December is Raucus (Ninth Song: It Doesn't Look Like Christmas)

Here is a serious Christmas song. In case you're wondering, no...we don't have a Christmas tree in our house and it is still T-Shirt weather here (or as I like to say: "It's not even sweater weather", say, it is so fun)!! :-D

It Doesn't Look Like Christmas

White snow isn't falling from the sky
But there is no need to ask why
Because we're relaxin in paradise
Under a sun shining so bright

It doesn't look like Christmas now
But we celebrate it anyhow
Its not the time of year that brings me so much cheer
Its you and all of us here

Outside the trees still have their leaves
And inside there's no Christmas tree
But that's not what it takes for me
The friends around is all I need


The snow is way to cold
And I can't stand those heavy coats
I don't need some silly sled
To make this the best year yet

Mark,
PS.
Capo 2
Chords:
Verse
E-A-Amaj7

Chorus
Bsus4-C#m7

Bridge
E-A6add9-Emaj7

December is Raucus (Eighth Song: Just Another Christmas Song)

Warning: This is a completely random and stupid Christmas song. You're welcome in advance.
Just Another Christmas Song

Its Christmas time
Our favorite time of year
Its brings us close together
For one day so pure 1`

But why...did I not get what I wanted for christmas

All I wanted

Red and Brown horse with Gold tinted saddle
One nice canoe with two big paddles
A large mansion with room for us
and a silly looking double decker bus

So why, did I not get this stuff
I don't think it was too much

But this Christmas, All I got was

A hand made sweater with my name on the back
A blue coffee mug with rather large scratch
Three pairs of socks that don't fit at all
Come on Santa, didn't you hear my call

So why? Did you really think I needed
I feel I've been short sheeted
This Christmas

Mark

PS.
Capo 5
Chords:
Start: Strum |G|C| slowly then Hammer strings with |D|C| at "But Why"

Verses are just |G|C|

December is Raucus (Seventh Song: Other Side of the Road)

This was the only song I actually successfully completed down in Mexico. I'm not entirely sure what to think of it. I wrote it with the ukelele in D.

The Other Side of the Road

The world on the other side of the road
Frightens me to the bone

What happens over there
Or are you to scared to share

There was ah killing the other day
But no one had anything to say

Everyone in on the run
They're having too much fun

I look up to see blue skies overhead
Not a metaphor for the blood just shed

People just so happy to be here
So happy that they just block their ears

Mark

PS:
Chords
Verse:
G-Gmaj7-Em7
G-/A-F#m

December is Raucus (Sixth Song: A Letter in the Mail)

Wow, I'm a nerd :). Hopefully you'll be able to devine what this one is about...

A Letter in the Mail

This summer has been so frightening
I think I actually caused the lightening
I've been completely out of control...

I somehow caused my mom to levitate
I was so angry she was being so lame
I had not a clue what was going on...

But last week I turned eleven
I was so happy I could've been in heaven
I got a letter in the mail...

"We are pleased to inform you
You have a place at our school
Please look inside for a list
Your term begins soon"

I've no idea why I'd need an eye of newt
Or what the heck's a blast-ended skrewt
But I don't care now that I'm a wizard...

My friend's used to make fun of me
For having all these crazy dreams
But it all makes sense to me now...

I got a letter in the mail...
"We are pleased to inform you
You have a place at our school
Please read the list that provided
Your term begins soon"

I think that's alright?

Mark

PS. Chords:
Capo 3

Verse:
F-C(x2)
F-A#-G

Chorus:
C-G(x3)
F-A#-G (possibly)

December is Raucus (Fifth Song: The Arrival)

I'm getting kind of nervous, I have 1 day left and 2 songs (after this one) to finish. I'm almost thinking about taking the number down to five in a week next week, especially due to exams but then I'm afraid that I will wimp out from then on...

With this song, I had to do something a little weird. The chorus is a fast ukelele and the verses are guitar much slower. Its the same tempo, just halved strummed wise (and sung-wise I guess)

The Arrival

Hey there darlin, hey there friend
It's nice to see you how have you been?
All this time that you've been gone
I'm so glad to see you after so long

Chorus:
It's sunny outside
Things are going fine
I know its been a while
That's why I can't hold back my smile

Did you really spend your months in sadness
All the months you spent in absence
It seems you've come back in a trance
But I just want you to dance.... to dance... with me.
--------------
When seconds turned to hours, hourse to months
I spent the first few looking without any luck
But I never gave up I'd never cease
Until I had you in my arms, until I had my peace (And now its)

