Preprise

Well, being around other writers might revive your muse.

I didn't shoot her, I promise

You buying me scotch = instant awesomeness!

This is great! Re-entry successful no initiation required. It's a good time to come back. Good things will be happening here.

I heard there is a field

Where they eat a feast.

First they kill the beast

And then they taste the meat.

The pattern fits the plan.

Are you tough enough?

Were you made to last?

Can you wield the shield?

This ain't no children's game.

If you got the stuff

You'll die in the cast.

You'll have mass appeal.

This ain't no children's game.

The pattern fits the plan.

Thank you!

Click the lyrics to view a trippy video of this song.

Well, I'm flattered that you feel my music is of professional caliber but Texas is rather far for this eastcoast Canadian.

I heard about SXSW but am not sure what it is or how I could participate.

Care to elucidate?

Click here to view a video of this song

You fill me up

Like a flood

And I stay up to clean the blood.

You dress the wound,

Kiss my sacred lips

Then revere me like a god.

You steal my secret wish

And steal my broken brain.

Leave me to sing a dry refrain.

Oh! Lead my heart

To a cold abyss!

Tell me nothing.

Nothing tastes like this.

Tell me nothing beats the best.

I hear the secrets

Whispered in the rain.

I read the writing in the sky.

I hear the creatures

Whispering my name.

I see them with my mind.

They lead my heart

To a cold abyss

And tell me nothing.

Nothing tastes like this.

Tell me nothing beats the best.

Interesting!

Very well done!

Brings to mind the Pratyekabuddha yana.

 

Hmmm, and what exactly is that?

Click the lyrics to watch a trippy video of the song.

Click the lyrics to watch a performance.

Lyrics:

That's very intense!

I'm glad you liked it and thanks for participating! It was fun wasn't it?

Here you go friends! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKCuLJI68vA

Well. Here you go Jason. I really didn't have time to get to this sooner. It's not a very solid attempt, I admit. But it's more of a social comment anyway. Still, feel welcome to use it if you still want to do this ^^

Here goes:

 

Beat the eraser

 

You'd think that writing a song is not

not too difficult

You'd think that writing a symphony

would be a piece of cake

Yet we all stood

twiddling our thumbs

 

You'd think a writing community

would just shake their arms

And lyrics would come rolling out their sleaves

Yet that seems untrue

As we all stood

scratching ideas

 

Pen mightier than the sword

but eraser still beats the pen

Just confidence and

some random words will

beat the eraser

(kinda stuck here. I guess I'd space it: eighth note(beat)-eighth rest-eighth(the)-three quarters(e-ra-ser) syncopated between the beats, crossing one eighth into the next measure. if you know what I mean )

 

So then here is my attempt

my attempt at this

songwriting thing that we do so well

just to save our face

since writing is

what we do best

 

Pen mightier than the sword

climb into your pens!

Find inspiration

just inspiration

and beat the eraser

 

AWESOME! Look for video within a few weeks. These 60 hour weeks are eating time.

So awesome!

I was rather heartened by how 'The Pen is Mightier than the sword!' fit so swimmingly into the refrain - but I was sure you wouldn't want your tune stolen for our own gleefully self-entertaining interests.

 

I would've sang anything you wrote.

Oh well...

Uhm...

This ends in five days... If there are no submissions, I will kick a puppy. You wouldn't want that would you?

Intense!