But yea. Anyways. Since then I've kinda tried my hand at songwriting. Very unmotivated about it. And I guess it's one of those things where you need 靈感 for. At least for me that's the case. So far I have written two sets of lyrics and one of those lyrics has a melody with it.
The first set of lyrics came to me after I was having a conversation with a friend (who was actually the president of the Songwriters Club) about how Taiwanese girls can be so bitchy and demanding and how Taiwanese guys can be so weak at times. He's a guy and he agreed. And I was talking to him and telling him that he needs to stand up for himself. But he kept making all these excuses like how sometimes you just gotta let yourself be whipped, etc. And I was getting so frustrated. After the convo was over, I wrote these lyrics:
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Stand Up For Yourself
There's too much injustice in this world
that we all want to stop
but where do we start?
we start with ourselves.
stand up for yourself
speak your thoughts
because if you don't
no one will do it for you
stand up for yourself
what we don't hear,
we will never know
so you must be loud and clear
so boys, don't let the girls treat you like slaves
and girls, don't let the boys treat you like toys
we must break free from our chains
we all need to stand up, stand up for ourselves
stand up for yourself
because if we want to save the world
we must start by saving ourselves
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Sounds kinda like a poem now now that I'm rereading it. But a lot of songs are poems so I guess it's kind of the same thing. No melody for this. The lyrics came to me. But the melody didn't. It's been a year and still no melody is crossing my mind.
The second time I attempted something was a bit more complete. Lyrics with a melody. I even have harmony set but no background music. This song came to me during a downtime of mine last year after spring break with an ordeal I had with a friend. I think the song kind of explains it all:
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[Untitled]
Verse 1
Life is full of crazies
I know, cuz I've had my share.
But please, don't leave me hanging,
Cuz I, want to know you're there.
But how, am I supposed to know?
If you, won't tell me so.
And why, won't you just trust me?
Because I believed in you so.
Chorus
I gotta get me out of here
Maybe cuz my time is near
Where do I go?
What do I know?
I thought I'd put my trust in you.
But maybe that was wrong to do.
Cuz now I don't know.
Where I should go.
Guess I gotta go home.
Verse 2
I thought this could last forever
Even though, my friendships never last.
Now look at what has happened.
I guess I'm reliving my past.
But why, does this hurt so much?
That you chose him over me.
Guess I, put too much faith in you.
I thought, that's how friends should be.
Chorus
Guess I gotta get me out of here
Maybe cuz my time is near
Where do I go?
What do I know?
I thought I'd put my trust in you.
But maybe that was wrong to do.
Cuz now I don't know.
Where I should go.
Guess I gotta go home.
Bridge
Now I...I don't know
Should...Should I let go?
Chorus
Now I gotta get me out of here
Because I know my time is near
But how do I go?
Won't you tell me so.
I thought I'd put my trust in you.
But maybe that was wrong to do.
Cuz now I'm alone.
With nowhere to go.
Guess I gotta go home.x3
But where is home?
I don't know.
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No title for this song yet. I'd post the melody here but I don't know how to post music on this. If you can tell, it's also been a while since I've come back to this song. Main reason being that I don't know how to use the software I have for making background music. And I don't know how to play the guitar.
I don't like showing incomplete work. I've only shown the first "song" to Songwriter Club people. And only two people who are not from the club have heard my second song. I guess I'm not too confident about this kind of stuff. Even lyrics I don't want to show. But I consider this blog my own little personal space so I'll put it here.
One day I will finish at least the second song. One day...
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