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(@elledee)
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Hey everyone,

I wrote new lyrics and would very much appreciate if you could comment on them. I realise its hard to get the right feel for the song as iv just given you lyrics but i dont play the guitar (something im going to work on as soon as i get the chance), however, i would appreciate if you could just comment on the lyrics part. I have never gone to songwriting classes or anything like that so i dont even know if what im doing is right lol.

Thanks a mill

Elledee
xxxxx

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Falling for you

Verse 1
First, I didnt think id find
Someone that makes me smile
The way you make me smile
I thought it couldnt be

But then you came along
And i was proven wrong
Something inside felt strong
The way it made me feel

Bridge 1
Like I could sit and talk to you for hours on end
But is it that we're just good friends?

Chorus
I think I'm falling, falling in love with you
And i dont know what to do
Cos i dont know if its true

If it is, then whats stopping me
From telling you how i feel
I know this could be real
So why wont i make a move?
If im really falling for you..

Verse 2
I, love spending time with you
Look forward to seeing you
Does that sound like "friends" to you?
Or is it maybe more

Cos when you are around me
Your are far as i can see
But something's still stopping me
So now im not that sure

Bridge 2
Oh i could sit and think of you for hours on end
But will we always be just friends?

Chorus

Bridge 3
When im with you, I just wanna, freeze the moment
Dont wanna leave, I wish that it, would never end...

Chorus

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(@Anonymous)
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Hi Elledee, welcome to GN!

First off, I think that you've written a nice song here, with some great lyrics and feeling. Well done!! :) :)
Its a shame that I cannot hear the music or tune you had in mind when you wrote this, but I have a tune in my mind
so obviously this might affect some of the advice I am going to write below.

If it's rubbish, ignore me!! :)

I do have a suggestion (and these are from my own experiences, not to be taken as facts! lol);

When writing, I think it is important to think about how your syllables are set out.
If each line has the same number of syllables, a verse can work well.
I personally like the idea of "stepping" syllables, as I've shown below (in this case, going up by 1 in a line, then dropping down for the last line to accomodate);

i.e.
First, I didnt think id find ( 6 )
Someone that makes me smile ( 6 )
The way you make me smile ( 5 )
I thought it couldnt be ( 5 )

While the lyrics are good, the drop of a syllable in the middle of the verse makes the verse feel unbalanced, while a drop at the last line can leave a pause, ready for the next verse.

By altering the lines slightly, you can keep the flow

i.e.
At first, I didn't think I'd find ( 7 )
Somebody that can make me smile ( 7 )
The way that you can make me smile ( 8 )
I thought it coudn't be ( 5 )

IMO it just makes it flow better.

In the next part of the verse, you have a nice easy set of 6 syllables in each line.

But then you came along
And i was proven wrong
Something inside felt strong
The way it made me feel

While this works as a verse in itself, it doesn't seem to flow well with the first section
(neither your original or my interpretation) so perhaps some adjustment is needed here as well?

I think your bridge(s) and chorus work well, so no comments there except for well done :)

You'll probably find that as you write more, you will start to notice little things like this that make all the difference.

Pete


   
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(@chuk50)
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Wow! That's a great song! I really like it and I just wish I could hear the tune to it. It's amazing!

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(@barnabus-rox)
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I agree with Pete here ..

One little thing else I would say is ..

you have :

First, I didnt think id find
Someone that makes me smile
The way you make me smile

Which is very good but I think it could be better

First, I didnt think id find
Someone that would make me smile
The way you make me smile

That just fixes up the tenses , past prestent , future ..
No one can actually make you smile per-say
You can feel they make you happy ..
Then the last line there , would be a emotion more then a sentence

This is of course only my opinion , and if you disagree that's all good . I'm only trying to give constructive feed back ..

Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am


   
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