Wow thanks everyone.

I'm a little taken aback to be honest. I didn't expect anything approaching this much (or this thoughtful) of a response!

I feel kinda silly now smile

First off I am only a beginner really - an amateur.

It's in the writing process. I'll come up with a vocal melody or hook that I feel is good enough to build a song around. But it never gets any further most of the time because I can't build a logical or cohesive story around it. Each line I write has to tie into the previous one.

Whereas the great songwriters don't do that most of the time. Sound of Silence is a great example. The song is amazing and conveys everything it needs to and more, without ever really making a whole lot of sense logically (on the surface at least).

Here's one I have written, which I think suffers melodically because of the way I operate lyrically. I'm sure I've written much better molodies than this, lol. I'm not sure what genre I write in btw. Wow, this is embarrasing and scary, showing you guys this. smile


Not The One

You walk through this world
Like it won`t hurt you when you fall
So strong, so strong
And so not needing me
Your words are fire
But your eyes are stone
So cold, so cold
Yet so damned beautitiful

Somehow I know
It won`t be me you choose to let in
It can`t be me that pierces your shell
Somehow I know
That I`m not the one

Behind your walls
You`re so safe from pain
So safe, so safe
Yet so far beyond my reach
A priceless jewel behind the glass
So close, so close
And yet a thousand miles away

Somehow I know
It won`t be me you choose to let in
It can`t be me that pierces your shell
Somehow I know
That I`m not the one

I can`t be there to comfort you
When your walls come tumbling down
I can`t be there to centre you
When your world is spinning around

I pray the one that bears the key
Is strong enough to carry the load
And if someday you think of me
You should know that I'll be thinking of you
And me and what might have been
But I'm not the one


I pray the one that bears the key
Is strong enough to carry the load


Here's me singing a rough cut of it:

http://musicianstogether.com/video/95MBOYOOYD81/Not-the-One

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