One of the string is broken.
Siaran tergendala.
It's been a while since I last wrote something. Finally, I've finalised the lyrics, after 3 years.
Hoping to get the demo done soon, but just too many things to explore now!
Music: 2009-2012
Lyrics: 2009-2012
Lyrics:
I was on setting sun,
What had I done last night?
Another kind of crime,
My soul is purified.
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I opened a door inside,
I was locked from outside.
The sun will shine in blind,
That’s when the moon will rise.
I'm all alone,
I'm feeling high.
I'm all alone,
I'm feeling high.
Title: 12 Hours
Music: 2010
Lyrics: 2010
Short notes: Finally - a piece of work that I call it a 'milestone'. Ever since I know music composition about 12 years ago, I never thought I could make a piece of music with 'complete instruments'
So in this song, 3 basic but essential instruments were used - Piano, Drums & Bass.
Glockenspiel was added for some 'kiddy touch' (I can't quite explain what was that, but it was a replacement for the electronic guitar)
Best of all - I don't know how to play any of the instruments mentioned above.
So thanks to music notation software Sibelius, that made all these possible.
Notation was hard, but thanks to Google, I managed to find the proper chords & notation.
This song was inspired by a friend - she wasn't quite happy in her life (though one may think she is happy) .
"12 Hours" means the time I spent waiting for her reply (I sent a text and asked her how's she), it could also mean that "12 Hours" is a very short moment.
etc etc.
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Lyrics:
Sitting here on my own,
Writing this little song.
Tried to call your telephone,
Then I'll be 12 hours old.
Searching for the perfect soul,
Or maybe soul mate that could make you grow
For every pieces of life it seems
It's worth the 12 hours old
I saw the metaphor,
Another story that had made you fall.
Life isn't short at all.
Another 12 hours is gone
Tried to send the message dove,
Returning home only at the dawn
Oh Lord I think I've lost the count
I guess it's 12 hours lost
(Chorus - no backing vocal though :P)
Am I gonna sing this song,
Like I've never done before?
Maybe you should feel life,
Like how it is really meant to be.
Aren't you gonna feel bored,
For being sad - did you really check the clock?
Sky is gonna feel bright in another
12 hours more
(Chorus ends)
You said you'll fly,
Like a bird with no legs on
But trust your eyes
You'll see more than just life
Few things to be ironed out before I call it a 'small milestone'
1) Getting rid of the stupid smoke alarm sound at the background
2) Stop the stupid laptop fan noise
3) Add some back vocal
4) Individual instrument mastering
5) To consider whether to get rid of guitar portion
6) Cross my finger on the proper mixing technique
7) Better singing
Then... et voila!
Title: Random II
Music: 2008
Lyrics: 2008 - 2010 (still unfinished)
Short Note: Somewhere in 2008, I had idea of this song - something psychedelic, something random, something contradicting.
The melody was 'written' on the spot, but the lyrics were never completed (even for now)
So, little by little, I completed about 35% of the lyrics below (most of the time I 'wrote' the lyrics when I was walking on the street)
And yesterday, I talked to a friend about this, and this friend's 'existence' sort of force-inspired me to complete the rest of them. (and this friend wanted to claim full credit for it, well, so be it)
Music wise, I'd say it's another small milestone - I had used drum sample from Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows, then guitar part, I used my acoustic guitar, with DSP effect by Magix Vandal VST + Waves various plugins = some nice electronic guitar effect.
I won't deny the music style (It's still my first attempt) is heavily influenced by Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows - but I have a good feeling of perfecting it :)
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Lyrics:
I was on setting sun,
What had I done last night?
Another kind of crime,
My soul is purified.
(lalalalalala X n)
I was on swimming gown,
I climbed a mountain high.
Another sunny sky,
With rain drops touch the ground.
So yesterday tried to use piano as the instrument - the result was better than I thought.
Recorded a small clip and am quite happy with the result.
