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The Big Test
I've dabbled with free-form lyrics and writing new lyrics for a previously lyricised song, so now it's time to see if I really have any ability. I'm going to to find an instrumental piece and either write new lyrics for it, or adapt one of my existing pieces for it. I'm looking at Apocalyptica's stuff for something to work with. I'll post when I've got something worth sharing.
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LYRICS: Muse 1.0
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All that my muse has inspired
Imagine a web shimmering with dew
Warming air gently breathes right through
The dark ember lying cracked under the pyre
The brisk wind whipping it back to fire
Look back into the dripping trees
With curling ground mist wafting free
Look up through your sharp mind's eye
See the bright cerulean sky
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Good and evil in equal share
Balance is needed to be fair
Where there's joy there should be pain
Whoever has lost should see a gain
Without any darkness light is flat
Without light the dark is just black
Contrast and depth is required
So I weave in a bit from each side
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
[discuss]
This is, to put it simply, about Till Lindemann.
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All that my muse has inspired
Imagine a web shimmering with dew
Warming air gently breathes right through
The dark ember lying cracked under the pyre
The brisk wind whipping it back to fire
Look back into the dripping trees
With curling ground mist wafting free
Look up through your sharp mind's eye
See the bright cerulean sky
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Good and evil in equal share
Balance is needed to be fair
Where there's joy there should be pain
Whoever has lost should see a gain
Without any darkness light is flat
Without light the dark is just black
Contrast and depth is required
So I weave in a bit from each side
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
[discuss]
This is, to put it simply, about Till Lindemann.
LYRICS: Ice-Breaker - Dalai Lama Version - 2nd Draft
It rides upon a sea of souls
The ship of stone above the shoals
Bearing dark and lurid dreams
So clear yet never what they seem
All on board have parts to play
To evoke feeling their own way
The living sea carries us all
In thrall
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The Tillerman plots the course
His mind an infinite source
Your world will soon seem exotic
Cruel, dark, and erotic
Painting forms on your minds' sky
Brave old ideas redefined
The stoker keeps the driving beat
Controling tides that move your feet
Everyone just wants release
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
Emotions timed by our refrain
We will keep the sea contained
Driving tunes from heaven and hell
We ride the cusp of the swell
[Painting forms on your mind
Brave ideas redefined
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
We show evil as well as good
We make ourselves misunderstood
Our sea can feel what is true
To the rest we can't get through
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
Currents flow out from our beat
Pulsing through from head to feet
Emotional control is complete
It rides on a sea of souls
This stone ship above the shoals
[Carrying dark and lurid dreams
Clear yet never what they seem
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
It rides upon a sea of souls
Our stone ship above the shoals
Carries dark and lurid dreams
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit past our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
We sail
[The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
[music][discuss]
This song is adapted now to be sung to the music of Dalai Lama, by Rammstein, and is about them and their fans. The choral parts in square brackets are the fans, while the rest is the band.
The ship of stone above the shoals
Bearing dark and lurid dreams
So clear yet never what they seem
All on board have parts to play
To evoke feeling their own way
The living sea carries us all
In thrall
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The Tillerman plots the course
His mind an infinite source
Your world will soon seem exotic
Cruel, dark, and erotic
Painting forms on your minds' sky
Brave old ideas redefined
The stoker keeps the driving beat
Controling tides that move your feet
Everyone just wants release
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
Emotions timed by our refrain
We will keep the sea contained
Driving tunes from heaven and hell
We ride the cusp of the swell
[Painting forms on your mind
Brave ideas redefined
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
We show evil as well as good
We make ourselves misunderstood
Our sea can feel what is true
To the rest we can't get through
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
Currents flow out from our beat
Pulsing through from head to feet
Emotional control is complete
It rides on a sea of souls
This stone ship above the shoals
[Carrying dark and lurid dreams
Clear yet never what they seem
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
It rides upon a sea of souls
Our stone ship above the shoals
Carries dark and lurid dreams
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit past our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
We sail
[The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
[music][discuss]
This song is adapted now to be sung to the music of Dalai Lama, by Rammstein, and is about them and their fans. The choral parts in square brackets are the fans, while the rest is the band.
LYRICS: The Spark 1.3
There's a stain in the water
And it's spreading with the tide
Giving off vaporous fumes
The tainted waves subside
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Defiant surges roll it deeper
Dark curls tinge the depths
Enclosing with hard fingers
The heart and mind feel kept
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
There's no hope for salvation
The poison works to prise apart
All the gleaming pieces
Making up the beating heart
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Noxious fumes cascade in fire
New waves run across the face
Swells are brought back to life
The dark miasma is replaced
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
Cleansing with searing flame
Sparkling waters as before
Warm beams plumb the soul
Clarity has been restored
Heart and mind are whole
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
And cleansed with searing flame
[discuss]
And it's spreading with the tide
Giving off vaporous fumes
The tainted waves subside
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Defiant surges roll it deeper
Dark curls tinge the depths
Enclosing with hard fingers
The heart and mind feel kept
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
There's no hope for salvation
The poison works to prise apart
All the gleaming pieces
Making up the beating heart
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Noxious fumes cascade in fire
New waves run across the face
Swells are brought back to life
The dark miasma is replaced
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
Cleansing with searing flame
Sparkling waters as before
Warm beams plumb the soul
Clarity has been restored
Heart and mind are whole
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
And cleansed with searing flame
[discuss]
Welcome to Camilla's Lyrics
I've been working on a project writing English lyrics based on Till Lindemann's lyrics over at LILT, and have ended up writing some original lyrics, which have been well-received by those who've seen them. As a result I've opted to separate the two. This is for my own work, and LILT will continue as ever. I'm using my LILT forum for this site as well, in the Non-Rammstein forum section. I hope you'll enjoy what I'm doing!
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