Tag Archives: original song

I’ll let him in on one secret…

Another Day

 

It’s six AM on Saturday

Good morning – time to get outta my head

Even in the hypothetical context I’m insane

 

I don’t wanna get on the level of careers

Law firms are for the birds – I’m an artist

Animating another man’s man in my deathbed

 

I’ve been looking for homes – I found an orchestra’s stage

It’s got a nice bed – the mice feel the same way

 

Sorry, baby, I can’t wish you

 

Happy weekend forever after!

I’m long gone and drafted

Saturday – just another day

Another day – I should have kept you at reach

And now it’s all just me

 

It’s six AM on Saturday

Good morning – time to get outta my head

Even in the hypothetical context I’m insane

 

I don’t wanna get on the level of careers

Law firms are for the birds – I’m an artist

Animating another man’s man in my deathbed

 

I’ve been looking for homes – I found an orchestra’s stage

It’s got a nice bed – the mice feel the same way

 

Sorry, baby, I can’t wish you

 

Happy weekend forever after!

I’m long gone and drafted

Saturday – just another day

Another day – I should have kept you at reach

And now it’s all just me

 

I’m trying, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh

And I’m still denying whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh

 

Happy weekend forever after!

I’m long gone and drafted

Saturday – just another day

Another day – I should have kept you at reach

And now it’s all just me

 

Happy weekend forever after!

I’m long gone and drafted

Saturday – just another day

Another day – I should have kept you at reach

And now it’s all just me

The Father of the Vagabond

Dog Tags

 

The skies of grey are an overwhelming flurry

Rustic bandages hold together the clouds

Nuclear-felt wraps around him like a cobra

Wounds fresh from the crash, heart on a tightrope

This is his duty to those he has known

 

His actions will not bring effects for millennia

Crawling amongst a town that is simply remnants

Fingers tremble as they brush a stone, longing a bandage

For he can’t go on

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

Images on the projector of black and white

The green light in his eyes radiates across the waters

Old factory, a princess’ smile, the passing of automobiles

It’s a trip on a train as the scenery breaks barriers

Fulfillment f the academy’s duties when the call came

He’s never doing well for his days on infinity

Resting his head on the city’s smoking history

He could paint his name on the dirt beneath him

But the days to fall out would force it away

 

Stain it now

With every color

 

The boy with the name of strength pierces his vision

‘Aiden’, I leave you, there’s no place for men against their words’

The promise smokes in a velvet chair, coughing up tar

‘Break your finger, father, it’s time for a home on the border’

 

Leave behind the signature on tags
Leave your sign

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

A wish to sing the lullaby one last time

To guide them in society’s uprising

For the story to breathe on more pages

For the symphony to play one final chord

 

A ban on my life for acts of pride, those damned acts
Put out a cigarette on his window and a hand a lighter to his son

Vengeance sharpened at the nails but not at his head

The world fades and valor is his guilty pleasure

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

All soldiers bleed

All soldiers bleed

 

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

 

My WIP story tentatively titled “Dragmaster” is a story of tragedy, love, life, and death. And this song stems from those exact ideas.

“We’ve Learned To Touch, When Will They Learn To Feel?”

Laissez Faire’s The Lazy Repair

 

(Where’s the party?)

So get it straight- red and blue skid the scene

Boycott riot version pain-is-life point zero

Led by punk rollers by day

By night they’re black-eyed seeds

 

Call me dead-ringer

When I’m really a dread-ringer

20 dollar dreams they want more than rings

Give them the motive, they’ll kill themselves for you

 

You’ve got legs? Use my lady

You’ve got legs? Well, use ‘em baby

I think like the DNA

The DA to rightful thought

 

Truth to lies, past surfaces on eyes

Let it be, let them talk, let it be

The way they need

 

Passport paradise unannounced

Let it be, let it be, let it out

G-get out now

 

(Don’t ever dare)

To correct us all for another penny

You killed the speaker for preaching for love

Lead punk rollers by day

They’re drunk sober by night

 

And I’m not playing

The bad boy is singing

“The poor keep getting poorer, the rich inject the green”

I’ve got a motive, I might just kill for them

 

You’ve got legs? Use my lady

You’ve got legs? Well, use ‘em baby

I think like the DNA

The DA to rightful thought

 

Truth to lies, past surfaces on eyes

Let it be, let them talk, let it be

The way they need

 

Passport paradise unannounced

Let it be, let it be, let it out

G-get out now

 

Dead ringer, dread ringer

Gold ringer

Dead ringer, dread ringer

Gold ringer

Dead ringer, dread ringer

Gold ringer

Dead ringer, dread ringer

Gold ringer

 

Truth to lies, past surfaces on eyes

Let it be, let them talk, let it be

The way they need

 

Passport paradise unannounced

Let it be, let it be, let it out

G-get out now

The Musings on Purgatory’s Bench

The Musings on Purgatory’s Bench

 

All stars, every star

Only rusted colors recall their knowledge

Watchmen sent from above

Golden constellations kept me as I was

 

But not as I am

Not who lives under these eyes

I’m not who I am

Not these sunken, blackened eyes

 

I’m bunkered in a broken chapel

Dwindling among teeth-scratched sadness

But I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel

That twinge of white

Spark against my heart

Innocence whispers

My war is all for you

 

The glowing fort shines

Pleading for my spirit to come into the sun

So orange and free

Clocks break the news and my sickly skin

 

But there’s the lock binding my hands

To undesired devotion

 

But not as I am

Not who lives under these eyes

I’m not who I am

Not these sunken, blackened eyes

 

I’m bunkered in a broken chapel

Dwindling among teeth-scratched sadness

But I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel

That twinge of white

Spark against my heart

Innocence whispers

My war is all for you

 

Whoa; real wars are no such guide

Whoa; vintage bliss is all I need

Whoa; you are my constellation

Whoa; Now I’ll follow the moon toward home

 

I’m bunkered in a broken chapel

Dwindling among teeth-scratched sadness

But I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel

That twinge of white

Spark against my heart

Innocence whispers

My war is all for you

 

 

Between You & I, This Is No Secret…

It is late, and I have school tomorrow morning. The stress of senior year is finally mounting, and I feel I am handling it relatively well. Despite the need for sleep, I feel the need to share a song that I consider to be one of my most personal and one of my works I take the most pride in.

