Well, I learned a lot (thanks to many of you) since my first project so here's song #2:

https://soundcloud.com/divinemetime/storyteller-1

As I listen to what you are saying, every word is a spell that you cast
Without care or concern you’re creating a nightmare I can’t get past
You are sleeping and walking in charnal grounds
Tripping over the dead as my heart pounds
And you think it’s alive but it’s been dead for years
And I’m sorry it’s just as you feared

Where is your faith?
And conviction?
Is your authority scattered in all directions?
Like a broken mirror, shards of your reflection
Beg you protection, put me back, put me back together again

Don't you know we're all just storytellers weaving tales.
If you do not like his story, you better jump the rails.

It isn’t a true reflection, if it barks yet it acts like a duck
It isn’t true incantation, if you’re putting in ifs ands and butts
You are sleeping and flinging your words like a child
Who is tantruming in the grocery aisle
If there’s something you want, there’s no need to scream
Just change the way that you dream

Where’s your love?
Has it faded?
Are you happy with what you’ve created?
Like a broken mirror, shards of your reflection
Beg you for protection, put me back together again

I used a style called LITEAIR. I'd hoped for a little more edge, but this served for the demo. I got a little more experimental (aka brave) with the instrumentation this time around. I added an extra guitar, piano and organ. I hope the reverb and overall mix are better in this than in my first song. Guess you'll let me know!

I wrote these lyrics and the melody back in 2005!! For all my initial frustrations and the continuing learning curve, I'm loving BIAB. It's fulfilling my need to create and that is a true gift. In this instance, it only took 20 years. LOL

Last edited by BYOBand; 09/08/24 10:52 AM.