Apathy For A Friend

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Furry61

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« on: October 08, 2018, 05:24:59 PM »
Most of my lyrics already have a voice and as I have a publishing agreement I am unwilling/unable to share much but to give you an idea of how to develop an idea, this is a lyric with a very simple message, it is a call for help from a friend that falls on deaf ears. Hope you like it (currently it is still just a lyric).

APATHY FOR A FRIEND                      Lyrics by Geoff Matthews
VERSE
Hello friend can I tell you when,
The World was at my shoulder.
That was what she said,
On the day her dream had died.
The next time I saw her,
She was bent and she was crying.
So I fixed a smile for her,
While I looked the other way.

CHORUS
And it’s a long way down, to the bottom of the ocean.
It’s a long walk back, to reach the upper ridge.
It’s a long way across, to find edge of nowhere,
All it takes is time and a little circumstance.

VERSE
I knew that she was crying,
For things she’d never thought of.
She knew those things were dreams
And those dreams had gone away.
I recall I said to her,
Tomorrow you’ll be wiser.
But she failed to understand,
So that was all I had to say.

CHORUS
And it’s a long way down, to the bottom of the ocean.
It’s a long walk back, to reach the upper ridge.
It’s a long way across, to find edge of nowhere,
All it takes is time and a little circumstance.

MIDDLE
The stuff you find will bind your weary footsteps,
The stuff you find will halt you in your tracks.
The stuff you find will make your heart turn over,
And it may leave you there with no way back.

VERSE
It’s hard to feel some empathy,
When all you got is apathy.
It is hard to give a reason,
When you look the other way.
It is hard to take it standing,
When you ain’t got momentum.
And the things you never thought of,
Are the things you miss today.

CHORUS
And it’s a long way down, to the bottom of the ocean.
It’s a long walk back, to reach the upper ridge.
It’s a long way across, to find edge of nowhere,
All it takes is time and a little circumstance.



PART VERSE OUT
Hello friend can I tell you when,
The World was at my shoulder.
That was what she said,
On the day her dream had died.
Yes, that was what she said,
On the day her dream had died.

Furry61

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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2018, 05:14:52 PM »
Any feedback on this particular lyric both good and bad would be appreciated, interested in your comments all :-)