Anyone have any tips for writing lyrics?
I am struggling to find inspiration. My songs are kind of slow in a Porcupine Tree/Damnation kind of way (Although maybe not as dark)
I bought the ZOOM MRS802 8 track recorder the other week so I am now ready to start recording some stuff. I have a few tracks done and just need vocals, which in turn require lyrics.
Here are some of the lyrics I have written. I know they aer not very good. It is hard to imagine them without hearing the music.
This one is supposed to be about 3 different people who each try to be somebody that they are not. I basically started writing the lyrics with no theme in mind. By the time I got to the end of the first Verse, I decided what the song would be about.
How the fuck do you write lyrics? Is there any formula I should be stickin to?
Shot right down in flames
Its becoming crystal clear
That her innocence is done
Though shes only 17,
Acting like shes 31.
Is it really that much fun?
Did she ever really think,
Her behavior wouldnt show
Did she think no one would know?
**CHORUS*
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down in flames
The wheels are in motion,
The downward spiral has begun
Gamblin all your life away
Searchin for that magic run
Only ending up with none
Gotta quit while youre still ahead
Try and find your guiding star
You gotta find out who you are
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down in flames
Seasons pass and time moves on
As the years go rolling by
Turning back the magic clock
A new life you try to buy
Your true soul you will deny
Show the world the real you
Theres no need to be ashamed
You wont be pointed at or blamed
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down
Youll end up being shot right down
Youll end up being shot right down in Flames
This one is really about finding that special someone I wrote these lyrics because my girlfriend gets the shits because of my obsession with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tammin Sursok. I then thought "I have this top chick and I still obsess over these fantasy girls, so I should be happy with what I got.". So I guess this one is kinda Space Dye Vest-ish. I know its kinda sappy, but I just interested to know if you's reckon the rymes and sentance structuring is ok. Never written lyrics before so dont know how to set these things out
Stranger, Reflection
Try to reach the sole behind the image in the night
I know I'll never find what I'm looking for
Living in a world of one way mirrors dont seem right
Tell me why I search for something more
Underneath a cloud of disillusion pouring down
Makes it feel like it is out of reach
Waiting for the lust to get pushed under and finally drown
I'm living in a world of make believe
Its surreal but I'm lying to myself
Driving down a lonely one way street
Stranger, Reflection
Deceive the Eye
Danger, Rejection
Get no reply
Standing at the crossroads of a dream and what is real
Theres only one true pathway there to take
Theres no way I can settle for a second rate deal
Don't wanna be a part of something fake
Its surreal, no more lying to myself
Driving down a lonely one way street
Stranger, Reflection
That look in the eye
Danger, Rejection
Got no choice but try
And it feels like a giant weight
Has been lifted from my life
Finally I can see
Youre the one for me
Stranger, Reflection
That look in the eye
Danger, Rejection
Love I cant deny
Love We cant deny
I am struggling to find inspiration. My songs are kind of slow in a Porcupine Tree/Damnation kind of way (Although maybe not as dark)
I bought the ZOOM MRS802 8 track recorder the other week so I am now ready to start recording some stuff. I have a few tracks done and just need vocals, which in turn require lyrics.
Here are some of the lyrics I have written. I know they aer not very good. It is hard to imagine them without hearing the music.
This one is supposed to be about 3 different people who each try to be somebody that they are not. I basically started writing the lyrics with no theme in mind. By the time I got to the end of the first Verse, I decided what the song would be about.
How the fuck do you write lyrics? Is there any formula I should be stickin to?
Shot right down in flames
Its becoming crystal clear
That her innocence is done
Though shes only 17,
Acting like shes 31.
Is it really that much fun?
Did she ever really think,
Her behavior wouldnt show
Did she think no one would know?
**CHORUS*
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down in flames
The wheels are in motion,
The downward spiral has begun
Gamblin all your life away
Searchin for that magic run
Only ending up with none
Gotta quit while youre still ahead
Try and find your guiding star
You gotta find out who you are
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down in flames
Seasons pass and time moves on
As the years go rolling by
Turning back the magic clock
A new life you try to buy
Your true soul you will deny
Show the world the real you
Theres no need to be ashamed
You wont be pointed at or blamed
Lying, youre lying to yourself
Youve gone too far
Its not hard to see right through your games
Trying, youre trying to
Escape from who you are
Youll end up being shot right down
Youll end up being shot right down
Youll end up being shot right down in Flames
This one is really about finding that special someone I wrote these lyrics because my girlfriend gets the shits because of my obsession with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tammin Sursok. I then thought "I have this top chick and I still obsess over these fantasy girls, so I should be happy with what I got.". So I guess this one is kinda Space Dye Vest-ish. I know its kinda sappy, but I just interested to know if you's reckon the rymes and sentance structuring is ok. Never written lyrics before so dont know how to set these things out
Stranger, Reflection
Try to reach the sole behind the image in the night
I know I'll never find what I'm looking for
Living in a world of one way mirrors dont seem right
Tell me why I search for something more
Underneath a cloud of disillusion pouring down
Makes it feel like it is out of reach
Waiting for the lust to get pushed under and finally drown
I'm living in a world of make believe
Its surreal but I'm lying to myself
Driving down a lonely one way street
Stranger, Reflection
Deceive the Eye
Danger, Rejection
Get no reply
Standing at the crossroads of a dream and what is real
Theres only one true pathway there to take
Theres no way I can settle for a second rate deal
Don't wanna be a part of something fake
Its surreal, no more lying to myself
Driving down a lonely one way street
Stranger, Reflection
That look in the eye
Danger, Rejection
Got no choice but try
And it feels like a giant weight
Has been lifted from my life
Finally I can see
Youre the one for me
Stranger, Reflection
That look in the eye
Danger, Rejection
Love I cant deny
Love We cant deny