Inspire Me/Test Tube Songs

This is the space for logging my lyrics.
Enjoy. Comment.

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erised

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intro/verse:
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start with 3rd repeat of ^:
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i’m watching myself fall to pieces
nothing i know can bring me back

5 pm, october 5, 2009, monday

i get what you mean
but you’re not relating it to me.
take a step back, look at what’s really happening.

Fine Lines Crossed (Off)

**dear Diane, for this song and future reference, do not try to match with/build onto my songs. only cause you dunno how it sounds though. that’ll be for when we’re together in person. works best that way.

[v1]
well i’ve said a few things that i really do regret
but i was following my heart, not my head

[chorus]
tell me, how does it feel
tell me, how does it feel
baby, tell me how you care now
and i won’t take back a word i said
to you when i was hopeless

[bridge]
can you accept that? maybe we weren’t made for eachother
but right now, you’re all i see.

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Idk where this will lead

august 22, 2009 10:58 pm


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i wish you would come
back from that place
it’s been so long
i don’t want to do this
if you’re not here with me and
i can’t see myself
standing with anyone else
we’re going to make it through this new shit
i promise
cross my heart and hope that i don’t miss you.


(i think this is where i’m supposed to be, help me through thiiiisssss)
(i need you so bad right now, help me through thiiisss)


ehhhh kinda stupid.

Made to Fade (Fakes Break) (needs a better name)

August 20, 2009 2:58 AM

I am so aware of what’s happening here.
For once, I wasn’t sure
But now it’s clear(er?) to me.

You try so hard and you won’t quit til you win.
My mind and heart are things you’ll
Have to deal with not being able to get.

It’s too bad that you had to ruin this.
You know what you’ll be missing.
Was it really worth it?

Wake up, you don’t want to fuck things up.
You’re gonng regret every word
That you say,
Every move you’re going to make (planning on making.)
Do you want to lose it all? (Bg: all you’ve built up)
I hope you don’t but it’s not my call.
We won’t help you back up.

You better watch out on that road you’re taking.
(blank) will be thrown at you.
You’re so much easier to break.

Such a shame you couldn’t handle any way but your own.
Maybe if you settled down,
We could have made your home.

It’s too bad that you had to ruin it.
And you know what you’re missing.
Tell me you miss this.

Wake up, you don’t want to fuck things up.
You’re gonng regret every word
That you say,
Every move you’re going to make (planning on making.)
Do you want to lose it all? (Bg: all you’ve built up)
I hope you don’t but it’s not my call.
We won’t be there.

Why’re you calling us out on any thing
you’re finding?
We’re not alone.
We’ve done no wrong to you
Even when you hurt us most.
We have always been there.
It’s not fair.

Wake up, you don’t want to fuck things up.
You’re gonng regret every word
That you say,
Every move you’re going to make (planning on making.)
Do you want to lose it all? (Bg: all you’ve built up)
I hope you don’t but it’s not my call.
We won’t help you back up.



**use less “up” and “it”**

They’re going to eat me alive.

..if I stumble.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjYl1ohW5ew

So… thank you Mark Hoppus for introducing me to the band Metric. They are very very good and I got the album. In it is an acoustic version (with piano, and shakers?) of ‘help, i’m alive.’ I have fallen in love, I don’t care if there is a comma in that song title or not because it means more with the comma. So anyway, it’s a very plain version of the song, but still incredibly good to me. It’s due to the lyrics. THE LYRICS ARE GOOD ON THEIR OWN. And then they add some good music to it. This is what I need to do. Improve on lyrics to improve the overall effect on listeners. Otherwise, my work has a higher chance of being regarded as amature and people will not be intrigued. The lyrics need to relate to people, or if not, they need to be displaying a deeper meaning through metaphors. This is so important. It’s crucial.

Just keep it close…

I JUST REMEMBERED WHY I NEEDED TO DESPERATELY BE IN A BAND. I remembered what made me so serious about this all in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrtZd6lrhk

That fucking video. Everything about it. But I haven’t been acting as though it affected me at all.. and it HAS. This is the kind of music I wanted to create, this is what I wanted to do. And I’m not.. I need to stop making shitty lovey lyrics and be a little more creative. And I need to imagine more intense songs like this. More colorful and intricate. More fun. Once I imagine them, it can’t be too hard to find what it sounds like with instruments. I’m doing this.