|
Register | Blogging | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
06-18-2006, 04:10 AM | #1 (permalink) |
They call me Tundra Boy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In your linen cupboard.
Posts: 1,166
|
Work in progress...
Hutu Suicide
I can still hear the soldier boys Singing in the square I still feel the need to join With the voices there Years of bitter stories Kindling needing fire A violent tongue that guides us Creates the spark required Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Now the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain Reminded of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away Action bettered sense that day Reason brushed aside All my morals swept away In the human tide So loud they must have heard us As the church doors opened wide Blood to end the service As terror dulled their eyes Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Now the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain Reminded of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away History records In two months, a million killed The few of those I witnessed Haunt me still Now I stand at the border Calm at last A clifftop over water This is where I choose to pass "Forgive my foul misdeeds I repent my mistakes" Screaming these words out I throw myself into Kivu lake "Forgive my foul misdeeds I repent my mistakes" Screaming these words out I throw myself into Kivu lake For the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain They remind me of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away |
06-29-2006, 03:14 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
Atchin' Akai
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Unamerica
Posts: 8,723
|
Quote:
|
|
06-29-2006, 04:06 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
Music Addict
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 699
|
Quote:
Very cool DRMO. I like new topics with a fresh writing style. I really have nothing to say to fix... do an x2 if you are repeating something, imo. I know I don't like reading the same thing twice in a row if I can help it. Uh.. well, one line (the one I highlighted) - I dont know... I feel like it breaks the flow, something doesn't fit in... let me see... I think it may be the hard "THE" only spark required, maybe - the same idea... but "Is the only spark required" may work better or "To create the spark desired" - I dunno, that's my opinion and it's very, very nitpicky. Gj |
|
07-14-2006, 08:52 AM | #5 (permalink) |
They call me Tundra Boy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In your linen cupboard.
Posts: 1,166
|
Buuuump.
I just wrote many more lyrics for this song, so please peruse and let me know your thoughts. (In particular, do you think the last verse moves from 'guilty' to 'suicide' too quickly, how could I affect this transition more smoothly? Meaning: "History records A million killed The few of those I witnessed Haunt me still Now I stand at the border Calm at last A clifftop over water This is where I choose to pass" Is that too abrupt a jump between topics?) |
07-14-2006, 09:14 AM | #6 (permalink) |
dontcareaboutyou
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 5,188
|
I don't think it's jumpy. I like the whole thing and it's very well written.
__________________
http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/ |
07-23-2006, 12:46 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
Full-Time Hellion
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: PA
Posts: 1,531
|
Quote:
I like it. And does the last line (this is where I choose to pass) fade out? Just curious
__________________
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche |
|
|