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So I've now got a bit of writers block and rather than try to fix the problems I'm probably imagining with my current songs I thought instead I'd let you take a gander at some of the lyrics for your thoughts on them. I welcome both praise and criticism and questions.
I'm thinking of calling the EP "Epic" because
a.) I'm completely self important and full of myself and
b.) alot of the themes I've been writing about of late are kind of the big issues of life that I'm coping with "what is love, am I in nlove, how do you know" "what do I want to be, how do I become that etc" Ironically alot of what I've ended up mining is ancient mythology and using it as sort of parables of my own life.
well anyways, I did cuts (I finally relearned how!) to spare a lengthy post to those of you who don't care! Obviously its kind of hard to get the whole idea without hearing the music, I may try to get some of the midi files out of finale (my composition software of choice.. or desperation I hate it but I don't want to spend $$$ for a new one)
without further ado.
Orpheus Descends
I've come so far.
Black as the night,
black as my soul,
honey.
Descend through ice.
Devoured the sea.
Open the prism
of ghastly desire.
You are the key,
proxy'd by desire.
Bound in chains,
undressed and alone
Unlock me now,
tainted in fire,
tainted in flame
now retire. (held long)
(bridge)
Cerberus Calls,
Cerberus calls,
I can feel your heat.
(verse 2)
I've walked alone,
through gates of fire.
Come with me now,
Devotion, Desire.
The nightingale's
wail, (held long)
has brought you here,
is taking you home.
The gods of Hell,
they grant you free.
Now come with me,
My Euridice. (held long)
(bridge 2)
Cerberus Calls,
Cerberus Calls,
The Gods of Hell,
They grant you free,
now come with me (held long)
Prison Break
23 is too young,
to be living asleep.
now I come to be young,
Now I go to be free.
All this living around,
and this hide and go seek.
the whole point of this was,
to be living my dreams.
Now I'll play this guitar,
and I'll write on these streets,
and I'll lie to myself,
just to sweet this escape.
When the voices get in,
and they break down my wall.
When I hit the ahead I just
Climb up and stop, and..
(bridge)
Blindly these sheep,
all follow me now,
back to my mind,
in this recess I crawl.
(chorus)
Now I can choose
and I can see
this blinding light
has just set me free
and apologize
before its too late
this terror-scape
reminds me of me
(verse 2)
Now harmonize,
our discordant lives.
Apologies rise,
from the depths of below
to shake and to shiver,
be lost at the river.
the water is rising,
beyond our knees.
This quake and this quiver,
now stand and deliver,
times running out,
and sparse as it goes.
If you'll be the captain
then I'll be the sailor
lets lift up this anchor
and take to the seas.
(bridge 2)
Blindly these sheep,
become who I am,
back to my mind
never thought of again
(chorus)
Now I can choose
and I can see,
this blinding light,
has just set me free.
and apologize
before its too late
this terror-scape
reminds me of me.
If this is the best you can do, you should have shut up because know you've been put up
Don't stop, do it again.
I don't want to be your friend.
I don't want to know what I know
been everywhere I go, oh.
God knows it could never be true.
Can I say the same for you?
put a rhythm inside my heart now,
cut a hole please tear these guts out.
(chorus)
pain it got too real
so I popped another pill
drowning my sorrows,
down in the dregs of the bottle.
Not that it matters much now,
but you wear me like a shroud,
pulling me further inside,
goddamnit this guilts too heavy.
(verse 2)
Don't stop, do it again.
All I wanted was this to end.
Now its gone just tapered off,
Choke on this, the strains too much.
Summer time dreams have fled,
coast to coast the seas turn red
melodrama, its farce you see,
but still the jokes on me.
(Chorus 2)
Hope is all you have
don't cry, just try to laugh.
with the weights tied round your feet
to the bottom you will creep.
Not that it matters much now,
but you wear me like a shroud,
pulling me furher,
down to the bottom of your broken heart, waiting for the right moment to start -oh
(bridge + key change)
All that you wanted,
is it what I need.
Is it what you need?
let yourself be
All that I wanted,
You never gave me.
Could never give me,
just let me now be free (held)
(piano solo + key change)
Cupid's Psyche
Mother's milk.
Bare breasted, sow.
in emptiness,
another broken, vow.
Ah-gusten, a ghosts embers.
softly spoken,
never told.
grab my foot I'll spread my wings.
Amour.
Avarice.
Despotic though she seems.
I know her well,
Venus my, Queen.
Jealousy, her sole, domain.
My wife, my Psyche.
broken, and bruised.
