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(@lexabel)
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This is my first post, and it's the first song I've written in the past three years or so, so... please give feedback? Thanks.

Poison Arrow

I woke up to a warm white light
I woke up to a blinding pain
I woke up, blood staining my arm
I knew I'd never be the same

And I gotta get away
Cause I know it'll hurt more
The longer that I stay

[Chorus]
Cupid's poison arrow
Driven straight into my heart
I should, I can't, I won't
Escape the pain
Cupid's poison arrow
Is trying to tear me apart
And I already know that I've
Lost the game

I fell into my fantasies
I fell into my darkest dreams
I fell into my sweet nightmares
This is what you do to me

And I gotta get away
But it hurts less to hurt more
The longer that I stay

[Chorus]

Apathy sounds good to me
(Look what your love's done to me)
Apathy sounds good to me
(Look what Cupid's done to me...)

Cupid's poison arrow
Driven straight into my heart
I should, I can't, I won't
Just play the game
Cupid's poison arrow
Has torn me all apart
And I already know that I'll
Never escape the pain

[Chorus]


   
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(@lifeisthought)
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This is my first post, and it's the first song I've written in the past three years or so, so... please give feedback? Thanks.

Poison Arrow

I woke up to a warm white light
I woke up to a blinding pain
I woke up, blood staining my arm
I knew I'd never be the same

And I gotta get away
Cause I know it'll hurt more
The longer that I stay

[Chorus]
Cupid's poison arrow
Driven straight into my heart
I should, I can't, I won't
Escape the pain
Cupid's poison arrow
Is trying to tear me apart
And I already know that I've
Lost the game

I fell into my fantasies
I fell into my darkest dreams
I fell into my sweet nightmares
This is what you do to me

And I gotta get away
But it hurts less to hurt more
The longer that I stay

[Chorus]

Apathy sounds good to me
(Look what your love's done to me)
Apathy sounds good to me
(Look what Cupid's done to me...)

Cupid's poison arrow
Driven straight into my heart
I should, I can't, I won't
Just play the game
Cupid's poison arrow
Has torn me all apart
And I already know that I'll
Never escape the pain

[Chorus]

Is this about the evils of online dating?

'I know that change means there's still hope. To show this world that I am whole.'


   
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(@lexabel)
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Is this about the evils of online dating?

Um. Not... exactly. Personally I didn't write it that way, but I'm one of the people who believe that a song means what it means to different people but...

When I wrote it, it was mostly about just the evils of love in general. :)


   
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(@martin-6)
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Seems pretty good to me...

Just wondering why you chose the word arm in verse 1... seems like an unusual body part.

Also I have a problem with the use of the word apathy later in the song. Using it at the start of a line makes you sound like a 14-year-old who has just learnt the word in school and wants to use it at any opportunity. It's one of those words which you might get away with if you slip it subtly into the end of a good line, but here it dominates and comes across all teen-angsty and nu-metally.

Aside from that it is fairly interesting in terms of structure and language... and doesn't get too soppy given its context. Funnily enough I just finished writing a song with a poison arrow in it too.


   
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(@lifeisthought)
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Seems pretty good to me...

Just wondering why you chose the word arm in verse 1... seems like an unusual body part.

Also I have a problem with the use of the word apathy later in the song. Using it at the start of a line makes you sound like a 14-year-old who has just learnt the word in school and wants to use it at any opportunity. It's one of those words which you might get away with if you slip it subtly into the end of a good line, but here it dominates and comes across all teen-angsty and nu-metally.

Aside from that it is fairly interesting in terms of structure and language... and doesn't get too soppy given its context. Funnily enough I just finished writing a song with a poison arrow in it too.
I don't see any issues with using the word "apathy." It's a very neutral term. I use it sometimes in some of the songs I write.

'I know that change means there's still hope. To show this world that I am whole.'


   
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(@dneck)
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I like the song one comment
I woke up to a warm white light
I woke up to a blinding pain
I woke up, blood staining my arm
I knew I'd never be the same

That third line seems awkward. I like the image but it seems to clash style-wise with the first two lines. Maybe try and keep the structure so somethin like

I woke up to a warm white light
I woke up to a blinding pain
I woke up blood runnin' down my arm
I knew I'd never be the same

that seems to flow a bit better, I don't know how you intended it to sound though. I definetly think you should move around a word or two though, maybe have it stain something else, your mattress or your heart, whatever haha up to you, its your song.

"And above all, respond to all questions regarding a given song's tonal orientation in the following manner: Hell, it don't matter just kick it off!"
-Chris Thile


   
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