At least a year or so ago, I learned a film titled Ratchet & Clank was going to be released in 2015. The film is based off of a video game series I have enjoyed my entire life, and something about the short trailer struck me. Perhaps it was the nostalgia talking, whispering little words that got me weak in the knees. In the strangest way, I have come to connect with the series’ protagonist, Ratchet, on various levels. Not that I sit around and compare myself to fictional characters all day, but I feel everyone does connect with one somehow. I pondered it for the longest times: our lack of a father figure, our constant confusion as to where we belong. So, this came out of it.

This song, I feel, was a symbol for myself moving past the extremely dark phase I mentioned a few posts back. The depression was cut away with a knife of poetry. And although the song is simple, not too metaphorical, and something that could be very well mistaken for a love song, I still smile when I read it.

Sometimes it’s a rough track

Sometimes I pull my hair

Most times I get it all out, get over it now

Sometimes I spill my guts

Sometimes you’re just too much

Most times I’ll say you’ve got some alpha and omega

This first verse… I just love it. It seems like a bit of a dysfunctional relationship between the two. Our lovely speaker is pulling his hair, spilling his guts, confessing that he gets sick of his friend sometimes. But he goes on to compliment them, saying “Yeah, you’ve got flaws, and I do to, but you’re still sorta cool.”

Do you really think I say “no”, the correct answer?

Smiles can be bigger, but cocking won’t make it much better

Every memory is ink in my farewell letter

Complex for laughs fully loaded can’t be much quieter

This is an instance in which I have no clue what I was saying. But, as I look at it, it seems to be exaggerating these five words: “I’ve always got your back.”

Sometimes I go escape through the trees

Some nights I just can’t stay

With explosions, machines, your insanity

Because I feel the need for early days

Sometimes I need your adrenaline rush

Some days I peek into our hazard’s new place

Light it up, repair us, loving all that we are

And we’re not going anywhere

The chorus is the part that makes me smile a bit. The first half explains, “Yeah, I like to get away now and than. You really are a pain in the ass.” The second half, though, recovers and basically states “I’d rather have your insanity, your problems, your pain, your darkness.” They need one another just to exist. They’re like good and evil, albeit the pair seem to bicker more than lock themselves in an eternal struggle.

Sometimes you piss me off

Some nights arguments will stall

Some nights the prey shall hunt the blood-lusting predator

Sometimes I fall inside

Some months I lose myself

Most years you feel that aura, I just can’t help

The second verse starts with my not-so-typical vulgarity I put within songs. I put a few other words in here that could cause some gasps, but who hasn’t heard a few swear words before?

Anyways, I feel from the start to the “blood-lusting predator” states that the tables always turn. We are at one another’s throats one minute, but the next we are totally fine. The second half is that personal touch I like to add. During the period in which I was bitter and angry and constantly being rude to companions, I feel I “fell inside” and “lost myself”. But some people related to it, understanding that I couldn’t help the anger and destructive attitude.

Trading tools for the arms race each day after day

I hold onto every word, tomorrow or today

Just wish to sew that mouth shut in some sarcastic ways

But I’d trade my whole life for one of those yesterdays

This bridge contains the song’s title, which I have to reveal. The first line is the strangest and could probably be changed. However, it just makes sense. “I’d rather create a beautiful mess than fix what’s already long gone” is what I am trying to say. By that phrase, I’m trying to say that I’d rather move on than keep trying to fix what is already left behind me. I’d rather prepare for the future. The second line? Relatively simple: I’ll trust your words, whether they promise me something tomorrow or today. Another line about being sick of one another is the third. It leads so perfectly into the final line…

But the last line… That’s where I feel the song shines. After admitting they have problems that can’t be fixed, that our imperfections are our scars from life, he says he’d love to have those old days back. Looking at it now, I understand what I was trying to say: it’s another line of pure emotion. It’s an apology to those I’d been so damn dark toward, that I’d insulted and tore apart and left for dead. Even now, I do not feel fully acquainted with those people.

Repeat the chorus, and we are brought to the next and final verse.

Some nights my eyes are light

Sometimes I plan no scheme

Sometimes I fuck it up for your silver-plated faith

Some days I understand

Sometimes you’re a black heart

Most times bullets fly in the dark but it’s for this road

The first two lines are along the lines of stressing, showing that we care, ruining things just to show we love this person. Not in a sexual way, of course. I value friendship far more than love, a form of artificial obsession. But he then says, “You’re a black heart”. This other person still has those dark moments of accusation. However, the “bullets shot in the dark” are chances they both take, and there is a general understanding about them.

And then the bridges repeat, the chorus repeats twice, and my pride and joy titled “Those Yesterdays” ends here. Every bit of the song was inspired by the tracks “Through The Trees” by Low Shoulder, “Just One Yesterday” by Fall Out Boy feat. Foxes, and a few songs I threw out around that time. Usually with songs I would just give a brief explanation and the lyrics, but I simply cannot do that with this song. It is a personal entry into a new beginning for myself, for my whole life.

I’ve learned so much from this song. It is a somewhat painful reminder that we all have our flaws, and that we all have someone who is going to accept it and live with you. I just love it. Thank those fictional characters from a silly video game for the initial idea. I know I definitely do every time I read this song.