(my wife, my pscyhe)
open softly, open free
upon a proustian truth.
open softly, open free,
come take my hand. (come fly with me) take my hand.
I'm thinking of calling the EP "Epic" because
a.) I'm completely self important and full of myself and
b.) alot of the themes I've been writing about of late are kind of the big issues of life that I'm coping with "what is love, am I in nlove, how do you know" "what do I want to be, how do I become that etc" Ironically alot of what I've ended up mining is ancient mythology and using it as sort of parables of my own life.
well anyways, I did cuts (I finally relearned how!) to spare a lengthy post to those of you who don't care! Obviously its kind of hard to get the whole idea without hearing the music, I may try to get some of the midi files out of finale (my composition software of choice.. or desperation I hate it but I don't want to spend $$$ for a new one)
without further ado.
Orpheus Descends
I've come so far.
Black as the night,
black as my soul,
honey.
Descend through ice.
Devoured the sea.
Open the prism
of ghastly desire.
You are the key,
proxy'd by desire.
Bound in chains,
undressed and alone
Unlock me now,
tainted in fire,
tainted in flame
now retire. (held long)
(bridge)
Cerberus Calls,
Cerberus calls,
I can feel your heat.
(verse 2)
I've walked alone,
through gates of fire.
Come with me now,
Devotion, Desire.
The nightingale's
wail, (held long)
has brought you here,
is taking you home.
The gods of Hell,
they grant you free.
Now come with me,
My Euridice. (held long)
(bridge 2)
Cerberus Calls,
Cerberus Calls,
The Gods of Hell,
They grant you free,
now come with me (held long)
Prison Break
23 is too young,
to be living asleep.
now I come to be young,
Now I go to be free.
All this living around,
and this hide and go seek.
the whole point of this was,
to be living my dreams.
Now I'll play this guitar,
and I'll write on these streets,
and I'll lie to myself,
just to sweet this escape.
When the voices get in,
and they break down my wall.
When I hit the ahead I just
Climb up and stop, and..
(bridge)
Blindly these sheep,
all follow me now,
back to my mind,
in this recess I crawl.
(chorus)
Now I can choose
and I can see
this blinding light
has just set me free
and apologize
before its too late
this terror-scape
reminds me of me
(verse 2)
Now harmonize,
our discordant lives.
Apologies rise,
from the depths of below
to shake and to shiver,
be lost at the river.
the water is rising,
beyond our knees.
This quake and this quiver,
now stand and deliver,
times running out,
and sparse as it goes.
If you'll be the captain
then I'll be the sailor
lets lift up this anchor
and take to the seas.
(bridge 2)
Blindly these sheep,
become who I am,
back to my mind
never thought of again
(chorus)
Now I can choose
and I can see,
this blinding light,
has just set me free.
and apologize
before its too late
this terror-scape
reminds me of me.
If this is the best you can do, you should have shut up because know you've been put up
Don't stop, do it again.
I don't want to be your friend.
I don't want to know what I know
been everywhere I go, oh.
God knows it could never be true.
Can I say the same for you?
put a rhythm inside my heart now,
cut a hole please tear these guts out.
(chorus)
pain it got too real
so I popped another pill
drowning my sorrows,
down in the dregs of the bottle.
Not that it matters much now,
but you wear me like a shroud,
pulling me further inside,
goddamnit this guilts too heavy.
(verse 2)
Don't stop, do it again.
All I wanted was this to end.
Now its gone just tapered off,
Choke on this, the strains too much.
Summer time dreams have fled,
coast to coast the seas turn red
melodrama, its farce you see,
but still the jokes on me.
(Chorus 2)
Hope is all you have
don't cry, just try to laugh.
with the weights tied round your feet
to the bottom you will creep.
Not that it matters much now,
but you wear me like a shroud,
pulling me furher,
down to the bottom of your broken heart, waiting for the right moment to start -oh
(bridge + key change)
All that you wanted,
is it what I need.
Is it what you need?
let yourself be
All that I wanted,
You never gave me.
Could never give me,
just let me now be free (held)
(piano solo + key change)
Cupid's Psyche
Mother's milk.
Bare breasted, sow.
in emptiness,
another broken, vow.
Ah-gusten, a ghosts embers.
softly spoken,
never told.
grab my foot I'll spread my wings.
Amour.
Avarice.
Despotic though she seems.
I know her well,
Venus my, Queen.
Jealousy, her sole, domain.
My wife, my Psyche.
broken, and bruised.
(my wife, my pscyhe)
open softly, open free
upon a proustian truth.
open softly, open free,
come take my hand. (come fly with me) take my hand.