AT’s Comments (group member since Jun 15, 2020)

AT’s comments from the Lyrical group.

I know Christmastime can be a very sad, lonely time for so many people and that it can make them feel more worthless, like they don't care for life anymore. If you are that kind of person, I'd love to be there for you somehow. Feel free to talk with me anytime in the Christmas season, even Christmas Eve! Just drop a message to me. And that goes for anyone from the LGBTQIA community too.

We are one
Our looking eyes hold
No breath out
Wonder stops us both cold
It’s in motion
Our souls have an answer
Cannot look away
Are we fulfilling a prayer?

You and I have begun a new twist
How it’ll go is something only we can resolve
Feel it now, it’s in our hands, not out
What kindles between us can’t dissolve
Look at me and I you, we can see
In each other’s eyes the same bright ember
If I touched your galloping heart
Would it stay this alive even till next November?

For all that we know
We may or may not reach the peak
But we may realize what we seek
Nothing else can bar
The new shape of us for we are
Are one

Hi, I’m new here. I am a songwriter, though not officially, and I don’t really claim that my songs are as eloquently and brilliantly written as those penned by Lloyd-Webber or Anderson-Lopez. But I hope to get better in time.
Here’s a song I wrote for one of my stories, set in Viking times. It’s called “Lament” and it explores the heroine’s feelings after experiencing utter grief when she was woefully tricked into unintentionally leading a guy to wreak his vengeance. (The guy, by the way, had been warned of Jodi, the heroine, to not avenge but he didn’t listen and used her trusting nature to achieve his goal.)
Anyway, all this explained, here’s the lyrics to “Lament”:

I feel alone
I am broken into pieces, their numbers too great
The pain I carry is like a knife
And I feel like my scattering emotions won’t wait
Betrayed, deceived, used
How can I numb myself
To the agony I’m knowing
To feeling that I’m abandoned by God Himself?
Is there a way I can pretend
That my heart won’t continually mend?

Father, I’m tired to the bone
Where’s Your strength that comforts and heals?
There’s shadows that visit me
Offering darkness and gloom as their deals
And my tears speak the truth
That I can’t deny my pain
But I know that regardless of my hurt
You are there, even in the rain

How can I?
How can I keep forgiving and forgiving them
When I’m too drained to do it
And hope from me won’t flow and stem
Because of me, all is lost
Who can get over that?
How could I live on my life
When I know others’ were taken just like that?
Surely I can’t risk again
To trust, to love - too awful would be the strain

Jesus, I don’t know where to turn
Why can’t I feel Your love in my tormented heart?
Sinister voices whisper to me
Dragging me down and tearing me apart
I can’t let go, no matter how I try
Blood mingles inside with tears
Yet I know that though I can’t feel You
You are and know my fears

I don’t think I could go on
It doesn’t feel worth it too
But I have a call to fulfill
So I will cling to you

God, every step I take
Will move to You - I won’t swerve to anyone
Keeping alert ears for Your words
And reminding myself of all for me You’ve done
I’ll try to let go, though I’m crushed
I look to You to restore me
To help me love again and again
Without fail and steadfastly
For I know
You live
And won’t leave me
Nor them
In this mess

What do you think? It’s not quite well-written like Lloyd-Webber’s songs, but it’s the only one I can give here. Hope you enjoy it somehow!