Lyrical discussion

This week's competition is about...
Sadness!
Post down below, and the last weeks winner will be announced tomorrow!
Good luck, all!

Hi this is my new song called, "Fade Away."

There's a gun going off
But I can't tell
which side it's pointed at
There's a face in the mirror
But I can't tell
Who it is anymore

It's not supposed to be this way
It's not supposed to be this grey
When did all the colors fade away
When did all the joy and laughter disappear

I close my eyes and all I see
Is my fears
You tell me to look at you
But I'm afraid to open my eyes
You tell me your there
But all I see
Is a world full of hate
Where is the love?

It's not supposed to be this way
It's not supposed to be this grey
When did all the colors fade away
When did the joy and laughter disappear

There's a father hurting
A mother screaming
and a child all alone
It's not supposed to be this way
There's a friend in the corner
A stranger right beside you
Too afraid of what to do
All you have to do
Is just reach out

It's not supposed to be this way
It's not supposed to be this grey
When did all the color fade away
When did the joy and laughter disappear

It's not supposed to be this way
It's not supposed to be this grey
When did all the color fade away
When did the joy and laughter disappear

When did all the color fade away

Because I couldn't come up with a better title: "The Darkness of the Mind"

Please don't forget me,
Don't leave me here in the dark,
searching for the light of dawn,
for all I see is a thousand tears.
The walls are dripping, closing in
Bony fingers wrapping around me,
dragging me down into the darkness,
where all I see is my own reflection, caught between the panes of glass.

I stare into my empty eyes, and see nothing but a grey abyss,
For where have I gone?
Am I really here at all?

No longer do I breathe,
No longer do I see the dawn
No longer can feel the air,
for the walls are closing in around me.
I scream but can't get out,
For so deep am I down here that no longer can they see me.

Is it too late now to turn back?
Am I really so far gone?
Please let me out
I don't want to be here anymore,

Scratching at the walls until my fingers bleed,
Screaming my throat hoarse,
but nobody can hear me

Am I really here at all?
Or just a figment of my imagination?
Am I real, or is this all an illusion?
for it seems no one else can see me.
None hear my scream echoing down the hall,
only the ripples left in the water.

I weep, and tear my hair out,
Trying to find a way,
but the glass keeps on speaking,
my reflection telling me there is no way out,
for too far have I gone.
Too far into the darkness that has wrapped around my heart,
stalked me through the days of life,
and drags me down into this hollow grave,
where the tide laps over my bony ribs,
suffocating the air from my lungs,

Nothing left but a hollow shell.

Is there a way out,
or am I lost?
Do I seek too much to hope for freedom,
or is there a way out?

Please don't leave me here forgotten,
I need to escape,
Oh, I can't see a way out,
will you please let me go.

A thousand tears a wept in sorrows,
And now they drip right through my fingers,
filling my grave,
so potent with ash,
for not I can do nothing but gasp,
pray for air as I fall away,

There is nothing left,
but an empty shell.
Hollowed out, beyond redemption,
Where am I now?

Please don't leave me here forgotten,
trapped inside the cage of my mind,
Please don't forget me

Dang, Monique, you should be a horror writer 😂 That was good.

"Depression"

Caught ya staring at your ceiling,
feel like doing nothing
ooooh your all alone!
Stuck here in your bedroom
no there's nothing that you're
holding on to anymore.

Feel like cryin'
but no tears come to me...
Screaming into the darkness
my infinity!

Crying out for help in this empty room..
if I take the pain away,
what's there to lose?

An endless cycle..

a restless loop..



(I wrote this song for a friend, copying their writing style, otherwise I'm not normally this plain)

War Torn

I cannot sleep. I cry to God
for my mind is in a whirl.
My thoughts, my cares,
my fears of war-
They all seem to swirl.

My heart is sore,
My eyes are red
from the weeping of my soul,
Oh, Lord why to the war
was he led?

I see no longer a world of joy,
only a deep, drear darkness
without my Army boy.

Where are you?
Where have you been?
Are the marches cold and long
Is your head still pounding from the din?
Here, here am I
just a maid dereft of any idea
My hands so helplessly tied.

Sadness engulfs me,
sickness has taken hold of me
For if I was well I would go
to the ends of the world for thee.

How I would seek you,
to bind up your wounds
to bring you food and sing, too.

Are you lonely?
Is the fighting long and hard?
Do you wish for a sight of home,
the fire light warm and comely?
Here am I,
just a maid across the sea
waiting for thee .......
Oh come,
come back alive to me!