Chorus:
It's sunny outside
Things are going fine
I know its been a while
That's why I can't hold back my smile

Did you really spend your months in sadness
All the months you spent in absence
It seems you've come back in a trance
But I just want you to dance.... to dance... with me.
--------------
Bridge:
And of all these things that are happening
in the twists and turns of this tragic life
I know I can handle all of it
With you now by my side
--------------
Chorus:
It's sunny outside
Things are going fine
I know its been a while
That's why I can't hold back my smile

Did you really spend your months in sadness
All the months you spent in absence
It seems you've come back in a trance
But I just want you to dance.... to dance... with me.
--------------

I think I'm actually considering making this a duet. The two chorus sides are from either side of the conversation and the verses as well.

Two to go (ACK!!!!)

Mark

PS:
Chords
Verse:
|G-D|A-D|(two chords a line)

Chorus:
|G5|A5|x3
|D5|

Bride:
|Em|F#m|

December is Raucus (Fourth Song: Empty Promise

Do my songs seem to be getting worse? Maybe this thing wasn't such a good idea, leaving me drive of "creativity" and ideas. Or it will for me to be more creative and imaginative, we'll see. Anyway, I couldn't get a good name for the title of this song but here it is.

Empty Promise

My mind is blank and nothing is left to be said
My thoughts are shallow wells in my head
And I'm really tired I need to be in bed
But this emptiness seems to fill me with dread

Chorus:
and I know I really shouldn't continue
Down this broken road but it's the way it's gotta be
I made myself a promise in the depths of my mind
One I plan to keep. One I plan to keep.

Now a desert is forming at the bottom of my sea
But there isn't a cactus, it's only me
Not plants or fish, nothing I care to see
Struggling to survive after diving so deep

Chorus:
And I know I really shouldn't continue
Down this broken road but it's the way it's gotta be
I made myself a promise in the depths of my mind
One I plan to keep. One I plan to keep.

Bridge:
Feelings should surface but I don't feel a thing
My waking moments should be filled with meaning
So I try thinking about the future while I lay under the stars
But I just want to make someone happy, wherever they are

Chorus:
And I know I really shouldn't continue
Down this broken road but it's the way it's gotta be
I made myself a promise in the depths of my mind
One I plan to keep. One I plan to keep.

I wasn't excited about this one, it really felt kind of forced. Maybe because it is 2:25 in the morning and I have pt in two hours...hmmm. Psh, nah!

Good night
Mark

PS.
Chords:
Verse
E (12th fret) - D#5 (10th fret)

Chorus
|B|F#|x3
|B-F#|E|

Bridge
|C#m|G#m|

December is Raucus (Third Song: How the Story Goes)

Third installment (of seven, yay!) for week one of my adventure. I have no idea how this month is going to turn out. I have this churning feeling that I might fail the week I head out for a vacation, *gulp*. Confidence is what is keeping me go. This song is a ukulele song. I kind of hope the song is self explanatory. (But I'll explain a little of what I was going for at the end for those who are curious)

How the Story Goes

I sing the greatest songs that I've ever heard
But I never write them, not a single word
My pencil's always far away, so there's nothing on my paper
I just convince myself I'll write it down later

But that's...How the story goes.
How it ends... Everyone knows.

Days pass me by in the blink of an eye
All that's left to do is sit here and cry
I've got nowhere to go no one left to see
My heart's been broken and my mind is on my sleeve

But that's...How the story goes.
How it ends...Everyone knows.

The last few lines are the hardest to write
Forcing us to stare blankly all night
Tears{or:Ideas} falling down like snowflakes in a flurry
Melting away from me in such a hurry

But that's...How the story goes.
How it ends...I don't really know.
{or:How it ends...How I wish I didn't know}

It is one of my stories of songwriting. The strain to put down in words what you're are feeling in your head is immensely difficult, especially when you are as limited in your vocabulary and line structure as I am. I guess its the three stages, I don't know. Maybe I'll make a second one later to really deepen my struggle with this. It's actually why I'm challenging myself like this in the first place. By writing so many songs, I'm bound to have a few I thoroughly enjoy and I will learn from everyone of them. I'm excited.

Two in one day, making the weekend easier :-D,

G'night all,
Mark

PS.
Chords (on the uke):
Verse:
G-Bm (per line)
Chorus:
A (up from G)
A7

December is Raucus (Second Song: Gotta Find a Way)

This is the second installment, first week. *Gulp*
This one is about my worries about passing this semester. I spent last night counting up all my grades to see what I needed to do to keep my scholarship and not get kicked out.

