Do I get a theme song, too? :D
I know it's not July yet, but I'm going to rip off Alex Day (because I love him and he's awesome) and blog every day in July. Even if I don't have anything to talk about. I'll do it. I mean, c'mon, Alex talked about looners (mind you, it was the funniest video I've probably ever seen in my life).
Here's what I've got in mind:
If I don't have anything exciting to report on for one day, I'll post an opinion of some sort and expand upon my beliefs. In short, an opinion essay. Don't be scared, though, I tend to make my opinions quite sarcastic in writing.
If I can't think of an opinion and nothing exciting happened, I'll post either a poem, song, or short story.
If none of those are options, I'll ramble about whatever the hell I want to. :D I may even google strange sex fetishes and discuss them. You never know.
That said, I'll see you in July.
<3 Monday, One Madlib Summer
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The Logistics of Song-Writing
I’ve always considered myself a lyricist. I can write lyrics to a full song in the span of half an hour when I put my mind to it. Adding the music has always been the hardest part—in fact, I’d sort of given up on trying to compose actual music to go with all these lyrics I wrote. But not today. Nay, today I will conquer my inadequacies and write the music for the song that really matters.
Yesterday, some things happened that I never thought would. Words cannot express how unbelievably happy I am that these things happened. However, now all I can think about is what happened. I can’t seem to get it out of my mind, no matter what I do. I want it to happen again, and then some. It’s something I really want. So, naturally, I wrote a song about it.
I didn’t know what to call this song. To be honest, I stole a lot of the ideas for it from one of my first songs, called Spider Game. I wrote the song for a special someone, to let him know that he had broken my heart. In this new song, which just happens to be for the same person, I reference Spider Game. In fact, the first line of the chorus has the exact words ‘spider game’ in it. So, I finished writing the lyrics and I sat there for a while, just staring at it, trying to come up with a title. And then it hit me.
Spider Game Part II
You’ve got dirty talk down to a science
You shouldn’t make me want you like this
Lying next to you, my head on your shoulder
Like water to fire, your lips at my ear
I’ve got this penchant for you
It’s been years – how do you get me like you do?
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
I really can’t take you not being near
Memories in my mind arise very clear
Lying under you, my hands on your shoulders
Like brushes of fire, your lips at my ear
I’ve got this longing for you
It’s been hours – how do I go on without you?
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
I’m getting hotter, and you’re getting close
To figuring me out, but these clothes
Are in the way
Of our web-weaving game
Let’s dance tonight and get tangled up
We’ve built this for years – come play with me, my love
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed.
End
I guess there’s really no need to be secretive about what happened yesterday. I kind of put it all in the song. But it’s probably not what you think. In fact, this song doesn’t quite express the sweetness and the kindness of what went on. I’ve never felt so secure or beautiful in my life, and nothing even happened. At least, not what we wanted to happen. :P
Anyway, since Coco was the first person to know what happened, and she’s musically inclined, I asked her for help in writing this song. So far, we’ve got the time signature and the key signature. I’m guessing we’ll work everything out tomorrow night when we actually have a keyboard, haha.
My biggest issue (aside from needing to write music) is Spider Game (the original). I can’t post Spider Game Part II without having a Part I, you know? So, I guess I should find my old lyrics notebook and work something out for that one. Either that, or I could rename Part II. It’s an option, but only if I don’t write Part I. Otherwise people will be like, “WTF, WHERE’S PART ONE?!?!?1”
I don’t want to deal with that.
So I’ve got two choices.
Decisions, decisions…
Yesterday, some things happened that I never thought would. Words cannot express how unbelievably happy I am that these things happened. However, now all I can think about is what happened. I can’t seem to get it out of my mind, no matter what I do. I want it to happen again, and then some. It’s something I really want. So, naturally, I wrote a song about it.
I didn’t know what to call this song. To be honest, I stole a lot of the ideas for it from one of my first songs, called Spider Game. I wrote the song for a special someone, to let him know that he had broken my heart. In this new song, which just happens to be for the same person, I reference Spider Game. In fact, the first line of the chorus has the exact words ‘spider game’ in it. So, I finished writing the lyrics and I sat there for a while, just staring at it, trying to come up with a title. And then it hit me.
Spider Game Part II
You’ve got dirty talk down to a science
You shouldn’t make me want you like this
Lying next to you, my head on your shoulder
Like water to fire, your lips at my ear
I’ve got this penchant for you
It’s been years – how do you get me like you do?
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
I really can’t take you not being near
Memories in my mind arise very clear
Lying under you, my hands on your shoulders
Like brushes of fire, your lips at my ear
I’ve got this longing for you
It’s been hours – how do I go on without you?
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed
I’m getting hotter, and you’re getting close
To figuring me out, but these clothes
Are in the way
Of our web-weaving game
Let’s dance tonight and get tangled up
We’ve built this for years – come play with me, my love
Said I wouldn’t play your spider game
But I’m trapped in the web you’ve weaved
Around me, and I’m fighting to stay sane
While you’re making me feel crazed.
End
I guess there’s really no need to be secretive about what happened yesterday. I kind of put it all in the song. But it’s probably not what you think. In fact, this song doesn’t quite express the sweetness and the kindness of what went on. I’ve never felt so secure or beautiful in my life, and nothing even happened. At least, not what we wanted to happen. :P
Anyway, since Coco was the first person to know what happened, and she’s musically inclined, I asked her for help in writing this song. So far, we’ve got the time signature and the key signature. I’m guessing we’ll work everything out tomorrow night when we actually have a keyboard, haha.
My biggest issue (aside from needing to write music) is Spider Game (the original). I can’t post Spider Game Part II without having a Part I, you know? So, I guess I should find my old lyrics notebook and work something out for that one. Either that, or I could rename Part II. It’s an option, but only if I don’t write Part I. Otherwise people will be like, “WTF, WHERE’S PART ONE?!?!?1”
I don’t want to deal with that.
So I’ve got two choices.
Decisions, decisions…
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