Members LordBTY Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Here's a song idea I've had. The verse is pretty weak at the moment so I don't want to show it to anyone, but I'm wondering if anyone is able to poke at any weaknesses in these lyrics at all? I'll do a recording for it when I'm a little more happy with it. Note: the 'coo ca choo' is a lot like a 'na na na' or 'woaaah' Chorus Am C Em Destiny's quite depressing Am C G7 You're glued to a path, no matter what you do. . F C G7 Gaug G7 You're glued to a path, no matter what you do.... C G7 No no matter what I do, coo ca choo Csus4 CMaj7 G F C A But I will believe, as hope gives me comfort. E7 Am C Am C that I'm destined to be , destined to be Em Eaug E7 Am C to be........ with you, you will see Bridge Am C yes, you will see F G7 you'll see C G7 No, no matter what I do, coo ca choo Verse Csus4 Cm7 G F C A Au revoir to burden 'cause hope clouds our minds Dm Asus4 A Dm G7 I'm for certain, we are still for certain coo-ca-choo-choo-choo Csus4 Cm7 G F C A Au... revoir to burden yes, rose tints our eyes Dm Asus4 A Dm E7 I'm determined we are still determined.....coo-ca-choo-choo-choo (Chorus) Verse 2 Csus4 Cm7 G F C A Au revoir to burden 'cause hope clouds my mind Dm Asus4 A Dm G7 I'm for certain, our paths will be merging, coo-ca-choo-choo-choo Csus4 Cm7 G F C A Au... revoir to burden yes, rose tints my eyes Dm Asus4 A Dm A7 I'm determined to stop all this hurting coo-ca-choo-choo-choo Middle Eight Dm Asus4 A I will escape with you Dm Asus4 A I know this to be true Dm Asus4 A No matter what I do-a-hoo Dm Asus4 A Security will soothe Dm Asus A Rose will tint my eyes and mind A7 E7 I need... you all the time coo-ca-choo-choo-choo Chorus End C A7 G7 Em Eaug E7 A... D.... A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted by LordBTY I'm wondering if anyone is able to poke at any weaknesses in these lyrics at all? Yes - I will quarrel with them.I'm all for weaving the idea of destiny into a relationship song, but you are using it in a fatalistic manner. A fixed set path, no matter what I doSo I'm not sure whether you want to be fatalistic, with no freedom of action whatsoever, or you want to use the word destiny as a direction (or destination) towards which we move, but have the free will to make a change in direction.This might sound a bit high-brow philosophy for a songwriting forum, but I think the nature of the lyric may be better if it were less wooly (fatalistic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RickDieffenbach Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Any chance of a quick demo with vocal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 14, 2012 This is my second visit to these lyrics. At first I had a reaction very much like OGP's. But now.... it strikes me how cool the twist of the concept is. He believes in destiny. But he wants to be with someone. So he'll bend the logic and then believe that his destiny must therefore be... to be with that person. It's kinda odd but at the same time kind of speaks to how we'll adjust out our beliefs based on what suits us. I think it's clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted by oldgitplayer Yes - I will quarrel with them.I'm all for weaving the idea of destiny into a relationship song, but you are using it in a fatalistic manner. A fixed set path, no matter what I doSo I'm not sure whether you want to be fatalistic, with no freedom of action whatsoever, or you want to use the word destiny as a direction (or destination) towards which we move, but have the free will to make a change in direction.This might sound a bit high-brow philosophy for a songwriting forum, but I think the nature of the lyric may be better if it were less wooly (fatalistic). Well, without trying to psychoanalyze anyone, I'm thinking he may be writing from the emotional perspective of someone who feels he has come to intellectual grips with deterministic causality and now must try to find a way to move forward emotionally in a world where will and even desire seem illusory and effort seems futile. That's not a philosophy problem -- it's a life problem, an existential quandry.That said, I didn't feel engaged at all by the lyric as it stands. It's a bit too plaintive and flat footed. Coo ca choo notwithstanding. (Although, for me, personally, as a person, dealing with the aforementioned dilemma, absurdism did seem like the most appropriate response, at least for a while. Ultimately I took my subsequent decline into apathy as a practical refutation of lockstep destiny. Intellectually, I've got no real ammo arguing for the existence of something akin to what most folks probably think of when they invoke the notion of free will, but I found that it was for me, perhaps paradoxically, a useful conceit. As fate would have it. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue deterministic causality....even desire seem illusory and effort seems futile......existential quandry........practical refutation of lockstep destiny. Why are there no more songs about his Rocket 88?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LordBTY Posted October 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wow, I'm surprised by the response. I shall upload a quick demo in a couple of days (probably on Tuesday.) The idea is that destiny is quite depressing in that it strips a person of free will - a fixed set path, no matter what one does. This is could be a bit {censored} if one was destined to have a crappy life. However, I saw a really attractive girl a couple of times in the city I'm living - ran into her a weird amount of times. I joked around with my mates that it was destiny (she was pretty infatuating.) I'm not enough of a creeper to have fallen in love with this girl and of course I don't believe in destiny, but the emotional comfort of knowing one is destined to be with another no matter what is quite tempting. So I wrote a chorus for it - the verses and middle eight get a bit darker. I've put them partially in D minor (subdominant key) to create a huge melodramatic chorus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 It's a tough concept to write around. I like the chord progression on paper, and the lyric is well executed, but I think the central conceit of a fixed destiny will make this a difficult song to write and a difficult song to sell to an audience. I worked on a song with a similar conceit and eventually had to put it aside because it wound up making me depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by blue2blue That said, I didn't feel engaged at all by the lyric as it stands. It's a bit too plaintive and flat footed. Coo ca choo notwithstanding. Is "Coo ca choo" even allowed to be used, after I Am the Walrus? lol (or was that "Coo coo ca jube"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 The male walrus call is goo goo ga joob - and the female walrus response is coo coo ca choo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 OMG, GOO GOO GA JOOB. How could I get so CONFUSED!? lol *slapping self in the head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by rsadasiv It's a tough concept to write around. I like the chord progression on paper, and the lyric is well executed, but I think the central conceit of a fixed destiny will make this a difficult song to write and a difficult song to sell to an audience. I worked on a song with a similar conceit and eventually had to put it aside because it wound up making me depressed. FWIW, here's the thread on that song...http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...ng-to-Fruition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 On first and second read I agreed with Oldgit. After Lee's post I went back a third time and could see where he was coming from. In order for it to work, I think you need another verse, or maybe a chorus, that goes to a 'maybe destiny isn't so bad if it's spent with you' kind of place. Destiny's quite depressing A fixed set path, no matter what I do. A fixed set path, no matter what I do.... No no matter what I do, coo ca choo But I will believe, as hope clouds our minds that I'm destined to be , destined to be to be........ with you, you will see yes, you will see you'll see.... No no matter what I do coo ca choo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Originally Posted by grace_slick OMG, GOO GOO GA JOOB. How could I get so CONFUSED!? lol *slapping self in the head* Still far too similar if that "coo ca joo" stands out melodically, unless you are intentionally making a tip of the cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LordBTY Posted October 18, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 18, 2012 Haven't quite got a vocal demo up yet (it's pretty tricky to play but I'll get it) however, that's the full lyrical work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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