Gotta Find a Way

Finals a week away but I'm still awake in bed
Staring at the ceiling all these thoughts in my head
Counting numbers summing grade I gotta find a way
To get that A, so that I can stay

Glance at the Clock, its a quarter to three
Nine days more that I'll be free From all this
Counting numbers summing grades I have to find a way
To pass this class before I get forced back

I should have paid attention, I missed a few assignments
How was I supposed to know, I couldn't retry them Cause Now I'm
Counting numbers summing grades I gotta find a way
Learn what its all about before I get kicked out

I shouldn't worry this much, I'm only 18
I have a million days left to live a whole life left to dream
But I'm being pushed to do these things I don't enjoy
I know I'll never use this so, whats the point in
Counting numbers summing grades I gotta find a way
To get that A because I really want to stay.

I managed to make progress with the audio playing to. I am forcing myself to record all these both for prosperity and to ensure I'm actually writing lyrics instead of my lazy form of a poem with any rhythm.

Anyway, until tomorrow (or later to day if I'm feeling extra special)

Mark

December is Raucus (First song is I Didn't Mean It)

In order to motivate myself to actually write more often and hopefully improve myself in the process, I'm am going to do 7 songs a week until the end of December. *gasp* I plan to do at least double that, at least to start off with, but it won't matter how many I do the first week, the second week the whole thing starts over again. It should be both exciting and depressing for me. Its my attempt at something since I couldn't afford to do NaNoWriMo this year because of school *sigh*.

My first Song is:

Do I love you like I love myself
or Do I hate you like everyone else
Was there something in the words I say
To make you turn and run away
I didn't mean it...No no I didn't mean it

Every word that I say to you
Comes back to haunt me in a day or two
You'd think I'd think about when I open my mouth
But I just can't help myself, They all come out
I didn't mean it...No no I didn't mean it

Twenty years later still singing that song
Hoping one day you'll come and sing along
Actions speak loud than words ain't that right?
Or is it speech that mattered tonight
I didn't mean it...No no I didn't mean it

I also added (hopefully) an embedded, crappy, recording of the song. In an effort to keep myself on track, I will record as many as I can. I recommend not hitting the play button... I warned you.

Mark

Ostracized

Nothing much to say before this one. Minus that I should probably put up videos with the songs now.

Chips are falling From the sky
As I make my Cookie dough pie
I set the table Turn on the TV
Seems like the perfect time But no one's with me

Chorus
What did I do?
Where did I go wrong?
What is this thing
That I've become
I've been ostracized
And pushed aside
Demoralized
No one looks in my eyes

Pop the bottle And chug it down
I hear cheers in the background
Voices getting louder Sounding like a riot
But the videos out of time And all goes quiet

Chorus

The end?

Mark

The Widowed

I wrote this song with a ukulele in my hands. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the chords were but I do have a general idea of how the vocal melody went (not that I could at all pull it off...but, well, you know).

The Widowed
The nights are long but the debt is paid
One last chance for me to relay
This message I've been given

I'm stuck on the truth with what we've been through
Now I just need someway to prove
So that I may be forgiven

Can't stop won't stop until you hear what I've got to say
Please here it through my mistakes

I love you miss you; eyes left undry
Just to tell you no tear left uncried
I can't stop relivin

So far away with all this mistrust
No one left here for me to lust
I need you to fill in

Can't stop won't stop until you hear what I've got to say
Please here it through my mistakes

I left you without a call or a letter
and Nothing siad would make this better
But I hope you will uncover
The reason behind this my lover

I'm fairly certain the chords were somethings along the lines of:
Verse:
|F|G|C|G|
|Dm-Am|Em-Am|
Chorus:
A Cluster of Dm/Em and Majors ;)

Feelings that I'm Feeling

I sat for 45 minutes in front of my dorm room door thinking when all of a sudden this thought popped into my brain, I ran like a tiny squirrel who had just seen the tastiest nut on the other side of a playground, scampering down slides, over swingsets, across those silly spring animal things (you know what I'm talking about) to get exactly what he desires. Bear in mind this was 7:40 in the morning, so my roommate was still passed out.