Alone Against The World
By: Sushie

I fight, fight, fight,
But I never win.
I try, try try,
But I never can.
I laugh, laugh laugh,
But the tears leak out.

And I can't, can't, can't,
Continue this way.
Oh it's taking over.
But how can I control it?

I want, want, want,
But I never get.
I search, search, search,
But I never find.
I hope, hope, hope,
But I always fear.

And I can't, can't, can't,
Continue this way.
Oh it's taking over,
But how can I control it?

But I keep fighting
Even with the rioting.
I'm alone against the world.
But I keep dreaming
Even with reality
Fighting on their side.
I'm alone against the world.

Here is my submission:
"Enemy"
The Pain she brought to me
The Tears she extracted
The Longing for what she Took Away
Is overwhelming

I wish she would leave,
Leave and never return
But give back my Happy,
Carefree self.
Give back the happy memories.
Give back those days wasted crying.
Wasted feeling absolutely worthless.
Solaced by none,
Everyone oblivious to my suffering
From that
Liar,
Monster,
Harmful
Girl
If she could even be called human.
Who took them away,
Replaced them with none,
And still hasn’t returned them.

She stabbed my heart with knives
Turned my mind, knowledge, and sanity into mashed potatoes.
But the pain, the longing, the tears,
The helplessness
How I don’t fit in,
How I have been left behind,
How No one has noticed.

My friends
Were stolen by this monster.
Pretty and innocent to the world,
A nightmare to me.
I cry an ocean every time I see her,
I let screams blare out every time I see my friends,
Trapped in her cage,
but not knowing.

My Friends
Still have not come back,
have not returned
To me.
To me,
Their true, faithful friend.

"Hate Speaks"

Dust gathers at the bottom of my heart.
The gaze of your eyes hurts the worst parts.
Hate stares me straight in the face and says,
"You'll never get out. You'll stay in this bed."
And he's right, I will, cause I can't see the light.
So how can I tell what's creeping the corners this late at night?
Wait, it's not night? So, why can't I see?
Is it darkness inside, or is it fear within me?
My shoulders hurt from the weight of nothing.
Just three long years of silent fighting,
The tears that hide from even me,
Gather and fill my identity.
One step towards hope, three back to the zeal,
of hopelessness and Hate's free will.
Yet, if I fight for my own cause,
I might just make it through this pause.
But, I don't for Hate still fills my dreams,
And teaches me of saddened things.
So I'll gather more dust at the bottom of my heart,
And hope that someday, I'll have a happier start.
-Harper Nicole

wow. there are a lot of contributions this time!

Yeah, it's so fun! And it only started yesterday!

I know! So great, all of them!

I hope this expands more :'D But it's actually really fun with only my friends at the same time. I love seeing your guy's lyrics.

Yes, definitely dear sis! The competition closes when the poll goes up. and the poll hasn't come up yet. :D

There is always room for more!! You always get a full week, which means you have until Wednesday at midnight!

Ugh, so good! I love that. Kind of relate to it too!

Here's a song that I put to the tune of Riley Clemmons' 'Fighting for Me'. Even though I love this song as it is I thought I could try capturing its minor elements to invoke sadness. Here goes...

I wish that I could
Tell you how I feel
Change the mood and
Make this seem real

We know it’s all fake
But we’re trying to make
It seem like everything is just fine

We meet up at your house
We act like it’s just doubt
Put away our worries and walk in to dine

But oh oh

You are always looking at me
Wondering when I can call all this off
As if we’re simply fighting to believe
That it all happened just like we were told.

I take a step back
Never far enough
You come back again
It’s like pitch and toss

You keep on just staring at me
We keep on just staring at us.

I ask another out and
This all feels true
We seem to be finding
That love is brand new

But you keep showin’ up
Even when I’m feelin’ it’s tough
Eye-contact, always the same

I wish that I could
Make this love good
Enough to silence all of the pain

But oh, oh

You are always looking at me
Wondering when I can call all this off
As if we’re simply fighting to believe
That it all happened just like we were told.

I take a step back
Never far enough
You come back again
It’s like pitch and toss

You keep on just staring at me
We keep on just staring at us.

Please listen to the song first though so you can see where the words fit in. :)

That is beautiful!

Abbie wrote: "Here's a song that I put to the tune of Riley Clemmons' 'Fighting for Me'. Even though I love this song as it is I thought I could try capturing its minor elements to invoke sadness. Here goes...

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Aaw thankyou I'm just hoping it turned out alright this is my first ever proper lyric writing!

amazing for the first time!

Maddie wrote: "amazing for the first time!"

:)

There are SOOOO many here this time. Good job everybody!

Fantastic, everyone!