The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46797   Message #705305
Posted By: CapriUni
06-May-02 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: Songwriting 101 (part2)
Subject: RE: Songwriting 101 (part2)
Well, I've been musing over the song-to-be that I thought would have the hook: "I can't walk, but I can fly!"... But every time I tried to write around that line, the song was letting me know it felt pinched and hemmed in, so I gave my mind free reign, and this is what came out, so far, at least. It needs some way to come full circle (or at least full spiral) and I'm not sure I like the meter. No tune, yet, and no title... but it still wants to come out and play, so here it is:

"Magic belongs to children
In the realm of Neverland
Where boys are boys forever
With their captain Peter Pan.

"Magic belongs to children."
These words were said to me:
"Just grow up, and face the Truth
And the Truth will set you free:

"There is no Puff the Dragon,
There's no Hundred Acre Wood.
Put away your silly dreams
For they won't do any good."

But every tale of magic
That's been told throughout the years
Repeats the same thing over
With a message loud and clear:

That magic is the power
Rising up from Life's own spring:
A strong and shining river
That unites all living things.

And magic is the power
That can break the chains that bind
And shatter walls between us.
No, I won't leave that behind.