Skirmish theme: "burn." Just lyrics this time. A song with hyperactive energy.
Songwriting note: I have a deck of word cards scavenged from a board game. I picked one card at a time for a random word/idea to somehow fit into the lyrics.
Update 2/10: I wrote music for this song and revised the lyrics just a bit. Simple melody, hyperactive folk/punk.
Burning the candle twice as fast
Mama says, don't you want to make it last?
One bad apple is having a blast (a blast)
The time for caution is in the past
In the past
Spin the bottle, then twist the cap
The ivy's been climbing while we nap
Stick the pin anywhere on the map (the map)
There are 52 maples left to tap
I'm glad I had a great big spark
Not going softly into the dark
Missed the boarding for Noah's ark (the ark)
Now I'm tramping through the flood with my friend the shark
My friend the shark
Burning the candle twice as hard
Dumpster smoking, everything charred
You gotta believe in your calling card (your ard)
Burning the bridge in my own front yard
My own front yard
@wacha Feb 2022
I love these lyrics, the added challenge of drawing cards is interesting especially to employ during a skirmish. The lines are all quite smart, really nice work!
@pearlmanhattan Feb 2022
I like the idea of picking random cards, similar to the Muse wordcloud - I love writing like that. Lyrics flow really well - I love the quick bursts of pictures that really do tell a cohesive story. Great skirmish!
@jwhanberry Feb 2022
That's a fun lyric. "Missed the boarding for Noah's ark" is a fine line. Good skirmishing.
@cicpisces Feb 2022
I like the unfogiveness and unrepentant battle of this lyric. Great imagery that keeps the interest. While pushing home the theme. Nice.
@hmstreetteam Feb 2022
I can definitely relate. A busy world calling for attention every minute.
@sheilerk Feb 2022
“Spin the bottle then twist the cap” is only one of the great turns of phrase in this nicely written lyric. My candles all burned out ;)
@ajna1960 Feb 2022
Ha what imaginative lyrics ! Would make for a fantastic music video, I can just picture the sharks floating around the bottles of beer and so on.
@unknownbecky Feb 2022
Great rhymes here! I especially like all the 'ard' rhymes in the last stanza. I can feel the frenetic energy just in the lyrics!
@vivalarayna Feb 2022
Oh, some great lines here:
"Now I'm tramping through the flood with my friend the shark"
"Burning the bridge in my own front yard"
I really like the indulgent semi-self-destructive use of the theme. I can definitely feel the energy in these lyrics.