Feelings that I'm Feeling
When the sun comes over the horizon
Do you see my face a' smilin'
Cuz I see yours, Yeah I see yours

What do I do in the mornin'
Too many days spent yearnin'
Just to be yours, Yeah to be yours (with these)

Chorus
Feelings...
imaginary little feelings
So real to me
But no one else believes
These....
little imaginary
Feelings hiding deep
Inside me (/Chorus end)

Where can I find the reason
For these feelings that I'm feeling
Down in my core, Deep in my core

Who was meant to understand
This random act of circumstance
I wish I knew...I wish it was you

Chorus

Why does this always happen to be
The bitter end to this story
Left wanting more, Left with nothing more

Because I'm without you
And you aren't sure who
I really am inside
This man that I try to hide (with these)

Chorus

(Faster)
Oh wait did you look me in the eyes
Hands brush, feet touch my stomach cannot lie
Its hard to breath, I cannot see (because of these)

Chorus

Capo-ed at the 3
Verse:
|C-G|D|
|C-F|C|
|G|Am|

Chorus:
|C|Em-Asus|x3
|G-D|C|

Pre-Chorus Thing:
|C|G|D|F|

PS. This has to be the main reason for my desire to sing now. It is probably my favorite song...like ever.

Alex's Song (Friendship)

I wrote this song for a good friend of mine that is so very far away today. (I wrote it last weekend)

Friendship
The years we've spent together,
They've felt like forever and
I don't know what to say about it all
I'll try to write it down to
Turn that frown upside down
But my pen has slowed to a crawl

We've laughed and we've cried
Sometimes things just
Don't seem right
but our friendship has lasted
We won't ever try to trash it
'Cause true friends never falter
There's no need for me to halt here (Shoulda been hur)

From frisbee trowin to guitar jammin
There's so many things that I've been planning
To say but I'm afraid I will fall
Short on anything that matters most, things we cannot toat to
you've never failed to answer my calls

We've laughed and we've cried
Sometimes things just
Don't seem right
but our friendship has lasted
We won't ever try to trash it
'Cause true friends never falter
There's no need for me to halt here

We've had our fights
Wrong or right
We've shot on sight
But without spite
We will stay tight
No more contrite
This will incite
A slight delight
For you to know
We will be
Alright

We've laughed and we've cried
Sometimes things just
Don't seem right
but our friendship has lasted
We won't ever try to trash it
'Cause true friends never falter
There's no need for me to halt here.

Chords:
Capoed 2nd Fret
Verse:
|E|A-B|E|A,B-C#m|C#m|
Chorus:
|F#m-G#m|(x2)
|C#m|E-A|B|A-E
(E chord takes you into next verse set)

Bridge:
|G|D|C|

Then last chorus was supposed to be:
|Am-Bm|(x2)
|Em|G-C|D|A-C|

Last December

I wrote this song last December while at a mountain house. The song is pretty self-explanatory (and not very good). I actually think this is my first real attempt at a song... depending on how you define "real".

I won't bother writing down chords other than to say its in the key of G and extremely lazily (or simply) done.

Don't forget Cory
To remind me
to remind your parents
to stop by the lodge
to pick up my mp3 player
to pick up my beanie hat

Don't forget Cory
to send me the link
to the video a---bout (couldn't think of enough syllables)
the elevator
and the squeaky squeak

I Dream of You

I Dream Of You

When Every night comes around
and I think I hear a sound
I know its you, I know that its you
So I rush to my bed
and I think of what you said
Will I get to see, will I now get to see?

[Chorus]

Could we be good again
Cuz whenever I think of then
my legs go numb, my legs they go numb
All the memories that I cherish
All the times that we kissed
I can't forget, I will never forget

[Chorus]

Running out to the shore
hoping for something more
Nothing comes I'm alone, Nothing comes now I'm alone
I'm sorry to leave my lament
But it's everything that I sent
You never replied, no you never reply

[Chorus]

(Possible end chorus)
So I close my eyes
Getting some sleep tonight
One day I'll be with you

I'm not Coming Out

I'm not Coming Out

Em____Am
I'm not completely okay
Em____Am
I've got so many thoughts that I'm
Em_____Am
Afraid....so many thoughts I need
Em_____Am
to say....

Em___Am
We all feel like this sometimes
Em________Am
When we are going out of our
Em_____Am
minds.... just screaming for some
Em_____Am
time....

(All barre chords here)
G_____C____F_____G (strumming)
So I will lock myself away (x3 on third draw out away)
______D________C (one strum each)
with a pen and some paper
______F________C
and I'm not coming out
______F________C
no I'm not coming out
__F_________C
I'm not coming out til I'm
G
okay....

Em_______Am
I remember old times way back when
Em__________Am
Last November things should be like
Em____Am
then....before all of this
stench...

Em_______Am
And I'm not totally sure now
Em____________Am
How much longer that I can
Em____Am
allow... myself to stay
Em____Am
out...

