Give It All

Well, it HAS been awhile, huh? Good news! I have a song in progress! :D I'm not quite sure if I like it or hate it yet, but it's kinda grown on me, and it's been so long since I've done anything with my music, I'm unreasonably anxious to post something. Anways, here it is. I hate cliche song titles, but for now, cliche it is.

Give It All

You changed my mind
Love at first sight
Now I believe in life again

I found myself
You showed me someone else
More beautiful than I could ever know

You’re frozen now
She broke you down
You can’t stop living in the past

But here I am
I can lift you up again
If you will just let yourself fall into me

So here’s my whole heart
And here’s my whole soul
All I’ve ever wanted was to be able to love somebody else
And give it all

I can only speak
Make you think
I cannot change your mind

Your future’s dim
Life’s what you make of it
If you'd only open your eyes and see what I see

So here’s my whole heart
And here’s my whole soul
All I’ve ever wanted was to be able to love somebody else
And give it all
So here’s my whole life
And here’s my purpose
All I’ve ever wanted was to be able to treat somebody well
And give it all

The first time that I said that I loved you
I gave it all
If you can open up and let me in
I’ll give it all
So just tell me you want my love and
Take it all
Here’s my heart and soul, my life and my purpose
Just take it all

I gave it all

Suuuuper cheesy, I know. But I promise, the melody/chords compensate a bit for the lack of lyrical flow and general teenage-girliness.

Reason to Live

Hey, y'all! So here are some very simple lyrics I wrote to a very simple song in the middle of the night. Normally I despise over-cheesiness within myself, but I figure if I feel it, why not write it down? If you're reading this and you haven't already, please go read my other lyrics if you please and comment it up! I seriously need all the criticism I can manage. I've been really working a lot more on my own stuff, and once I can semi-master the art of guitarring, I plan on doing a little more than simply posting lyrics on this here blog and playing rough drafts of my songs on my front lawn. Thanks so much for all your support and love. Seriously, it means an incredible amount to me. Anyways, I'll quit rambling now.

Reason to Live

I've always been so scared of falling

But you lifted me right up

And I don't know how

And I don't know why I chose you

But you are reason enough

You make me want to stand up taller

Even though I've got height to spare

And my soul's a little lighter these days

Just knowing that you're there

And baby your colors are blinding

I can feel myself sinking in

And maybe I wouldn't mind it

If you were my reason to live

I love the way you say those smart words

And how you always have something to teach me

You embody perfection

But you're never, ever, ever out of reach

Baby your colors are blinding

I can feel myself sinking in

And maybe I wouldn't mind it

If you were my reason to live

I never could quite see tomorrow

But now every day is you

So, take my hand

And we'll keep on climbing higher

And just enjoy the view

Baby your colors are blinding

I can feel myself sinking in

And maybe I wouldn't mind it

If you were my reason to live

Baby your colors are blinding

I can feel myself sinking in

And maybe I wouldn't mind it

If you were my reason to live

If you were my reason to live

Have a good day, blog readers! :D

Goodbye

Hey guys! So it's been a VERY long time since I've written something that I actually want to post on here. In fact, I just took some of my old lyrics and tweaked them a bit and changed the key for this song. I guess I'm feeling uninspired lately.... or rather, I am feeling very inspired, I just don't know how to put my ideas eloquently into words. Lately everything I've written is cheesy garbage, but I guess I am an adolescent girl, and that is the tendency of my kind. I really want to do a lot more with my songwriting in the next few months, however. I've been working hard on the guitar, and I plan on learning the banjo and harmonica. Hopefully I can actually have some legit songs that are FINISHED and that I will actually let people hear before next semester. That is my goal, anyways.

Goodbye

The sun in my face

Pachuca Sunrise in my ear

I can't help but to think of you

But there's snow on the ground

And you've gone away, love

Tell me, did you ever love me at all?

Oh, ohhhh oh

So, I'm saying goodbye for the first time

Flames to dust

And us

But, after all, fires make the prettiest skies

I've said my goodbyes

But I didn't mean them

The unsaid words are screaming in my head

The silence from you

Makes my heart beat so heavy

Please, just say something

Tell me anything, baby

Oh, ohh, oh

So, I'm saying goodbye for the first time

Flames to dust

And us

But, after all, fires make the prettiest skies

The way your hand fit right in mine

The way we just lost track of time

The person I could be with you

Someone who always told the truth

The way we talked about the world

The way that you called me your girl

I always thought we'd never die.....