The next challenge is to come out a full piano piece as well as variety of instruments. ;)
Lyrics changed to
看，那被忽略的時光，
你說你還得流浪，
不知何時才能再回來。
我，已經失去了自我，
鏡里找到了寂寞，
每天就這樣那么過。
With the completion of the demo, I guess the next challenge is to complete a piano piece of the song, before I can really touch on TSWS.
It'll be a challenge for me to bring back the music theory I learned, at least 8 years ago.
Haha, it'll be another challenging hobby, I'm sure :)
Title: 不一樣
Music: 2009-2010
Lyrics: 2009-2010
Short note: It's inspired by my own experience as well as friends - sometimes, why bother to spend the time to compromise while hurting yourself?
You have the right the choose, so please appreciate the right - as long as you are not being selfish, causing hurt and inconvenience to people around you.
I'm not sure if I have the mood to make this song a complete song, but it's a song that I'll dedicate to some of my friends. :)
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Lyrics:
看，那沉沒了的太陽，
你說你喜歡曙光。
十小時后再回來。
我，已經失去了自我，
鏡里有很多酒瘼，
每天就這樣那么過。
But now I see,
My heart still bleeds.
Why would my tears
Never dry?
The happiness
Is everywhere.
Why should I waste
All the time?
就是不一樣，
才那么地心煩。
既然不一樣，
就不必再勉強。
也許不一樣，
才斗得更精彩。
I'm gonna wait for the sun
Cos it'll shine like the day before.
就是不一樣，
才那么地牽強。
既然不一樣，
就沒必要逞強。
也許不一樣，
才看得更明白。
I'm gonna wait for the sun
Cos it'll shine like the day before.
Title: If Only You Get What I Mean III
Music: 2009
Lyrics: 2009
Short note: I actually finished the music early this year and the lyrics around July... but there's no time to record it... time to clear some backlog to move on ;)
Song was recorded on a laptop without any mastering software.. so the quality is not as good.
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Lyrics:
Of all the songs you sing,
Of all the signs you preach,
Of all the bloods you bleed.
I will try all I can to feel.
Of all the charms you give,
Of all the lies you speak,
Of all the prize you greed,
I will try all I can to disdain.
How many thought, how many soul, how many feeling seized for all?
How many holes, how many blues, that you did without surprise?
Will I be fine?
Yeah I'll be fine, you're the best thing in my life.
You made it up,
You tore me down
You were the best part of life I saw thru the window.
You said 'It's done'
You faked it up,
You were the air that I breathe,
Song that I sing,
You were all that I need.
You're the end of my sleep.
You were all I believed in,
You were the best of my dream.
Title: Roller Coaster
Lyric: 2009
Music: 2009
Short note: This song is dedicated to my friends who are having roller coaster experience in their life - especially the very down mode at this point of time.
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Lyrics:
Waiting for another train,
I got my ticket to ride in my hand.
It's getting wet by my hand,
I tried to hide it with my little prayer.
A brand new kind of prototype
I wonder whether I should take the chance.
Anyway, it's just another game.
Said that I shouldn't lie,
I'm gonna treat you like the little angel.
I would like to simplify,
Of all the promises that I've ever made.
Then will I be crucified?
For stabbing on your soul till it's dead.
Very strange, we're feeling the same.
I feel pain, it will never be the same.
Am I gonna take this feeling back to my home.
They did more than just mess.
Am I gonna end this story all on my own?
Truth is you'll never change.
Am I gonna throw this memory down in the drain.
Very strange, we were feeling the same.
I feel pain, it will never be the same - (at least for) tonight.
Title: Roller Coaster
Lyric: 2009
Music: 2009
Short note: This song is dedicated to my friends who are having roller coaster experience in their life - especially the very down mode at this point of time.
Lyrics:
Waiting for another train,
I got my ticket to ride in my hand.
It's getting wet by my hand,
I tried to hide it with my little talent.
A brand new kind of prototype
I wonder whether I should take the chance.
Anyway, it's never the same.