[chorus]

E________________A
Just write it out and you'll survive
E_______________A
Just write it out and you'll be fine (both lines x2)
E______D_______A
Come on come on, give it a try

Come on come on, give it some time

Come on come one, give it a try

[chorus]
Til I'm okay (finish on c)

You should be falling for me

This is my attempt at a verse/refrain song. That's where the first or last two lines of a verse are the refrain (repeated bits).

You Should Be Falling For Me
When the lights are dim
And our warmth is closing in
Our world's are
coming together
Why can't you see
You should be falling for me
Why can't you see
You should be falling for me

We used to walk in the park
Until hours after dark
Until the day that I wish
Had never existed

But you left me on the road
You're feelings towards me had gone cold
What do I need to do
Just so I can be with you
Why can't see
You should be falling for me
Why can't you see
You should be falling for me

Because I always think about you
and all that we've been through
I can't seem to get you
out of my head

(Bridge)
What should I do?
What should I say?
To keep you from running away
I'm up all day and night
Thinking of just the words to make this right
I just can't let you out of my sight
out of my mind
Why can't see
You should be falling for me
Why can't you see
You should be falling for me

Verse- G#-F#-C#-G#
Refrain - A#m-D#m/C# A#m E#m/D#m/C#
Bridge - (Can be excited playing or finger-picking)

The Story of The House Mouse

Its a bit of a childish song but I like it anyway. I wrote this for one of my professor's kids.

Verses are C-E with a capo on the 5

House Mouse

The Mouse ate all my cheese
The Mouse was very me to me
That Mouse got into my clothes.
The Mouse is now ready for a show

The mouse is in my house (Am)
and he doesn't seem to want to leave (Bm)
No matter how I try (Em)
No matter how I cry (F-G-F-G)
He just doesn't want to leave. (Bm)

The mouse just brought all his friends
That mouse doesn't want this to end
Now the mice just run amuck
Those mice will soon run out of luck

The mouse is in my house
and he doesn't seem to want to leave
No matter how I try
No matter how I cry
He just doesn't want to leave.

The mouse drove me insane
The mouse caused me so much pane
That mouse is no longer pleased
Mr Mouse ate the wrong piece of cheese (hehe)

That mouse was in my house
and he didn't seem to want to leave
No matter how I tried
No matter how I cried
He just didn't want to leave

Now he gone forever
We shall never meet again
And the house feels quite alone
Without a mouse to call it home.

So Good Around You

I am locked inside this room
and I don't know what to do
All this time I've been alone
You left me standing on my own

But now that we're together
I still don't know what to do
Should I let things change
like you want them to

[C]
I don't understand this feeling
that I'm going through.
You're supposed to make me feel so blue
But right now, I feel so... good... around you.
I feel so good.

Yesterday in the park
We were talking until dark
I was so happy,
I didn't understand

Then we went back to your place
And you gave me a warm embrace
What could I do?
I was so confused

[C]
I don't understand this feeling
that I'm going through.
You're supposed to make me feel so blue
But right now, I feel so... good... around you.
I feel so good.

I sleep every night
Dreaming of you and me
Thinking we were
Meant to be

But I know we won't last forever
Because forever is way too long

[C]
I don't understand this feeling
that I'm going through.
You're supposed to make me feel so blue
But right now, I feel so... good... around you.
I feel so good.

Depression

Depression hurts, or at least I think it does. I don't know why, but this song seems to be very sad. I didn't intend to write like this but I was up at 1 so I really can't blame the pen.

I needed some inspiration
Something to write down
and I tried
to see if anyone around
could help me

I needed someone different
in my little train of thought (choo choo, hehe)
a new face, a new lie
a new thought to be

[C]
What was left of all this?
Why does nothing change?
This room is empty
These thoughts are blank
~but I can see my...
dreams.~ (x2)

I needed some change
a scenery of colors I've
never, seen before
of lights and darks
to lay out on the floor

I needed a beginning
to morph this end
a little of this and
a little of that
and you, can see me friend

[C]

[Bridge]
The nightmare that left me
in the dark
has shaken this feeling
that has sparked
a long, long time ago
when things were what they were
and people were what they wanted
to be
and I could be
me. but

[C]

A Ukelele Song (D-A-G-D)

With a cool new uke, I figured a simple song would be good to start out with.

D-A-G-D (A uke track)

I've got nothing to hide
This friendship is no disguise
My true feelings
Are on the surface.

And the way you make me feel
When I'm behind your steering wheel
Let's me know
Our true purpose.

