Songwriter's Valley

[Reapergurl]

I hereby dedicate this thread to all songwriters, poets, and novellaires.

Let me start with some lyrics I wrote many years ago.

[Key: A Minor]

Lavender eyes gaze upon soft red skies

A river of tears flows from viscerian lies

A bridge of old creaks under heavy hooves

Tall shadows of dread thunder close

The maiden clasps her hands

And utters an incantation

In the hopes that the grace of light

Will come forth and SMITE THE NIGHT

As the tall shadows surround her in squalor

They prepare to end her valor

One thing they had not prepared for

Was the Leviathan that CAME TO DEVOUR HER!

[fin]

I never titled this; I had written these twelve years ago and just found them in one of my old backpacks.

I dunno, but what do you think?

Oh, and welcome to Songwriter's Valley!

Please, feel free to share your poetry, lyrics, any of your written art here!

 

[HexMozart88]

Interesting. The way I picture it, it sounds like it'd be in 3/4 time. And it definitely sounds like it would work well with a music box. I'm sorry. I'm being an arrangement snob again. I'll shut up now. Anyway, excellent work, if this were to be made into a song, I'd listen to it.

 

[GoodSelf]

Here's lyrics from one of my new songs:

Spoiler

And there you were,
A fading light.
Stronger still,
than the burning bright.
And I knew I had found,
Love at first sight!
Or so it seems, so it seems, so it seems, so it seems to be.

When I reached out my hand,
You turned to me and said:

Once I was just a normal soul,
Bound to flesh and bone,
Bent and broken so much,
I needed to give up.
Now let me be alone at last,
you cannot change what's in the past, what's in the past…

And she was gone!

When I found you again,
There was a little light.
But my heart did soar,
For it was on this night,
That I knew I had found,
A reason to fight!
And this is real, this is real, this is real, what she does to me.

And as you walked away,
I turned to you to say:

Once I was just a normal man,
With large grandiose plans,
To reap in the world for what it's worth, don't matter who I'd hurt.
But now that we've met I believe,
That all my sins can be…
Can be relived...
They can be relived!

Then we were gone!

Now we are lost, an endless sea
Of all our hopes and dreams,
Left on the shore, taken by waves,
Memoirs of better days.
There is no place I'd rather be,
Then floating with you here, in eternity...
For eternity...
Now we are one!

And here is a link to another song I wrote. Me singing and playing guitar.

http://www.evermoresound.com/downloads/MIX-JOHNNY-APPLESEED.mp3

 

[Reapergurl]

@GoodSelf I like, I like, I like.

I agree with being unable to understand the human race asking 'God' for forgiveness...

 

[KayZaman]

@Reapergurl minor key? It's gonna be sad or ........ song or something. Man, the lyrics really make me hard to compose.

 

[Reapergurl]

@KayZaman Yes, intended to be sad. Also intended to be dramatic (as indicated BY ALL CAPS).

The lyrics in all caps are meant to not have attuned pitch (think Guitar Hero/Rock Band's pitchless lyric phrases).

I really hope a lot of people contribute to this topic; there's no other topic or subforum dedicated to lyrics/creative writing of any kind here and that's a shame!!!

 

[HexMozart88]

If I could dig up some of my old poetry, I would... but it's probably not the best....

 

[Reapergurl]

@HexMozart88 Please, do share. That's what Songwriter's Valley is for.

You may just be surprised, dear...

 

[HexMozart88]

Okay... um... Here are the first couple of paragraphs from my story. This is unedited. Bear with me.

Spoiler: unnamed story

August opened his eyes with a start. Wherever he was, he couldn’t see or hear anything. He wasn’t sure if he’d been deafened by some unfortunate event, or if there was just nothing to be heard. Something told him to keep quiet, not to cry out.

He felt some sort of presence above him, some sort of ceiling, or maybe a lid. He experimentally poked a finger to it, pushing gently. There seemed to be some sort of weight on the lid, sealing it shut. He pushed a little harder, with his whole hand this time, and found that it gave way a little. Whatever the weight above the lid was, it was soft, and fully movable if he could get in the right spot.

He decided to try a different approach. He felt around beside him. The walls of this place were not unlike the ceiling. He moved his hand down until he felt where the opening was. He stuck at first a few fingers through it, then his whole hand, and heaved the lid up. It opened slowly, then very quickly. He received a shower of dirt that disoriented him briefly. Then, with a slight grunt, he heaved himself upwards.

 

[mlogan]

I really hope a lot of people contribute to this topic; there's no other topic or subforum dedicated to lyrics/creative writing of any kind here and that's a shame!!!

[URL]https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/the-writing-thread.66551/[/URL]

[URL]https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/general-poetry.62637/[/URL]

Not to mention dozens of individual topics.

 

[HexMozart88]

She probably means not any that we're able to post in without necroposting.

 

[Reapergurl]

@HexMozart88 Yeah, I wrote a short story when I was much younger that started out similarly. I think it's very nice, for unedited.

@mlogan Yeah; the two posts linked had their last post at 90+ days previous.

Thing is, there's Post Your Music (as in composed music), Random Art, but NOT a dedication to lyrics/creative writing (um, why?)

 

[Ms Littlefish]

For the most part, it's support type topics where necroposting is a concern. Discussion and art threads aren't necessarily strictly beholden to that since they don't always have clear ending points to them. Anyway, don't want to derail. Have fun, guys.

 

[mlogan]

But there is. I just linked two of them. Necroposting doesn't count in these sorts of threads.

 

[Reapergurl]

Necroposting doesn't count in these sorts of threads.

Okay then. So the necropost umbrella is just a guideline. Very shrewd, lol

I still think there should be a pinned/sticky topic dedicated to this, but (there I go looking for sake of convenience, shame on me).

I guess, if we want this to stay on the front page, we must post as often as possible! Come on now, everyone! Join in and sing along! lol

 

[KayZaman]

@HexMozart88 The lyrics is a story, I wanna know the key. I tried C Major key.

 

[HexMozart88]

Lol, no. It's part of a book I'm working on. No lyrics. And no. C major is the last key my book would be in. I despise C major.

 

[ObsidianTrance]

Ah, not a bad idea to share something here for the collective of writers we have. Let's see...Flora in the Basement. Hope to
see more people start sharing literary work.

At the start of the season I was quite optimistic
For I knew one day I would bloom
They bound up the dirt and put it to bed
Now I’m just waiting to bloom
I can still see the sun though I’m shut in the dark
In my heart I now I will bloom
Sprouting with colors that can be admired
At least I’m not the only one impatient to bloom
Dig in my root and stretch out to shoot
In the walls of the potter’s clay
Surely, my purpose is to bloom
Yet there goes today and goodbye to tomorrow
I’m starting to smell the rot of decay
What does spring from the earth leaves much to desire
All I can think now is to bloom
With shriveled up limbs and withering pistil
Winter has set in the bloom
Winter has come too soon

 

[Reapergurl]

@ObsidianTrance That...was...beautiful!!!

 

[ObsidianTrance]

@ObsidianTrance That...was...beautiful!!!

Thank you, madam~ Appreciate it!