I recently posted this in my blog too but I felt a thread might give them a little exposure. Right now they're just lyrics, because I'm not that great of a producer... But in time they will be done. So here they are and you guys can tell me what you think of them
I'm an amateur though, so don't be too brutal
My album concept is simple: it moves like a day. It starts out pretty fun and poppy or "light" and like the day, it gets darker as it progresses. There's one track for every hour of the day and two versions, representing night and day. The "day version" mainly works like I explained before: starts out light, gets darker as it goes and ends on a dark note at "midnight". The "night version", on the other hand, does the exact opposite. It's not nearly as intricate in structure as the day version, but that's intentional. It's supposed to mimic chaos, and how night is more unpredictable than day. It's really all about facing your demons and making it through the night. If you do, you'll be greeted with the more carefree, lighter tracks at "sunrise".
Working Titles: Clockwork, Dark Skies, Sunrise, Haunted
"Day" Version
1. Origin
2. Start Over
3. Continuum
4. Dangerous
5. Empire
6. Middle Ground
7. Supernova
8. Land Mine
9. Ashes (interlude)
10. Out of the Light
11. Midnight
12. Dark Skies
"Night" Version
1. Haunted
2. Magnum Opus
3. Phoenix (interlude)
4. God Complex
5. Clockwork
6. Revelations
7. Demons
8. Angels (interlude)
9. Paradise
10. Sunrise
11. Safe Haven
12. Risky Business
Lyrics (most of them I havenroygh drafts but these are the only ones completely done):
Origin
Quote:
Take me back to the beginning
Before this was a game,
A game someone had to lose
And let's go back to the start
Before it was politics,
A side you had to choose
When it was all about the music
And not your style, or your image
When it was about what you brought to the table
And if you got pipes, if you could kill it
Now it's all about your gameplan,
And you're thinking bout your next move
Checkmate, blink twice
Before you know it, you're losing to
Well it should be about what YOU do
Not what others do for you
Any bitch can look pretty on stage
Do you sound pretty too?
Do you write your own songs?
Oh, then what do you do
We live in a world
That favors the conventional
But it's not all bad
And most of its unintentional
I'm just here to tell you
That authenticity still exists
And even if they're a dying breed
Baby, talent always wins
(Chorus)
TAKE ME BACK TO THE ORIGIN, OF THE WORLD WE KNOW
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD, IF WE JUST GO
BACK TO THE BIG BANG, BEFORE IT ALL BEGAN
WERE GONNA BE THE GREATEST, BABY, CAUSE WE CAN
Now I'm not trying to talk down on anybody
Because I am no better than anybody
I just think fame and success
Isn't somethingg measured in sales,
No one can be the "best"
Think, will they remember me
10 years from today?
It's a business, I know
And at the end of the day
We all got bills to pay
But if you're only in it for the money
Then you're doing it wrong
You can change someone's life
With the power of one song
So if you have self respect
You don't need no success
Yeah, all the sales in the world
Won't give you any happiness
(Chorus)x2
BACK TO THE BEGINNING, BEFORE IT ALL BEGAN
GONNA LEAVE OUR MARK, BABY, CAUSE WE CAN
IF WE'LL MAKE IT BACK ALIVE, WELL I DONT KNOW
BUT I KNOW WE'LL CHANGE THE WORLD, IF WE JUST GO
x2
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Empire
Quote:
One shot, two shot, three for the empire
Make, make ya bow down til your knees tired
Gon, gon smack you down if you respond
Bet you won't clapback. Bet you're too proud.
Thought you were chillin at the top, where are you now?
Did you think you were slick now, huh?
Told you not to **** around with me
But you clearly didn't listen
Said you better know how to lie if you think any different
(Chorus)
SOME WANT MONEY. SOME WANT FAME.
MOST JUST NEED THE WORLD TO KNOW THEIR NAME.
ME, I JUST WANT LOVE & POWER.
BABY, WE ARE THE CONQUERORS. THE WORLD IS OURS.
(Hook)
I just want a golden, golden empire
I just want a golden, golden empire
I just want a golden, golden empire
The world is ours, world is ours for the taking
In the palm of our hands, yeah and we're still banking
Five continents wide, yeah and we're still slaying
They'll keep hating, all that matters is we keep assimilating
And we are the conquerors, best believe we gon keep taking
Reign making, and it's still pouring
Reign taking, and I'm still soaring
So if it's up to me, I'm gon keep scoring
And if it's all on me this crowds gon keep roaring
(Chorus + Hook)
And now the rest is on you
Said its all about what you do
And if you don't change nothing
Nothing will change for you
And if you don't wanna spend
Your life living low
Then you gotta push hard
Gotta just shut up and go
And don't ever look back
You don't need that backfire
Let all the bricks they've thrown at you
Build your golden empire
And when you get tired
Know you lived worthwhile
Hope you know that now
Time to claim your crown
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Dark Skies
Quote:
DARK SKIES
Gone, on your own to find yourself again
What you looking for? Won't find in a bottle of gin
A perfect storm has been brewing
Since you took your love away
And since you left
All these dark skies won't go away
Made a mess, "did your best",
And I knew you'd never stay
I just hope I can see the sunlight again someday
Please, I just don't want it to rain forever.
And can you blame me for that?
And are you any better?
And I don't know if I can wait here forever
So if you love me, let me know
And it might change our weather
Hoping even if the clouds are rolling in
We could own these dark skies together
But clearly I was foolish
And I should've known better
(Chorus)
SO I LET THE FLOOD WATERS RUN HIGH
TO WASH AWAY ALL THE LIES. AND AWAY ALL THE SPITE.
TO LET THE FIRE IN ME IGNITE, BUT WHEN THE WAVES CAME TOO HIGH
THATS WHEN I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I DONT NEED NO MORE FALSE EYES
AND I DONT NEED NO DARK SKIES.
OH I DONT NEED NO DARK SKIES,
NO LONGER NEED YOUR DARK SKIES
Making the best of the rest
Of the rest of what you left me.
I know that my heart is heavy,
But that's no reason to behead me.
Ruthless, rip my heart right out my chest
Just to watch me bleed to death.
You always say you hate exactly what you've become.
You've become the very thing you set out to run from.
But the maybe if you come back then the world can see the sun again
And maybe we won't ever have to see these dark skies flooding in again
(Chorus x2)
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