Cosmic Relativity (FAWM 2018)

Cosmic Relativity

2018-03-01 @ 05:59am
tags:
More of a poem but could be interesting as a synth thing in 3 parts.

Lyrics

We are born
We laugh we cry
We fall down
We sing we sigh
We grow old
-Er by the day
It's so weird
We're meant to be this way
Measured by sunlight
Measured by sunlight

Did you ever look at the stars as they fade into the dawn
Did you ever gaze at the trees and see them breathing
Did you ever laugh while rolling down a hillside
At how ordinary magic is?
At how ordinary magic is?

Cosmic relativity
Signals synchronicity
A space dust serendipity
Consciousness occupies a body
That can love
That can love

Comments

• airbagtester - 2018-03-03 @ 03:28am

  I could definitely hear this as a softly-sung piece over some nice sounding synths, maybe in the style of Ladytron, as sung by Bowie. There's a wonderful mix of existentialism and also measuring ourselves by the universe that I like very much. It's very deep, but without being pretentious.

• julesbf - 2018-03-25 @ 10:26pm

  This definitely reads like a song to me, great rhythm to the lyric and love the rhymes. This is great 'Cosmic relativity Signals synchronicity A space dust serendipity' would love to hear this one

Side Effect (FAWM 2018)

Side Effect

2018-03-01 @ 05:41am
tags:
Ugh this is so rough. Candidate for March Offal Polishing (MOP). Gonna edit severely.

Lyrics

Wake up wake up don't turn on the news
Don't give negativity any views
When there's nothing, nothing you can do
To fix it, just ignore it

Rich old men calling policy
Causing destitution and poverty
For everyone, everyone but themselves They called not it, not it

Chorus:
Watch the world's blood wash down the drain
{This is kindergarten politics
Don't care
Caring is too much pain
Just a side effect}

Before they caused the world to burn
They built themselves big bunkers
They pride themselves on not giving a damn
But that's just a side effect
Of the medications they're on
Entitlement, greed, lust and heroin

Multiple lacerations on the vein
Gaia's in the ICU in pain
Are you ready, you ready to watch mother slain

From a million trees cut down
Airplane trails across the sky
As the insects and the songbirds die

Nero fiddled while Rome burned down
I just wanna skip out of town
Orange disaster in a big white house
But it's just a side effect

I only hoped for my life to count for something good
If that makes me better
It's just a side effect

Comments

• inflatable vegetables - 2018-03-03 @ 06:28pm

  After reading this, I get the impression you're not a Trump supporter :) I like MOP. This year I don't have much to polish. Thanks for posting this!

Mask (FAWM 2018)

Mask

2018-03-01 @ 04:57am
tags: metal
Being targeted by a narcissistic sociopath on top of being disabled is not fun.

Lyrics

Oh see here's the show
Master of disguise
Damnation lurks in the flickering
Shadowy silent silver eyes

Chorus:
Why can't you all see
Through his mask that he wears to deceive
Am I the only one
To pass the test and prove humanity's reprieve

Oh look there he goes
God's gift to women
Thinks he owns you just for existing
Sycophant sickness surrounds him

Bridge:
I'm not his angel to sacrifice
Don't have to listen to those lies
I never said I was a saint
Only Jah's will decides my fate

Tearing me down will
Never build him up
That angel is twisted and fallen
Deviant despair devouring

Comments

• Lady C - 2018-03-01 @ 05:10am

  I think the analogy of the mask is very fitting here. I also love the alliteration you use at the end of each stanza! Very creative and unique in this context. i Can't wait to hear this one! xoxo

Love Song (FAWM 2018)

Love Song

2018-02-26 @ 01:33pm
tags: antivalentine jazz piano girl-with-piano
Oh hey, no chorus! Finally hit one of the extra challenges this FAWM. Woot woot!

Lyrics

You probably thought
This would be a love song
I know you thought
That I still care
I cared about you
When you were a child
It's a long time
Since then

You probably thought
This would be a love song
Although you
Treated me wrong
I loved you once
But the man you became
Is a stranger
To his own soul

You probably thought
This would be a love song
Oh no
And adulations of a crowd
Can never fill
That emptiness inside
Your heart
Only you
Can love yourself
I know you don't
I know you don't

Comments

• Martin Quibell - 2018-02-26 @ 03:16pm

  Great writing Chagall :-) I love the fact that each verse starts the same, which reflects a feeling of having to repeat the same thing all of the time, when you’re constantly reminding people of something. Beautifully flowing!

• mojosarmy - 2018-02-26 @ 08:17pm

  Love it. I agree, that is one of my favorite motifs, and you use it well here.

• Lady C - 2018-02-27 @ 07:00am

  Love how this has no chorus! The flow is great and words are so on point! Just fab! 💙

Ancient Battle (FAWM 2018)

Ancient Battle

2018-02-25 @ 09:06am
tags: epic battle christian
Inspired by the same Tarot card plus the addition of a Bible quote: Ephesians 6:12.

Time signature changes, yasssss! ♥ I think this could be operatic prog metal. With a (choir) would be epic!

The choir line in the chorus with slashes changes after each verse like so: (1/2/3).

Lyrics

Across the dusted horizon
Soldiers gather throughout memory
Waiting, riding, slaying
Stench of blood and grime beneath the storm

Chorus:
Forests fall (forests grow)
Mountains crumble (mountains rise)
Lost in ancient battle (lost in time)
Angels from on high (spread their wings)
Endlessly fighting (flying for our lives/flying for our souls/flying for all hope)
Powers, wickedness, principalities

Beyond the clouds of history
Ravens circle waiting for their due
Warring, killing, dying
Our flesh sacrificed beneath the sun

Bridge:
The mighty powers of this dark world
Seek forever to enslave us free people
Temptations and lust the chains which bind us
To the uncaring evil

Within this constant process
Human will seeks heavenly places
Striving, thriving, resting
In peace of knowledge that we fought well

Comments

• devin - 2018-02-25 @ 04:07pm

  Oooo... I like this epic, dark, struggle-against-our-temptations lyric!

Horses of the Red Sun (FAWM 2018)

Horses of the Red Sun

2018-02-24 @ 10:27pm
tags: synth weird dreamlike cosmic
Inspired by drawing a Tarot card to write a set of lyrics on. Percolated in the back of my mind between the 2 instagram posts while doing other things, then lounged on the couch and wrote it.

Lyrics

How did I get here
What is this wasteland
Forgotten by sweet rain
Unfed
Untamed
Vast cosmic rays

Chorus:
Ahh the horses of the red sun
Hoofbeats strong as they run
Ahh the horses of the red sun
Hoofbeats strong as they run

Who are you now
What do you wish for
Seeking destiny
Encircled
Embodied
Small cosmic face

Glistening drops of
time equals energy
Chariot wheel
Entropy
Ending
Birth cosmic race

Outro:
Lions may try to devour us
But we carry the drum
Drum drum drummm go round run
Drum drum drummm go round run
<<BANG>>

Comments

• Candle - 2018-02-25 @ 04:20am

  This one has a real primal feel to it. I can imagine a very tribal sounding or even celtic sounding music accompanying this. I really like the chorus. Its imagery is very evocative. Would love to hear this as a fully recorded song. Awesome job! See You In The Shadows!