Said that I shouldn't lie,
I'm gonna treat like the little angel.
I would like to simplify,
Of all the promises that I've ever made.
Then will I be crucified?
For stabbing on your soul till it dead.
Very strange, we're feeling the same.
I feel pain, it will never be the same.
Am I gonna take this feeling back to my home.
They did more than just mess.
Am I gonna take this hardship all on my own?
Truth is you'll never change.
Am I gonna throw this memory down in the drain.
Very strange, we've got the feeling that is all the same
I feel pain, it will never be the same - (at least for) tonight.
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My Wavelab crashed for my first demo, so I'll do it tomorrow.
Btw, it's not a good demo cos the guitar playing had a lot of mistake (it's been more than a month since I last touch the guitar and sing)
Title: So In Love
Music: 2009
Lyrics: 2009
Short note: I found the inspiration when I was shopping in Jusco last week - ok, whatever - this could mean basically the song is quite meaningless.
Plus I'm lazy, so this song is considered half-done, and hence the title (Partial Demo)
Last but not least, one of my guitar strings was broken, so this song is basically partially done.
Lame but true.
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Lyrics:
I can't tell,
What's in my old mind,
Is that my own mind?
You came by,
What's with that surprise,
You used the same old lie.
Now that I see,
You're making me to be ,
Your doggy of your life.
But I know I can't be,
No lean of shoulder from me,
If you choose to be lonely
And don't let me stand by your side.
Do you believe I'm the undercover?
Do you believe that we need one & other.
I can't believe that I'm so in love,
I can't believe that I'm so in love.
I can't find,
The woman for whole life,
I think that they are all white lies.
Title: Born in Summer (a.k.a Happy Birthday III)
Music: 2008-2009
Lyrics: 2008-2009
Short Note: This is one of the pending gift I'm supposed to give to my friend... LOL I owed her for one year - yes, exactly one year.
This is a song describing a bit of her situation at that time, some I don't know if it's still applicable now.
Well, Happy Birthday.
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Lyrics:
Flowers blooming,
Rains are dropping.
Then there's sunny day,
Night time milky way.
Now you can't ask for more.
Cos that's what summer's for.
Rainbow made you stay,
Diamond made the change.
Can't you grab just what you have
Forget bout whatever you hate
How you can't ask for more,
Cos that's what friendship for,
You made the call.
Happy birthday,
Happy birthday.
Would you try to understand,
Your heart always feel the same,
But you thought that it's gone.
There are lots for you to change,
You can't always stay the same
Always feel the same,
Always stay the same,
Always feel the same,
Always stay the same,
And they will be gone.
Title: If Only You Know What I Mean II
Music: 2008-2009
Lyrics: 2008-2009
Short Note: The lyric is not as random as the previous one. Basically it tells that one should look forward no matter how bad the situation is - cos no matter what you'll still need to move on
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I saw the men fight in group
With their hands in hands,
Very strange,
No one saved.
I thought the love
Isn't same as the game we played
One attempt,
You'll see that it's gone.
Of all that you'll miss,
Of all that you'll lose,
You will be glad to see that you're not alone.
So what can you prove on
And what can you do
You ought to find a way to leave your old past.
You've gotta fake it one more time,
You've gonna take this one last chance,
To be what you're not
You've gotta make it one more time,
You've gotta please them one last time,
To see what you've got.
Baby you were all that you seek,
All that you need isn't all that you want.
Baby you will see what I mean,
All that you seek isn't all that you've got.
Title: If Only You Know What I Mean (take 1)
Music: 2007
Lyric: 2007-2009
Short note: This song is simply a random song, with random lyrics and random meaning.
The song was recorded @ 2.45AM so I had to lower my voice and reduce the guitar playing too.
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Lyric:
You made a white lie,
You said you made a little revolution.
An English breakfast is all you need.
You thought that last night,
Was when the sky full of constellation.
All you can see isn't all that you need but was all that you wished.
Your little old pride,
D'you know it stopped all your evolution.