But I'll keep that for later
Because there's nothing greater
Than exactly
What the truth is.

Seems Sometimes

I don't think I have much if anything to say about this one. This one comes from me writing a riff (if you can call it that) that I liked...

Seems Sometimes
Seems sometimes
That I lose focus
And become what I'm not.

Seems sometimes
That when I look
I cannot really see.

Seems sometimes
That my lies
just come back to laugh at me

I am misconstrued, Confused
Lost in this place
There's nothing left to Consider
I guess that's why I feel so bitter

Seems somewhere
there's gotta be people
Who feel the way I do

Seems somewhere
There are places
for all of us to hide

Seems somewhere
There is a man
Who could tell me everything

I am misconstrued, Confused
Lost in this place
There's nothing left to Consider
I guess that's why I feel so bitter

But I gotta get up
Gotta get out
I gotta get up
Gotta get out
Its getting harder and harder
to believe.
There is nothing wrong with me.

I am misconstrued, Confused
Lost in this place
There's nothing left to Consider
I guess that's why I feel so bitter

But it seems sometimes
That I will be here
Forever.

:)

Word to Remember

I know how stupid the first couple lines sound together. I mean, obviously if they're words to remember, its so you won't forget, but whatever :)

Words to Remember
I have some words to remember
So that you won't forget her

Her smile (her smile)
He laugh (her laugh)
The way she makes you lose track
Her thoughts (her thoughts)
Her tears (her tears)
The way she turns minutes into years

Everything she does makes you feel
like everything that happens is unreal
And when she goes away
Leaving you here alone
This is what I say

I have some words to remember
Some words to remember...

Her eyes (her eyes)
Her dance (her dance)
The way she puts you in a trance
Her hair (her hair)
Her touch (her touch)
The way she bring in all that luck

Everything she does makes you feel
like everything that happens is unreal
And when she goes away
Leaving you here alone
This is what I say

I have some words to remember
Some words to remember.
Some words.

Everything is Right

I wrote this song sitting on the back porch thinking (something I rarely do). I had my guitar and had a chord progression going and was like, oh cool. And this is what came out.

Everything is Right
What do you do, what do you say,
When everything goes your way?
Do you think about what's wrong?
Or do you not care at all
and think...

Everything is right
and nothing is my fault.
I didn't do anything to change
Whats happening to me
Oh yea, everything is right.

But then it all crashes down
Your cards have fallen, you lost you crown
You realized all was fake
How much more can you take
and still say

Everything is right
and nothing is my fault.
I didn't do anything to change
Whats happening to me
Oh yea, everything is right.

It all turns around
You've got no reason to frown
You can jump up, jump up
and yell out, yell out
one more time

Everything is right
and nothing is my fault.
I didn't do anything to change
Whats happening to me
Oh yea, everything is right.

Blonde Girl

Having really nothing to do with a blonde girl, except that I wrote it for her... The song is meant to have a bit of humor to it, but it may be lost in context *shrug*. The ending is meant to have a bit of a guitar instrumental followed by chorus bit once more time.

Blonde Girl
I hate cliche songs
I mean, where's the girls in thongs
that stay up all night long
And let me tap that...gong?

It seems I'm running out of rhymes
to get my words out in time
before I run off the line
and hit...a land mine?

[Chorus]
Where's the subject
What's the point
to this creation

Are you upset,
What do you say?
To my...
Happy Birthday[EOC]

I left her out
of this on purpose
Making her wonder
I hope this doesn't make me dateless

Can't have everything
I always say
Well, no I don't
Here's to that, anyway.
(guitar)
[Chorus]

Quick Update: I now have enough cords to finally start recording my guitar, you should be excited right? Hopefully I can start finishing songs woop woop :).

The Story

This kinda came out more like a poem, but I like it anyway :). Sort of depressing I guess.

The Story - Me

I thought I'd write a song
to make all the wind blow.
A song of a story,
told a long time ago.

One where the old men
spend all of their time
searching and searching
with nothing to find

The young women look
to the skies for assistance
praying for some guidance
but it seems no one listens

The children laugh
and sing as they play
clueless to everything
around them astray.

And after all this time
the story's still the same
they all needed someone
but no one came
-----------------------
So we need to change
how this thing goes
we need to change
how thing will end

Now,
I've got a solution
that'll work for this
but I know you don't
believe this problem exists.

Just help me through
believe in me
and I'll change the world
like the wind in the trees.
---------------------------
Just talk to them baby
And see what they need
Some guidance, some direction
And they too will be free

Get to know the questions
And you will find
the problems that you're seeing
Aren't one of a kind

Don't worry girl
Just talk to us
You'll find people here
who you can trust.

