UPDATE: Demo at https://fawm.org/songs/125561/
Well off to a surprisingly dark start!
Not a love song :)
Music collaboration welcome!
Skeleton Dance
V1
boxcars full of regrets
on a train going nowhere
endless tracks of remorse
on a mountain of despair
tunnels filled with questions
at every turn ahead
nightmares of mistakes
chain her to the bed
C
as skeletons dance
her old bones rattle
as skeletons dance
her old ghosts tattle
as skeletons dance
she stays shackled
to the hardest nights
to the darkest pasts
as her skeletons…
skeletons dance
V2
corners full of cobwebs
in a closet full of shadows
dusty shelves of falsehoods
on piles of repose
hangers draped with fabrics
woven by hopes and dreams
torn threads of promises
ripped apart at seams
C
as skeletons dance
her old bones rattle
as skeletons dance
her old ghosts tattle
as skeletons dance
she stays shackled
to the hardest nights
to the darkest pasts
as her skeletons…
skeletons dance
B
thoughts keep spinning
yarns that tie her down
tears keep falling
making her drown
to the music of her mind
C
as skeletons dance
her old bones rattle
as skeletons dance
her old ghosts tattle
as skeletons dance
she stays shackled
to the hardest nights
to the darkest pasts
as her skeletons…
skeletons dance
@bethkille Feb 2022
ooohhhh......dark and tempting.....love this.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
I like the structure and the role. I like it when you do these darker songs! That skeleton stuff roles off the tongue nicely. Very nice first up lyric.
@dzdandcunfsd Feb 2022
This hooked me in right from those first two lines! Such a great melodic flow to this on top of all the spooky metaphors. That bridge in particular is scary for me. I think it must describe perfectly having some existential crisis and just being almost catatonic about it. *shivers*
@jamkar Feb 2022
I can sing this!
@andrea Feb 2022
It's dark and sad. I don't mind, they're my kind of lyrics. Great use of visuals and metaphors. Nice write!
@shallowcarrot Feb 2022
This is so vivid, I love it!
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
It is dark. Lots of cool visuals and metaphors in there. I crochet and knit so that form of yarn could actually tie you down...but I know you meant the "story" kind. :-)
@mandolinda Feb 2022
Not a song for me and a mandolin, but wow so powerful.
I am keeping watch on your lyrics, something will pop up for me I am sure. {wink}
@itoarazi Feb 2022
This screams Sisters of Mercy to me, in a wonderful way.