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I play a little of all the rock basics. Bass for 4 years. Guitar for 2. Drums on and off for 3.
I have a sweet-ass MM2 OLP Sterling Bass and an Epiphone G-400. And I have my sister's average drumkit in my room, which she gave up on (even though the basics are easy).
I write songs and things. I'll post up an example of lyrics just to get some discussion going:
Well, I Say (reggae-type)
Well, I say romance is dead
Or maybe it's me, who's ****ed up in the head
We got men objectifying women and women making objects of themselves
No respect, no self repsect, just a sugar-coated, living, breathing hell
Well I say 'what can we do?'
No way to change it, no way to state my view
We blind ourselves everyday with images of what we see, showing us what to be
What to strive for and what to die for
Buy in - to what the magazines say
Don't fuss - you'll get along okay
Tune in - to what the adverts say
Buy now - because happiness is just one product away
Well they say we're growing apart
But that's not growing, it's tearing straight from the heart
There's too much hate to grow old together and I know we'll be much better
If we sell each others souls
You paint yourself over like a celebrity
Then dress up to look pretty
But no amount of make-up can cover the ugliness that's inside
Or fill the hole where a soul should reside
Mind Control (acoustic)
- Chorus
I'm tired of all these questions
When you won't let me in
You'll only second guess me
I know I'll never win
- Verses
I'm playing your mind games - and I'm losing
Thinking I'm free - but you're choosing
Can never trust you - unless you've told me to
But how I love you - or so you've made me do
Walked away from you - thought maybe I was wrong
But here I am again - singing your song
The choice to leave - the choice to come back
Was it your plan all along - or is there something I lack?
I can see all - just by looking into your eyes
At a reflection of myself - and your disguise
I could fall forever - staring at the abyss
I could know but never feel - the touch of your kiss
Hypnotised is not the word - to describe me
Swimming dizzyness is not a phase - it's my eternity
Trapped and wrapped up in your love - never sure if I want to go
Happiness is here with you - yet still I want to go
Once Is Never Enough (reggae/ska - think Sublime)
As she slips away slowly into the night
No use following her 'cause the mood ain't right
Feels so close I think my head'll explode
Keep the thoughts all in and left untold
Never thought it'd ever get so bad
Never thought this feeling would make me glad
Can look around and check it's real
Can check for a pulse that I can't feel
She always told me it would come this
A last goodbye and a savoured kiss
The air between us smelt so sweet
A last goodbye and a swift retreat
She gave me answers I don't wanna hear
Don't wanna remember it's still too near
She made memories for me to keep
Scars for show that also run deep
- Chorus
And all this time
I was consumed by her
Every second she beckoned
For once more
And all this time it was a waste
Burnt into my eyes I see her face
An image I know I'll never replace
Always the slave takes the name of the master
Downtrodden and used I couldn't go any faster
Couldn't keep up couldn't slow her down
Swimming dizzyness too much I could drown
As once again I hear her call my name
It's meaningless, no picture but a frame
I can try to forget but I won't succeed
I'd only succumb to her every need
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