Broken Life
This is the song I did for my songwriting class. I performed it live with Bekah at the Whole music club. It went pretty well. In the original version there are vocal harmonies and more than one person singing, but this is just the rough acoustic take I had to do to turn in. Hope you like it!
Lyrics:
Intro
B5 otv F# -- B aug5 w, D sus4 6th – D maj7 sus4
V1
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
Witch smile, hypocrite
G5
You love with your hate
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
The life you have chosen for me
G5
Will destroy what you create
Chorus:
D sus4 6th | D maj7 sus4 | D 5
After all this time, still pickin' up the pieces of a broken life
D sus4 6th | D maj7 sus4 | D 5 | D sus4 6th
But they just don't fit anymore, no matter how hard I try
V2
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
Father, you think you know what's right
G5
But your plan just suits you well
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
The path you're not taking
G5
Isn't always a stairway to hell
Chorus
V3
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
You were my hero
G5
But loving and listening have never been the same
B5 E5 – F#5 -- G5
In the nights, I cried myself to sleep
G5 G5
I'm sick of being the cause of your shame
Chorus
PS. There is a possibility that this song will be changed a bit, and recorded with drums and some distortion and be on the new Red Ascent album!
Comments
might i suggest a small change to your lyrics? change "father" to Mother. sounds much better! p.s. you obviously should be in therapy
Posted by: bruce meyer, father | December 6, 2006 7:26 PM