So, I'm saying goodbye for the first time

Flames to dust

And us

But, after all, fires make the prettiest skies

So, I'm saying goodbye for the first time

Flames to dust

And us

But, after all, fires make the prettiest skies

After all, fires make the prettiest skies

That's all. Definitely not my best work, but I felt like I should post something just to keep myself motivated. Whoever's reading this, thank you so much for your support. I don't know what I would do without my wonderful friends and family telling me that I'm not a total failure at life.

All I've Ever Loved

It's that time again! The time where I post lyrics that I've written and you read them and tell me what you think. The music for this song is a work in progress, but I feel like it's going to be pretty good. I don't know if I'll add more to the lyrics, probably some sort of outro, but I'm not sure. This is just a song baby right now, but I'm kind of on the fence about the lyrics. I'm not huge on rhyming, and this one rhymes. A lot. So, tell me... are they corny? emo? genius? ;) hahaha Well, Here you go.

All I've Ever Loved

What's just short of perfection

Is what I've deserved

Never needing the best

Never coming in first

I've always been fine

With this ramshackle life

That's why I'll be your lover

That's why I'd be your wife

You suck the soul out of me

Like venom from a snake

At first glance, you're a hero

Cleansing wounds, mending breaks

But, as you and I become entwined

It's then I see your fangs

I guess loving beasts

Is what I do best

Keeping poison in my veins

I don't love you because you're all I've ever wanted

I just want you because you're all I've ever loved

Can you save me from this ghost that haunts my bedroom?

Can you cure me of my addiction to your drug?

So let's kiss without passion

Let's touch but not feel

It can't hurt without meaning

Only hurts when it's real

Why try to do better

When we can't have the best?

That's why I'll never leave you

A numb heart's not depressed

You suck the soul out of me

Like venom from a snake

At first glance, you're a hero

Cleansing wounds, mending breaks

But, as you and I become entwined

It's then I see your fangs

I guess loving beasts

Is what I do best

Keeping poison in my veins

I don't love you because you're all I've ever wanted

I just want you because you're all I've ever loved

Can you save me from this ghost that haunts my bedroom?

Can you cure me of my addiction to your drug?

Yep...there will probably be more lyrics and alterations, etc. But PLEASE comment! I really really need your input. Also, I'm going to really try this semester to actually make something happen with the songs I've been writing. I hope that you'll all be able to actually hear them in completion instead of reading my lyrics or listening to me play a half-hearted attempt at an incomplete song. So yeah... tell me if this is crap or not. I hope you're all having a wonderful day! :D

Perfection

So I haven't posted song lyrics in quite awhile, and I haven't posted good song lyrics in an even longer while. But, my friends, the day I KNOW you've all been waiting for has finally come! ;) I'm going to post some new lyrics, that I'm actually pretty excited about, don't ask me why. I've been experimenting with different chord progressions and melodies than I typically use, and I'm liking it. :) I've got the melody roughly mapped out, but like I said, I'm experimenting. I've decided I'm for sure learning guitar, I just have to go out and buy one. Hahaha But yeah, one day, hopefully, I will actually have some songs finished and people besides me will hear them. That is my goal. But we'll see... Anyways, onward with the blog! This song is called "Perfection"... not really sure of the story behind it; my own imagination, I guess.

Perfection

Lean in, and listen, love
Direct those sweet, unfocused eyes
Not ones for words
We feel in silence
But the melody is too pretty tonight

I am not alone
With you on my mind,
Every step I take is golden
You've filled my broken,
Empty tin chest with love

Like the water,
In your light I'm beautiful
Your hands in mine
Paint love with my scars
Better people on the streets
Just follow in your footsteps
I'm right behind them
Searching to find rest
In your perfection

You are a summer breeze
Warming my skin,
Pulling me in with every word you say
I wish that I had your eloquent love

The moon up in the sky
Can't compare to the light in your eyes
When they look at mine, the world stops
Two perfect souls, perfectly intertwined

Like the water,
In your light I'm beautiful
Your hands in mine
Paint love with my scars
Better people on the streets
Just follow in your footsteps
I'm right behind them
Searching to find rest
In your perfection

Like the water
Your light washes away my scars
Better people just follow you
I'm following
Searching for perfection
Your perfection
Your perfection
You are perfection

So I don't have a title for this song either... I think I have commitment issues and naming a song is too much for me. Who knows? Well, this is another depressing song. I seem to be writing a lot of them lately, and I apologize for that. Nobody wants to listen to someone whine all the time. Maybe I'll work on writing something a bit happier... I'm just so uninspired lately. Anyways, I don't know how the lyrics will read for you guys. I played with a lot of different rhythms in this song, so the lyrics don't exactly flow conventionally. So *drumroll* here it is!


