I finally get around to sharing some of my own lyrics.

I talk about songwriting a lot, but I very rarely share any of my own lyrics, which seems weird to me. I'm quite shy about my own songs, but since this blog is fairly private I figured "WHY NOT?" Here are some lyrics I wrote; one song is more "ancient" ("Twilight" was written in Grade 10, and I recently edited it to make it less angsty. Even though it's still super angsty. But you know what, we need angst in our life sometimes) and one song is more recent ("Film of My Life" was written last summer).

"Film of My Life" was written in Summer 2019. I've been working on producing the song since then but have never gotten around to finalizing it. It's a song about feeling young and old at the same time, and feeling like your life is a movie which is both an amazing feeling and a really really scary one. And it's a song dedicated to somebody I had feelings for at the time.

"Twilight" I wrote in Summer 2018, and it was originally titled "Shadow Demon". I got rid of that, because first off, what, and second off, stop. That's a bit too intense and angsty for me, but I guess when you read the song it sort of makes sense. The song is about infatuation and unrequited affections.

Here are the lyrics for both of them.

Film Of My Life

It's the film of my life

That we watch in the park

I know it's in black and white

We don't need colours to talk.

It's the film of my life

And we're both stars now.

When you walk on the set

You're the best one around.

HOOK: It's so far to go home

But it's too cold in the woods.

I don't know if I want it,

I don't know if I should.

It's the film of my life

That we watch in the dark

Our hands intertwined,

But no hint of a spark.

It's the film of my life

And I wish you would dance.

But we won't stop till you smile

Just give it a chance.

(HOOK)

Do we forgive ourselves for who we used to be?

Does God look down on us for what we still believe?

Are we the promises we keep, or what we do? I'm still afraid of all the oaths I made to you.

(HOOK)

Twilight

Don't tell me he's not suffering,

I hear it through his laughs

But his eyes follow something else,

And I see her, fade to black.

Because if he's just a shadow,

I will not cast a light;

I'll step into the darkness,

To have him in my life.

HOOK:

Just know that if you were lost in the shadows

I'd say "step into my light"

And maybe we would fall apart,

Or maybe we would fight.

But if you didn't like my glow,

I would walk with you to dusk.

Our hands entwined,

No pain this time,

The twilight over us.

When I see him, my mind is left behind

And my eyes are in their caves.

The feelings I can't reconcile

They take me as their slave.

Because if he's just a devil,

I would follow him to hell.

We would both be set on fire,

But all would still end well.

(HOOK)

But there is nothing in the moonlight,

And there's nothing in the stars.

I'm left burning alone,

In darkness with all of my scars;

I followed you through shadows,

And now I'm left there, too.

You've left me for another world,

And for someone just like you.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for your support. Feel free to comment down below and let me know what you think.