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04-28-2011, 04:37 AM | #261 (permalink) | |
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"Void" song lyrics
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Below are lyrics for a song, "Void," that I started over a year ago, inspired by MusicBanter. At the time I had been reading quite a few lyrics in the songwriters' section in which the writers were describing being saddened to the point of despair by unrequited love or love gone wrong. I wanted to write a song that gives people a thought-process they can use to try to feel more accepting and less traumatized when a relationship doesn't work out. Not that I haven't felt traumatized by break-ups! But over time...and after enough break-ups ...I realized that I'd survive and the ending of the relationship was probably for the best anyway: *************************************** "Void" by Erica He’ll do what he needs to do. She’ll do what she needs to do. They’ll do what they need to do, even if it’s not being with you, to be happy, to be happy, and now they’re gone. Sure, you’re missing him. Sure, you’re missing her. Sure, you’re missing them and the dreams you had that never were making him happy or making her happy like you all along. Now you’re trying to get yourself in order. You feel like a vacuum and life’s a mess. Remind yourself they had nothing to offer and why would a vacuum want emptiness? You don’t need emptiness. He tried the best that he could. She tried the best that she could. They tried the best that they could and it didn’t work, but at least now it’s good that he’s happy and she’s happy and they’re moving on. Sure, you’re missing him. Sure, you’re missing her. Sure, you’re missing them and the dreams you had that never were making him happy or making her happy like you all along. Ignore the voice that says you’re worthless and feel like a vacuum with life a mess. Remind yourself of all that you offer and you don’t need anyone’s emptiness. You don’t need emptiness. Have no regrets when it comes to love. We all just feel what we can. No one should expect to receive what another doesn’t have to give. We can’t love on demand. Have no fear when it comes to love. When you feel it give as much as you can. If you’re holding back to avoid the cost, you’ll never love, but think what you’ve lost, for love doesn’t grow by command. He’ll do what he needs to do. She’ll do what she needs to do. They’ll do what they need to do, and now you will be doing that, too, to be happy, you’ll make your life happy, and you’re moving on, you’re moving on, oh you’re moving on. ***************************************
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04-28-2011, 02:00 PM | #262 (permalink) | ||
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04-28-2011, 03:37 PM | #263 (permalink) | |
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Well, *I* had some issues with the lyrics, which is one reason i waited so long to post them. I never found a way to correct the problems, which are inherent in the song's basic concept, so I finally just gave up. First, a minor problem: I'm afraid it sounds as if I'm singing about a vacuum cleaner. When I wrote "vacuum" I hoped people would think "vacuum" as in "empty space lacking matter," but whenever I read these lyrics I now envision a vacuum cleaner and start to laugh. I laughed for a year before deciding to post them anyway. Second, a MAJOR problem: the song kind of sounds like I'm singing to someone who is involved with a man AND a woman at the same time. I never figured out a way to prevent this potential impression that the song is about a failed polygamist relationship. On the positive side, I realized there aren't many songs to boost the spirits of polygamists whose love relationships have failed. So my lyrics may fill a niche much in need of filling! My lyrics make me think of writing a REAL polygamist song, something like this: "Wife Number One hates me. Wife Number Two hates me, too. But Wife Number Three, she was so good to me, until Number Four said 'I do.'" Quote:
J/k! Thank you for commenting on the lyrics. Your words motivate me to record the song sooner rather than later.
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I don't feel like the second problem is really a problem. I didn't get that feeling while reading it. I felt like you were singing the song to a group of people and there were males and females in the audience. Not like you were singing it to one person that happened to be into women and men.
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Thanks, dj!
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I thought about your question/suggestion: "If you're convincing people to live a lifestyle you might want to befriend them first?" I understand your meaning...you attract more bees with nectar rather than with vinegar, right? That makes sense except...I would never befriend someone with a goal of convincing that person of something. That wouldn't be friendship, in my opinion. That would be me having an ulterior motive. So, that is one reason I try to state my viewpoints as openly and boldly as I can in my lyrics, which I feel show a mixture of anger and horror and sympathy toward people and their behaviors, choices, and emotions. Also, I think I'm writing songs more to express my feelings and viewpoints rather than convince anyone to have my view. However, I *have* sometimes tried gently to show people my thought-process to encourage them to break down their assumptions about whom they can love and why. For example, here's a post from a while back... Quote:
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05-28-2011, 01:35 PM | #270 (permalink) |
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Wow. Long time, no chat, Erica. Good to see you're still going strong. I don't have any criticism for any of your work in particular, but I will later when I have more time to read your new stuff.
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