Need Help Regarding Lyrics

[Akshaysharma01]

I m writing song

regarding a boy who is telling his girl that he know she will be there for him everytime.

If i fall i know you will be there to hold my hand

if i cry i know you will be there to wipe away my tears

help me out to complete verse

THANS

[MikeRobinson]

Hi!  I suggest that you simply start with a big yellow legal-pad of paper and a number-two pencil.  Then, write just as many "possible lines" as you can think of, without stopping, without trying to form them into "a verse" or "a chorus."  Cut the eraser off of that pencil:  you won't be needing it.

 

Think about the two people – the guy, the girl – that you are writing about.  Try to visualize them; to visualize the scene.  (Make sure that neither one of them looks like you ...)  What does he say ... what does she say?

 

Don't stop to consider what you just wrote.  Write something else.  Brainstorm.  Goofy unrelated thought?  Grab it!

 

When you've finished filling-out four or five complete big yellow sheets of paper, spread them all out and start lightly circling likely-looking lines, and lightly crossing-out ones that don't seem to fit.  Somewhere in there, you'll find your lyric or at least the beginnings of it.  Place a light checkmark beside them ... then, look some more.  You're making choices.

 

Choose the story.  (By now you should have several to choose from.)  Always remember that you are writing fiction, not your autobiography.  Condense it.  Read it through:  can the audience instantly grasp everything, see it clearly, based only on what they actually hear?  Does it hook them?  (It's called "editing, rewriting," and you may as well get used to it.)

 

Try to explore your song from all angles – his, and hers.  A boy who's just telling a girl over and over that he knows she'll be there anytime he needs something from her ... is just "needy," and probably should be singing that to his mommy, not his girlfriend.  Whereas, if both of them are making that commitment to one another, and if there is a line or two describing the reason for that mutual bond that's between them, then you've got a real love-song.

 

Don't expect "The Lyricâ„¢" to "just Pop Out, Presto!"  Creativity simply doesn't work that way.  (And it's a wonderful thing that it does not.)

[Kenj]

I suggest that you write down everything about the girl.  everything the boy feels for her.  make a list.  that list will guide you in constructing the verses.  

Also: how does he know she will be there?  Millions of people have expected someone to be there forever and found themselves alone.  Love can die, people can die, circumstances can poison lives.  The fact that you are writing the song in the first place, stating that you "know" she will be there implies uncertainty.  The song is an affirmation--or a plea, perhaps?  What would the singer feel if she was no longer there?  The possibility of loss gives fire to our passions!

[LooknGlass]

Mike and Kenj nailed everything that needed to be said basically. I always find it helps (at least for me) to know how you are going to conclude the story from the start, so that there is less fishing for an ending after you have begun. Good luck, I look forward to seeing it progress.

[Akshaysharma01]

Thanks mike,kenz,looknglass

done with chorus and interlude bt still working on verses

[omenrama]

Think about the two people – the guy, the girl – that you are writing about.  Try to visualize them; to visualize the scene.  (Make sure that neither one of them looks like you ...)  What does he say ... what does she say?

 

Sounds like a screenwriter:)