You know your crazy right?

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Kevin j

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« on: June 17, 2014, 02:15:07 PM »
i wrote this a couple of months ago, heavy enough song, i'm not sure what to think of it to be honest, would love some feedback, anything helps and be completely honest,
also, i havent really been able to get a decent melody or music for it, so if anybody wants to they can have a go :)

thanks :)

(verse)
yes i know how it hurts
to look between the lies,
but stare right through,
till they bleed your eyes,

Your sniffing your weary life away,
on the stale scent of denial,
trembling, trying to snuff out,
flashes of your makers betrayal,

(chorus)
you paid your health, your wealth, your dignity,
in search of a state of ecstasy,
you lost your love, your life, your sanity,
sitting here listening to a memory,

You know your crazy, right?
You know your crazy right?

(verse)
you pay plenty for those,
pensive pennies of doubht
to give a glimpse of heaven
high in the clouds

they come quick and hard don't they?
those visions of immoral conscience,
but this unholy air you beg to breathe
cannot cleanse the thoughts you've held since,

(bridge)
You've got blurred vision, yet you can see me clear,
oh, johnny why do you think that is my dear?
the line between sanity feels paper thin
i know you feel pain beneath that cardboard grin

(chorus)
(chorus)

(outro)
you lie here lost and alone, in a smokey breeze,
repress the tales when sprung from their cage,
guess it's why you go crazy for those pills,
guess it's why your crazy...
« Last Edit: June 17, 2014, 02:29:32 PM by Kevin j »
well, that escalated quickly..
-Anchorman :)

Peppermint

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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2014, 03:15:31 PM »
Really like this Kevin J,
Some nice lines in here the chorus is good can't see anyone having trouble putting this to music.
Really nice write  :)

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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2014, 07:11:13 PM »
Hi Kevin, great song and I agree with Peppermint that it will go to music easily.  I listened with a guitar on my knee and it felt great with an up tempo rhythm and was easy to lift in the right places too.
Not sure I'm getting the 'cardboard' smile though, I might be missing the point there but I would have gone with plastic or painted or fractured maybe.
If you've got a band you need to get this in your set, it's really good.
GTB
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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2014, 10:46:31 AM »
I thought this was really good. I love the chorus and thought it was catchy. I can't help you with. Melody as I'm rubbish with that stuff but I agree with GTB about it being up tempo!
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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2014, 12:56:54 PM »
like the paper thin / cardboard grin, suggests a really thick grin if I got that right

plastic grin would work as well as GTB suggested, also works well together with the word paper but that's up to you to decide

the chorus sums the whole song up really well
and it's good that you have an outro with lyrics for this, feels good and satisfying to have a conclusion

good job :)

EE
« Last Edit: June 18, 2014, 01:01:09 PM by EpiphoneEpiphany »

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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2014, 05:21:21 PM »
Some really great lines in there like:
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sitting here listening to a memory
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the line between sanity feels paper thin
My only nit-pick is that the lyrics aren't very conversational which is fine in some musical genres but not in others. Also, felt that a slower tempo would suit because some lines are a bit "thick" meaning that, for a listener to consume them, he will need time to do so. And lastly, some of those "your"'s should be "you're"'s - (esp in the title) don't know why I'm so stodgy on typos.. ???
Hope this helps!
Paul

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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2014, 06:31:22 PM »
Hiii! I think you have some exceptional and unusual lines which I like! I think the line ''you know you're crazy, right'' flows well with the rest of the song and gives it that effective vibe that makes the whole song even better and stronger!
''You've got blurred vision, yet you can see me clear'' -- that line is just amazing!
The subject you decided to write about is one many artists write about nowadays, as well, so I like how you stayed original with this. Good job! :)

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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2014, 01:01:48 AM »
Really like this Kevin,

some excellent lines in there..

pensive pennies
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really nice bit of alliteration, also I thought pensive meant something different, so thanks for making me google it.

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the line between sanity feels paper thin
i know you feel pain beneath that cardboard grin

Reading it through I really liked the "cardboard grin" line

But if you do consider changing it, I would offer up "chemical grin"

Also the title is fantastic.

Good luck with finding someone to put it to music, as other people have said its all there. So someone will snap this up.

Kevin j

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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2014, 04:53:17 AM »
thanks everybody for the comments, a great help

peppermint - thanks, glad you like it :)

GTB- thanks, yeah i've been messin about with it but as of yet at least, i cant find anything i'm happy with, unfortunately i'm not in a band as well...

booboo- thanks :) i think i'll try and go with it up tempo then, if thats the way it comes across :)

EpiphoneEpiphany - thanks, yeah you got the paper thin/cardboard grin thig spot on :) plus a plastic would be a lot more common, which is another reason why i chose cardboard, thought it might be more memorable :)

Paulski- thanks, yeah i'll fix up the typos :), and i'm still messing about with it and it would have helped if i'd written it more conversational..

Nellie- hah thanks! i tried to make it more original, glad it worked :)

Onemanband- when i was writing it tbh i didnt really know what it meant, must have come from some book i read, so i had to google it myself :) glad you like it, and i hope someone does snap it up, i'd like to see someones musical interpretation of it :)
well, that escalated quickly..
-Anchorman :)