E - G#/Abm - A - B
E - G#/Abm - A - E
E - G#/Abm - A - C#/Dbm
E - G#/Abm - A - E
E - G#/Abm - A - B
------------------
E5 - G#5 - E5 - A5
E5 - G#5 - A5 - B5

Her Hero

Another Song by a friend of mine. She doesn't like it but I do. I guess it depends on your tastes.

Her Hero - NG
[spoken]
She was locked away
In a room by her parents
She sit's at the window
Waiting for her prince to come
She's a modern day princess

[Sing]
She's sick of all those stupid boys
That try to come and rescue her
They're all the same to her
their not what she needs

[Chorus]
She need's a hero
To come and take her away
Ya, she need's a hero
No ordinary boy will do
He's gatta be
Faster, stronger, smarter
Than all the rest
Then he'll be her hero

He'll come and sweep
Her off her feet
He'll be the one to
Make everything better
Guard her from danger
Ya...

[Chorus]

oh..
Ya i...
I need a hero

Left Behind

My next song. I figured once I get enough of these, a bass and a nice mic, I will attempt to record them. My voice isn't good in person, but its hilarious over the mic. Anyone, enjoy?

Left Behind:
Verses:
(Arpeggiate) Em - C - Am - Am
Chorus
(Strum) Am - C - Am - C - Em/G/Dm - Em/G/Dm

I wandered through the fields
And what did I find
But another piece of history
Lost in Time

Everytime I go back
I look at what I've found:
The happiness of everyone
Who's fallen down.

It's been left behind
For someone like me to find.
But, its seems, no matter how
hard I try,
I just can't seem
to let it in.
I just can't seem
to let it in.

I walked down the city streets
just looking for something to eat
and again what did I find
but a man in his disguise

He hid his face from the world.
His old life left at the door.
He left it for something more.
Where did it go? (no one knows)

It's been left behind
For someone like me to find.
But, its seems, no matter how
hard I try,
I just can't seem
to let it in.
I just can't seem
to let it in.

Screwin Up - AA

Apparently I have a little fancy with breaking walls? Depressing song that I wrote about a week ago but never got around to putting it up here.

Screwin Up - Awkward Aardvark
[Chorus]
When the walls were breaking
I felt my life running away....
And the way things are going
I figured this is what I should say....

I've screwed up
and I know it.
I did wrong
here I'll show it.
There's nothing left for me today....
There's no reason for you to stay....

[Chorus]

Things are wrong
I'll be there
It's okay
nothing's fair
There's nothing left for me today....
There's no reason for you to stay....

[Chorus]

Don't leave me in all this shame
Please don't leave
[Breakdown]
I can't believe your here.

Friends - AA

This is what you get sitting in school when your friends are depressed.

Friends - Awkward Aardark
I woke up one day
to find all my things gone
All she left me
was this damn song

So giving thanks to her
I'll ring it out
Its got nothing to do
with what its about
but I'll sing it anyway....


When the walls
>are crashing in
and this time
seems like the end
You've got friends
you can depend.

When your dreams
turn to nightmares
and when your friends
don't seem to care
You've got it wrong
and that's why I wrote this song

Should I - NG

A friend of mine wrote this song to the tune of "Climb" - Miley Cyrus. When she sent me the lyrics I had no idea so I wrote the tune out totally different. I kinda like mine better (because I'm biased hehe). Anyway:

Should I? - NG
There’s a voice inside my head
And its saying that were pointless
That I should just move on
And leave you behind
But what if that’s not what
What if that’s not what I want?
Will you be there through it all?
Will you be there?

[Chorus]
There’s always ganna be something
That’s trying to stand in our way
Will you be here when the sun comes up?
Will you be there when the sun goes down?
It’s not about what’s wrong or right
It’s not about what they think at all
Its something I gatta do
Should I move on from you?

Every step we take and
Every move we make feels so
Lost and im confused
Will you please help me through?
Cause

[Chorus x2]

Ohhh
Should I?
Should I?
Move on
Oh no
Oh no.

A&Q

I’m not sure what I was going on here. This is another one of those songs written in school. I didn’t know how to say “Extend this word damnit!”, so …. is what I came up with. Hope ya’ll like it. I figured I would try a drop d with this first, see how that went, and if not, maybe just a good ol’ fashion half-step down. Here you guys go.