Untitled Song # 80 Billion

Now you're broken
And you're hoping
That one day you'll be okay

But you're not worth it
You don't deserve it
You're not good enough to be happy

While they're all out living life
She's stuck alone inside of her head
No emotion left to scream
Dwelling on her broken dreams
And lost innocence

Then you realize
That your life
Has become a sad cliche

And you know it
Will keep growing
You didn't used to be this way

While they're all out living life
She's stuck alone inside of her head
No emotion left to scream
Dwelling on her broken dreams
And lost innocence

And then the apathy sets in

And she says
I swear to God if I could,
I would wake up before 4 at night
I'd do something productive with my life

But I can't
I just can't
I'm not capable of that much

And she prays
For the strength
To be whole

Cuz I'm not the person that I used to be
I'm a shell,
But not the kind you find by the sea
I'm less interesting

And she goes to bed alone
And she hopes that He'll be home
To help her feel alright
Or just to feel anything at all

I'll Maybe Come Up With a Clever Title Someday...

I have some new lyrics for you guys; I can't decide if I like them or totally hate them. I love the melody, but I'm still working on what I want to do with instrumentals, if I want to add on to the lyrics... if I want to keep it short. I just don't know. But basically, this song will eventally be a sort of thank you to life for giving me the crap that's just made me stronger. It's been a hard year; the words are probably stupid and corny, but they're honest. Well, yeah... :)


I am alive
And I am whole
I've been rebaptized
Into someone loveable

I'm not afraid
And I'm not sad
There is no blue-eyed innocence
She's gone, she's dead

I could've never imagined the pain you caused
My broken heart, my broken trust
But you made me stronger
I grew up
And I'm happy now

I'm someone new
I am not me
My cheeks are wet
Now that I'm not afraid to feel

You left these wounds
But now they're scars
They're proof that I've lived and I've loved
And that I can carry on

I could've never imagined the pain you caused
My broken heart my broken trust
But you made me stronger
I grew up
And I'm happy now
I'm happy now



It's short... I may add on. I just don't know, but I felt like I wanted to post what I have.

Bright Eyes: A Soundtrack to a Successful Life

So I decided that since I have nothing exciting going on in my life as of recent, I would share with you some musical aspects of Alora's life. I'm going to write about music that has changed my life and why I love it, and why you should follow my example and love it too. :) Maybe nobody cares about my music recommendations, but I love hearing myself talk (er, watching myself type?) so I don't care! It's really been the rainiest, gloomiest, most depressing day today. Really, I almost cried when I saw a spider on my floor turned on its back and unable to turn back over. (Of course, this was an observation made from on top of my bed, as far as possible from it) Nevertheless, I was sad for a spider... A SPIDER!! After coming to the conclusion that it truly was a gloomy day (and playing the most depressing songs I know on the piano), I decided to turn on my go-to "Sad Days" playlist. However, I skipped straight through most of it till I got to my chunk of Bright Eyes tracks. That's my subject for today: Bright Eyes. If you have not listened to them, I highly recommend you do that very soon. Bright Eyes is a must for a successful life. But before you go any further or jump on the Bright Eyes train as you're reading this, I'm warning you that you have to be in the right mood to experience the epicosity of this band for the first time, otherwise you'll probably just throw up and think it's the worst thing known to man. The band is fronted by an incredible incredible man named Conor Oberst. He founded the band in the mid nineties, and recently put out an album in March of this year. (One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels) Their sound is definitely classified as Indie...it's definitely very unique and marked by lots of mellow guitar and Conor's piercing, emotional voice. This voice... this amazing voice is the reason why most people turn away from such a great musical listening experience. I will just be blunt: Conor Oberst does not have the voice of a god... in the traditional sense. It's not his singing ability that captures the heart of a Bright Eyes fan, it's his ability to portray emotion so strongly with his singing that does. This, along with his ability to spit out this awe-striking poetry in every song, is what has won my heart, and continues to do so with every listen. Basically, in my opinon, if you want to feel any sort of emotion, listen to Bright Eyes - happy, sad, angry, it doesn't matter, there's a song that will say it perfectly. Some of my favorites:

"But now we speak with ruined tongues, and the words we speak aren't meant for anyone; it's just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance, but there was once you. You said you hate my suffering and you understood, and you'd take care of me. You'd always be there... but where are you now?" -Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh

