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moonage-t 12-11-2007 08:17 PM

Tell me that practising has at least slightly improved my writing
 
why do you tell me that you're so alone?
As if I'm not here at all
It's not within my reach to overthrow the queen
because my hands are always tied to your bedpost
every night we breathe into our pillows
and pretend to believe
that all these nightmares are just barricades
protecting our wonderful dreams

but the worst thing of all
was when my voice croaked and died
and calling your name
worked even less than it used to.

Dizzys in the wolf 12-12-2007 07:47 AM

I think this is a great improvement from your last piece you put up here. I love the imagery you've used with the bedpost and all that. I think the last part is weaker than the rest of it, its a good idea but you just need to go about saying it differently.

moonage-t 12-12-2007 09:22 AM

thanks very much for the comments, the last part was something that's been swimming around in my head for a while but I keep struggling to represent it well in the form of lyrics

under 12-12-2007 09:38 AM

:thumb:

nice job...

acenoface 12-12-2007 09:58 AM

Good imagery, yes, but I don't see a rhyme scheme or a rhythmic pattern. It seems more like free verse than a lyric

Dizzys in the wolf 12-12-2007 10:01 AM

but the worst thing of all
was when my voice croaked and died
and calling your name
worked even less than it used to.

Calling your name/With a dead voice/So ineffective/It didn't make a noise or something maybe? I dunno ^^ but it'll come to you eventually.

moonage-t 12-12-2007 10:15 AM

hmm I wanted to keep the last line as I wanted to make it clear that calling the girl's voice had little impact even before the protagonist's voice had died.

Like, the "worked even less than it used to" line

Dizzys in the wolf 12-12-2007 10:50 AM

^_^ you could run it over the top with a nice harmony.


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