A&Q – Awkward Aardvark
I…. Don’t wanna be controlled
And I…. Don’t need to be told
I…. know where I stand
So I…. won’t listen to you man

Why…. Do you think you know
What you…. Can’t control
It…. Won’t change anything
So leave….me so I can sing

Where are you coming from?
With these thoughts, these conclusions
I don’t think you’ve got it right
With these problems, these solutions

I…. keep on thinking
That I’ll…. Run away
But I know….
That I’ll be here to stay

So don’t worry
I still love you
But please, please let me
Oh, please let me go!

I think I will really enjoy making this song an actual song when I get the chance. I have a whole week without parents to just mess around, so hehe. Hope ya'll like this one too. I really wanna get some other peoples songs, mine feel so lonely. Plus some feedback. Anyway, see ya later peeps.

Wave of the Future

I have an effects pedal for my guitar with some really good and some really weird effects. I have messed around with pretty much all of them and really wanted to find a reason to use one call “Stellar” (I think?). It’s this really funky sounding Sci-Fi tone and very unusual. So I figured I would write some lyrics, make the song, and throw it in. I will work really hard to get the song recorded.

Wave of the Future - Awkward Aarvark

A B
In the wave of the future
A B
presents the problems -- of the past
we need a different solution
to get what we lost back

And when the truth unfolds
It changes what we know
We don’t know what to do, what to say
We’ll say it anyway

[chorus]
We have ideas
We’ll help our mothers
We have the truth
We’ll help our fathers too
Don’t look to the past for redemption
It won’t come back for you

(Spoken)
What you thought you knew
Can help another few
Just the way, find the way
And I’ll help them too

[chorus]
We have ideas
We’ll help our mothers
We have the truth
We’ll help our fathers too
Don’t look to the past for redemption
It won’t come back for you

Here are the tabs for the basic single guitar verse:

A B A B

D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

E---------------------------------------------------------------------

D/7-7-7-10-10-9-9-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-7-7-7-10-10-9-9

A/8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not sure exactly if that’s what I was looking for, but I kinda like it anyway. What about ya’ll. I guess you really need to hear it to get thoughts but w/e.

Just Relax

I don't know what I was going for with this song. I liked the chorus so I kind of threw some verses around it. I would love to know what you think. I can try and record my rendition on my terrible mic if you would like (hehe, that rhymes "terrible"). So here ya'll are.

Just Relax - Awkward Aardvark
I don't know and I don't care
Do whatever you want with your hair
Have some fun, get some laughs
Do what you can while lasts

Just Relax, Just Relax
and Have a good time
Just Relax, Just Relax
It'll be alright
Just Relax, Just Relax

A little bit of this, and little bit of that
Its all I can before this world goes splat
There's no need to worry, nothin really wrong
I've got what I want, just put thong(and sing it with me)

Just Relax, Just Relax
and Have a good time
Just Relax, Just Relax
It'll be alright
Just Relax, Just Relax

We try our hardest, do our best
to get above all the rest
Don't you see, your just like me
We'll get togther, don't you worry

Just Relax, Just Relax
and Have a good time
Just Relax, Just Relax
It'll be alright
Just Relax, Just Relax

I'm getting, a little carried away
It seems like I don't what to say, So I'll
Give you this, one last verse before
I shut it down and jump in hearse

Just Relax, Just Relax
and Have a good time
Just Relax, Just Relax
It'll be alright
Just Relax, Just Relax

Stay With Me

Well, here is my first song I have actually got at least halfway decent. I don't know if you get the right effect without the singing but hey, its better than hearing me do it anyway :). I know this has a meaning to me, and I am working on how to put it into words. It seems pretty much self explanatory anyway. The song is in the key of C major. I'll throw down the chords I use for it when I finally complete the song. So here you go anyway.

Stay With Me - Awkward Aardvark
G Cadd9
Every time
G Cadd9
I lie awake
G Cadd9
I wonder why
G Cadd9
You stay with me
G Cadd9
and I try oh how I try
G Cadd9
and I try oh how I try
G Cadd9 D
to be what you always wanted.

[chorus]
Em C Am Em
Won't you stay with me today.
Em C Am Em
Oh baby won't you stay with me o yay.
Em C Am Em
Won't you stay with me today
Em C Am D7
and I'll show you what this life can be.

In this life,
I've got this feelin'
that your mine
but you must be stealin
my heart my soul away
but i'll be here, be here to stay
for you,
if you want me to

[chorus]
Won't you stay with me today.
Oh baby won't you stay with me o yay.
Won't you stay with me today
and I'll show you what this life can be.

That's pretty much it. Not terribly exciting or cool or what ev, but eh :).