"Yours is the first face that I saw, I swear I was blind before I met you. I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been, but I know where I want to go.... You said "This is the first day of my life. I'm so glad I didn't die before I met you, but now I don't care. I could go anywhere with you and probably be happy." -First Day of My Life

"But once you knew a girl and you named her lover, danced with her in kitchens through the greenest summer. Autumn came, she disappeared. You can't remember where she said she was going to, but you know that she is gone, 'cause she left you a song that you don't want to sing. Singing 'I believe that lovers should be chained together, thrown into a fire with their songs and letters, left there to burn, left there to burn in their arrogance.'" -Perfect Sonnet


These are just a very few examples of some of the amazing lyrics of Conor Oberst. I just.... you have to listen to them if you're unfortunate and haven't. And if you have, I'm pretty sure you agree. I've never heard a song by them I've hated, but I do have my favorites:

Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
First Day of My Life
Perfect Sonnet
Bowl of Oranges
Lover I Don't Have to Love
It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends
You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.
At the Bottom of Everything
Something Vague
Gold Mine Gutted


So... yep! Comment down below. Listen to Bright Eyes, love it, listen again and again. :)

Don't Get on the Bus

Okay, so before you totally think I'm on drugs, let me explain the story behind this song to you. I was at a concert, and the band we were watching was pretty good... until the girl started to sing "You're so dangerous", which was a good half of the song. Except, I thought she was saying "Don't get on the bus", so I was like WTF is this girl doing? I turned to my friends Braden and Sorine and was like "Is she kidding?!?! Don't get on the bus?", and they explained as best as they could while laughing their heads off that I had heard wrong. On our way home, we all decided it would be the best thing ever if we wrote a song that said "Don't get on the bus" a lot of times, and here it is. Braden and I are contemplating using a synth in this song, and possibly adding a clapping bridge. Also, Sorine's sister, Whitney, wanted to get in on the action, so I put her name in the second verse. Hahaha we're very cool, I know.

Don't Get on the Bus

I'm running away
From this second-rate town
I've got my bags packed,
I'm finally moving out

But an old man stops me
And says
"I have some words of advice
They'll change your life
They'll change your life."

Don't get on the bus
Public transport is not a place for us
We want finer things
Like taxicabs and planes and cars
To help us get to near or far
No matter who you think you are
Just turn around
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus

Don't get on the bus

So I roll my eyes
And move on through the crowd
"What a crackhead"
I think to myself

But then Whitney stops me
And says
"I have some words of advice
They'll change your life
They'll change your life"

Don't get on the bus
Public transport is not a place for us
We want finer things
Like taxicabs and planes and cars
To help us get to near or far
No matter who you think you are
Just turn around
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus
Don't get on the bus

Don't get on the bus


Why can't I get on the bus?
It doesn't look too dangerous
Why can't I get on the bus?
Why?

Why can't I get on the bus?
It doesn't look too dangerous
Why can't I get on the bus?
WHY?!?!?!


(insert possible clapping bridge)

I got on the bus and I died.

Sinking Into You

So, after a very long dry spell of failing songwriting attempts, this song sort of magically came to me and clicked; the lyrics, the music, everything. C'est un miracle! It still may be a failed attempt, but who knows? You guys know better than I do if this sucks or not, so tell me! As always, constructive criticism is encouraged. So enjoy. :)

Sinking Into You

It's been a year
But sometimes
I still look back
On everything
And I can't help
But smile to myself
And miss
What we used to be

When we danced
All alone
And we kissed
All alone
Then you left me
All alone
And I'm remembering
All alone

So I wash my hair
And close my eyes
And just try not to
Drown in the tide
Of your ocean
Of your voice
Of your smell
Of your old songs

Do you remember
When you kissed me
By that old tree
In my front yard?
Now the fall leaves
Serve as constant reminders
Of the fact that you're gone

And when we talked
All alone
And when we cried
All alone
Those times I felt
All alone
And how I've missed you
All alone

So I wash my hair
And close my eyes
And just try not to
Drown in the tide
Of your ocean
Of your voice
Of your smell
Of your old songs

I'm floating away
On this pool of reminiscence
I'm drowning beneath
This sea of regret
Even now
I can smell the salt on your skin
I'm sinking deeper
Into you
Into you

So I wash my hair
And close my eyes
And just try not to
Drown in the tide
Of your ocean
Of your voice
Of your smell
Of your old songs

So I wash my hair
And close my eyes
And just try not to
Drown in the tide
Of your ocean
Of your voice
Of your smell
Of your old songs

The end! :D Post your comments below, please and thank you, lovely friends!