urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:whobayCaitlinCaitlinCaitlin2006-09-18T07:25:55Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:whobay:444Lyrics2006-09-18T07:23:40Z2006-09-18T07:25:55ZThere's Us - Alexz JohnsonI wrote a new song the other night. The hardest song I've done yet, almost metal inspired. I showed my rough recording to Kiko today. It is, in her words, a 'Smash Hit'. <br />The only issue I have with it, is that it doesn't say much. Lately I've been thinking about my lyrical prowess, my lyrical topics. Which of my songs contain lyrics with a real message, a real purpose? Too often I've been adding lyrics on as an afterthought. You know the mentality, the music is all-important, the lyrics secondary. I'm a Christian artist. My music should have a drive, a drive toward God.<br />My topics right now circle around love. Whether it's the experience of infatuation or heartbreak, I have written about it. I don't understand why I have this sudden obsession with romance. It could be that I've been listening to Alexz Johnson's songs (her songwriters I admire in a big way), and her love triangles are so complicated they have imprinted on my sub-conscious. Who knows. It's not like I'm in love, or even close. <br /><br />Lyric of the day is a song I'm loving at the moment, Alexz Johnson of course. It seems I go through phases. Tomorrow I'll be back onto Shiina Ringo. You just wait.<br /><br />There's me, looking down at my shoes<br />The one smiling like the sun, that's you<br />What were you thinking<br />What was the song inside your head?<br />There's us going on about a band<br />Working out how to play our hands<br />I lay there dreaming<br />Later all alone in my bed<br /><br />If I was stupid<br />Maybe careless<br />So were you<br /><br />Not everything is supposed to come true<br />Some words are best unsaid<br />Some love is not really love at all<br />I keep everything I shared with you<br />And that's enough<br />There's us.<br /><br />Freeze frame, I'm not about to cry<br />It's too late for us to change, why try<br />I've got a camera <br />Tucked away inside my heart<br /><br />If I'm a loser<br />Or just unlucky<br />So are you<br /><br />Not everything is supposed to come true<br />Some words are best unsaid<br />Some love is not really love at all<br />I keep everything I shared with you<br />And that's enough<br />There's us.<br /><br />Somewhere between then and now<br />I looked away when you said we'd never change<br />And if you think what might have been<br />You'll lose today<br />We've got songs to play<br /><br />Not everything is supposed to come true<br />Some words are best unsaid<br />Some love is not really love at all<br />I keep everything I shared with you<br />And that's enough<br />There's us.