Lyrics
Something Real
First off, "Something Real" is just a working title. Second, this is, pretty obviously, a Christian-rock style song. It's about the difficulty of living a dual life; doubting God and feeling far away from Him, but trying to convince yourself and others that everything is okay. It relates to the way people tend to pursue impossible tasks instead of realistic ones, so that they never have to face change or deal with reality -- and even though there's something in our hearts that knows the truth, we kill anybody who tries to stop us from defending our nice, familiar shadows (a la Plato's Cave). I have some idea of music for most of it, so I'll add the chords when I get them all worked out.
(Intro -- four measures, same length as four lines of verse, with the same chord progression as the chorus)
(Verse 1)
The body's silver, the blood is gold,
"Nature's hardest hue to hold"
Empty words, wandering souls,
fractured thoughts and broken hearts
four-measure instrumental
She lives a dual life
Transparencies shielding strife
Eventually, she'll learn to hide
Or she'll tear herself apart
...
She hides behind her smile
Crying all the while
two measures, with percussive lead-in
(Chorus)
All the doubts inside your head
Make you wonder why He's dead
And the words that you have said
Are how you wish you could feel
And you know why He was born
Yet inside your heart is torn
Your soul is drunk, asleep, and worn
Crying "give me something real!"
four measures
(Verse 2)
Why must human nature always be
To hide from possibilities
We never step outside and see
That we defend our prison walls
We pursue our fantasies,
Illogical though they may be
We just hide inside our dreams
And hope Fortune comes when called
...
We hide behind our smiles
Crying all the while
two measures, with percussive lead-in
(Chorus)
All the doubts inside your head
Make you wonder why He's dead
And the words that you have said
Are how you wish you could feel
And you know why He was born
Yet inside your heart is torn
Your soul is drunk, asleep, and worn
Crying "give me something real!"
no instrumental in between
(Bridge)
Crying out, crying out,
Crying "give me something real"
"My, how the world still
Dearly loves a cage!"
Free yourself, free yourself,
Turn around and see what's real
You only know the
Shadows in the cave!
one measure, no percussion, note fades ... possibly modulation and key change, but maybe not ... chorus kicks in again
(Chorus repeat, only different words)
It's more than you, it's more than me
Far beyond our reality
Yet today you just can't see
And you just don't want to feel
Why do you choose to slip away?
Don't you want just one more day?
No, there's nothing I can say
That will give you something real!
4-measure instrumental
(Playout)
Free yourself ...
Free yourself ...
You know what's real.
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Not usually a fan of christian rock, to be honest, but I also hadn't heard much actual meaningful stuff other than the repetitive "Praise Him" stuff.
I really like this one. It has meaning. It's also nice to see someone else musical. I'm a music major myself, and your little notes helped me to visualize [not the best term, I'm sure, but whatever] what it would sound like.
Also, it would appear I'm not actually the first to post lyrics. Neat.
I like this a lot, I don't ussually get to hear people admit to doubt in religion but genuine truth is a nice change for me. Can't wait to see more of your work.