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Simon Wright

The Promise Of Love

card through the letterbox, this cat stared at me quiz- The Promise of Love
zically. And that moment ended up in this lyric!

Work out your genre preferences I saw a shooting star
I mentioned that I had envisioned this lyric being It sizzled as it fell
turned into a bluesy hard rock song, and that what Might have just been tear-blurred eyes
emerged was a beautiful softer rock song. However, Sometimes it’s hard to tell.
recently, I got a nice additional surprise when an-
other guitarist came in and created an alternative The years they fell away
version of the song which is going to be a symphonic Discarded like old clothes
power metal song! I saw the ravages of time
Never thought that I could cope.

I’m incredibly lucky to have been able to hear two
very different versions of this song, both based on my Postage stamps on love letters
lyrics. If I wasn’t open to different genre interpreta- That I never sent
tions then I could have been stuck with a nice lyric Kept sprawled on attic shelves
but no song. So, if you’re comfortable with a range of Ancient relics found from when
genres, then that will increase the chances that your
lyric will be worked on, and you may get some very My heart ached with
nice surprises along the way. The promise of love
My heart raced with

Alternatively, if you are adamant that your lyric must The promise of love
have a particular sound, then make sure you are My heart still held its spark
really specific in your creative brief. This point was A light shone in the dark
brought home to me recently when I posted a lyric The promise of love
and said that I saw it being a punk song. A guitarist Drove round your house that night
friend started a discussion with me where he said Another car was there
‘Pop Punk? Hardcore?British Punk?NOFX?Green Caught sight of you with her
Day?Bad Brains? Blink 182? Iggy Pop? What kinda And drowned in my despair.
punk are you thinking, mate?’
An alley cat stared at me

Listening to some of these different sub-genres and What foolish human ways
bands brought home a realisation that there can be To stand alone in darkness
a LOT of variance in sound and style within a broad And never ever say.
genre. So if you are after a specific sound, then make
sure you’re crystal clear in the direction you provide. Oh, postage stamps on love letters
Kept sprawled on attic shelves

Promise of Love lyric Ancient relics found from when

Here’s the final version of The Promise of Love lyrics, My heart ached with
tweaked to be from a female perspective. The promise of love
My heart raced with

About Simon Wright The promise of love
My heart still held its spark
Simon is an Irish lyric writer who lives in Scotland. A light shone in the dark
He collaborates with musicians across the world The promise of love
to turn his lyrics into songs. Check out his website
www.LyricSlinger.co.uk and follow @TheLyricSlinger Written by Simon Wright
on Twitter. (December 2018)

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