sling lyrics together and see what happens.

WojBhoy

12 years

http://soundcloud.com/hjwoj/the-vultures-rough-demo

Ok, so, here's a full-length take of what started up last night. Thoughts gladly appreciated. Everything about it is fairly raw and messy (particularly the vocals/lyrics), but I've decided to stop trying to expect perfection when I don't even have a fully-fledged idea to aim for. Like most of my stuff, it's more about capturing an initial feeling/mood than anything else particularly cogent...so, if you listen to it and get the idea of a dying man stumbling through the desert, sun glaring down and vultures gathering overhead, I've managed that! :)

In case you can't work out what the hell I'm burbling:

The burnt horizon
Melts and grows
Mirages come
Mirages go

The sun is beating down
Merciless rays
Blisters the skin
The land is on fire

We've walked this way before
Again and again
The dunes and the sand
Lie in wait

I see them circling
Their time is near
We've got nothing left
It's all they're gonna need

RattleandHum1988

12 years

I think this track has huge potential. I love your guitar tone, it's freakin' powerful, like distorted ambience. I can hear a chorus where the rhythm picks up, you have a double-time feel, and you get some harmonies in there, and this could be a real winner. Great job, Harry.

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