Another dead end's all you see.
I read my star sign,
They said the sign's full of hesitation.
Who can I be isn't who that I need but it's all that I wish.
You saw the sunshine,
Was when the sky's full of constellation.
Another sad case is all you see.
Another life line,
You know you called with a bully answered.
All you can see isn't all that you need but was all that you wished.
Am trying out the software, for details you can see here
Let's see if it could inspire me to write some music I've not written before ;-)
Music: 2008, 2009
Lyric: 2009
Short note: This song... not much of its meaning, perhaps, it's about loneliness.
The guitar has only 5 strings... no $$ to buy a new set T-T Donation anyone?
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Lyrics:
Strolling on the street,
I was left nothing but the dream.
I was mad, I was sad,
I felt bad, I felt shat,
I felt deep.
Nothing but the myth,
Drove me out to seek for real.
I was trapped, I was halved,
I went fast, I went crashed,
I went bleeding.
Only God could feel,
What was deep inside my realm.
Yet another tale,
Make me feel we're so unreal.
Take a break,
Step aback,
You can't make me feel lonely.
I'm waiting for another worry,
Heard no sorry,
I'm being such a big kind of fool.
Looking back, I'm a mess,
I've got hacked, I am incomplete.
I'm waiting but see no ending,
Heard no mending,
It's easy to misunderstand.
You were everything I need,
You made me rich
(I thought I was complaining?)
You were everything, oh, everything I need
(I was trying to understand)
Everything oh, everything I need....
(I would like to understand)
It's been a while since I last composed a song.
Finally, completed the lyric for an upcoming composition.
Lyrics:
Strolling on the street,
I was let nothing but the dream.
I was mad, I was sad,
I felt bad, I felt shat,
I felt deep.
Nothing but the myth,
Drove me out to seek for real.
I was trapped, I was halved,
I went fast, I went crashed,
I went bleeding.
Only God could feel,
What was deep inside my realm.
Yet another tale,
Make me feel we're so unreal.
Take a break,
Step aback,
You can't make me feel lonely.
I'm waiting for another worry,
Heard no sorry,
I'm being such a big kind of fool.
Looking back, I'm a mess,
I've got hacked, I am incomplete.
I'm waiting but see no ending,
Heard no mending,
It's easy to misunderstand.
You were everything I need,
You made me rich
(I thought I was complaining?)
You were everything, oh, everything I need
(I was trying to understand)
Everything oh, everything I need....
Title: To Be Summarised
Music: 2008
Lyric: 2008
Short note: This is a song written on request of a friend, who lost the motivation in the job and even probably the faith.
I hope the song can summarise the friend's feeling at the moment.
Some description of the lyrics:
"When it's harvest time, I thought the time's just right.
Who would've thought the sun is bright, but it snowed at night."
-This refers to the good time during earlier of this year - and suddenly, it's the other way round in the quarter 4.
"Said you had the right to say goodbye."
- The "You" refers to confidence, the faith and the motivation.
"... the way to satisfy."
- It's hard to satisfy everybody, be it in the job, life etc
"Lord please give me the weight that balances the needs and what I want."
- There's a clear difference in needs and wants, so one may wanna relook at the "needs" when the "wants" is making him/her tired.
"I need to light up and seek in the dark."
- When one is down, it's like a restart - to seek for brighter side will need to start in the dark.
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Lyric:
When it's harvest time, I thought the time's just right.
Who would've thought the sun is bright, but it snowed at night.
So I said,
Lord please show the light, the path, the way to satisfy.
Could you please
Grant me more than time to find myself & what's lost inside.
Said you had the right to say goodbye.
You left me surprised, and it's way too late to cry.
So I prayed
Lord please give me the weight that balances the needs and what I want.
I could have
Turned back, flashed back, chased back on the things I've lost and gained.
If I could have dreamed on what I could see,
I would be stronger than I am.
But now I am weak, as if I can't see,
I need to light up and seek in the dark.
