songwriting

[call me hi]

so lately i've been stepping up the songwriting and recording a bit with the intent on giving myself a break and to stop hating my lyrics. it's not working. i've got a thing where if i wrote the same exact lyrics that my favorite artists wrote i'd still want to punch myself in the face. i hate to sound too poetic but i don't want to sound too funny either. mainly i just put together random words that don't mean anything just so i can have something to sing (i've come to grips with my voice which isn't anything to be proud of).

so i was thinking that maybe people here could write my songs. i've gained a newfound respect for the harnks and opopopos of the townhall with their strange, nonsensical little stories and such. so if you want to help out, just post something you think would make an okay song. i'll edit it to fit the melody if need be. my cats are the only ones who hear my songs so you don't have to worry about me ruining your good name or taking credit for your work. if i ever did share my songs it would probably be right here. okay that was a long post. thanks.

[sandocho]

I just wrote something in the little quick reply box in about five, so it isn't very good. It's sort of a love song.

I'm lost inside your listless rainbow tubing,
yes, the fruit of my heart is ripe for pruning.
The sky reminds me of your flower petal skin
and how it hugs me and I feel like I'm in
my mama's belly again.
And the giraffes ramble down the sidewalks,
the last of a proud and distant race,
and the rain falls down in sugar cubes
as I run my fingers down your face.
And we bury ourselves in the earth,
and the roots all bleed life into our veins,
and two trees grow taller than the sky,
and the teakettle smoke warms our blossoms,
angelic crowns which our fruits grow out from.
But as we age and wither the leaves do fall,
the raindrop worlds and all,
and the honeycombs slidedown our branches.
But the sun takes us up in its palm once again,
and we smile from above as all the world dances
and they eat our fallen fruit
and we make 6 billion brand new new friends.

[Edited on 1-29-2006 by sandocho]

[soniclovenoize]

Here's some lyrics I wrote in an insomniatic binge. A few years back, aI challenged a bandmate to give me a nonsensical word and I'd write some lyrics based on that word. My bandmate unfortunately gave me the word "chicken-boobie."

Take her neck and stretch it stout
Force it long and thin
Sifting feathers for syringe’s route
Displaying scrumptious skin
Milking money’s running out
Replacements must be found
Thought silky, sultry, drenched with gout
Nourishment can astound

Breast-feeding the best breeding
Inane amounts to insane amounts
Two more tumors to mourn the rumors
Of any hope for salivation

Foul play was the game the chickens lost
Their utters siphoned dry
Chromosomes vacate their homes
Innocence would not comply
Raving mobs with stomach clogs
Craving renewal in the farm
Deriving desserts from their disease
Is the test-tube’s charm

Breast-feeding the best breeding
Inane amounts to insane amounts
Two more tumors to mourn the rumors
Of any hope for salivation

[Harnk]

I'll help

email me at harnkabartus@yahoo.com

[Figglyduff]

I can't write like that, but have you considered using old poetry thats in the public domain? There is a wealth of all kinds of stuff thats copywrite free and ripe for the plucking.

[opopopo]

I'd be very glad indeed to help too. There's all sorts of nonsensical nonsense in my website that you are free to use, and perhaps I'll try to write some oddness just for you. Are you more interested in complete senseless absurdities, or oddness with some sort of story to it?

[Harnk]

Harnk MySpace For Garbage Picking Rhymes (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9625991)

[tackledspoon]

I try to write songs for myself, but if you want some nonsense, I'm sure I could piece together a few fragments.

[call me hi]

thanks for the help everyone. i started working on soniclovenoize's last night. in answer to your question opopopo, i could really go for anything. the main thing is that it has words. if anyone has anything in mind for a song about plane crashes that would be great. i've written a few in the past couple of weeks and would love to explore that as thoroughly as possible. i love plane crashes.

this past summer i started doing kind of a daily journal-through-song type of a thing. i just wrote a song based on whatever i did that day. they were pretty mundane, but it might be nice to have a record of that in a few years. i might just start that up again, so if you all want to just write about your day in some interesting (or boring) fashion then that'd be cool too. thanks.

[soniclovenoize]

Originally posted by call me hi
thanks for the help everyone. i started working on soniclovenoize's last night.

Sweet! I didn't think anyone would like them, they're kinda crappy lyrics. I don't know...

Keep 'em, just credit me with the lyrics and send me a demo when done.

[call me hi]

Originally posted by soniclovenoize
Originally posted by call me hi
thanks for the help everyone. i started working on soniclovenoize's last night.

Sweet! I didn't think anyone would like them, they're kinda crappy lyrics. I don't know...

Keep 'em, just credit me with the lyrics and send me a demo when done.

yeah, i shifted some words around and cut a few out. i like it, especially the story behind the lyrics. i wouldn't hold your breath for a demo though, i'm pretty self concious about my music.