This is the song I came up with for the Oracle Challenge #oraclechallenge by #writeandwrong. I received The Arrow as my prompt. The recording is a bit rough as I attempted it about 20 times and finally said OK, that's it! I would definitely want to spruce this up!
I was lost in doubt
No trust in intuition
Could not find my way out
Bring my vision to fruition
Arrow true, guide me through
To my heart's desire
Follow follow follow, Follow follow follow
I will follow you
Worlds inside my head
Trapped by fear and loathing
Afraid the spark is dead
Still creation keeps evolving
Arrow true, help me through
To my heart's desire
Follow follow follow, Follow follow follow
I will follow you
I will follow beauty
I will play with art
I will feed my soul
And nourish my poor heart
Arrow true, lead me through
To my heart's desire
Follow follow follow, Follow follow follow
I will follow you
I will follow you
@analogj Feb 2022
This is lovely and pretty sophisticated, Leslie. It's more complex musically than you often offer up. And learning to distinguish between the 'angel' and the 'devil' in your intuition is a big thing to learn. It can take years, even decades to hone. To strengthen inner confidence to make good, strong choices is a really important part of learning to be a fully developed human being. (I hope I'm reading this right.).
One other thing I'll mention, though, is if you ever decide to dig into this song more, and I think it's worth doing (I really like it!), I wonder if you can find another way to express "Follow, follow, follow, follow", as that immediately brings to mind for me the lyric to the famous "Try To Remember" song from the Off-Broadway classic show, The Fantasticks. The lyric in the chorus is "Try to remember....and if you remember, then follow. Follow follow follow follow". If you were trying to intentionally pay homage to that line, but then you'd need to quote it musically for people to get it. Just a thought.
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
The change in wording from guide to help to lead caught my attention. Nice take on the card.
@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Very nice take on the prompt with folf feel to it. Nice job.
@writeandwrong Feb 2022
I love the visuals throughout, bringing that arrow to life! Nice change in the bridge. Excellent work on the challenge! Thanks for participating!! :)
@whispermouse Feb 2022
I like the image of following the arrow, and all the positive thoughts in the third verse. Nice job on the challenge!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
I particularly like the bridge starting with "I will follow beauty". You've got some good visuals in here. Agreed that it is worth working on post-FAWM
@liz561 Feb 2022
Really nice lyrics-love the Arrow true, help me through. The chords give a very folky vibe. Definitely worth polishing.
@alfapenguin Feb 2022
Nice work! I love the sentiment and I'm Getting some classic/old school folk vibes. :)