Page 53 - Song Maps - A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics - Simon Hawkins
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Follow the dream, metaphors
Verse 2 – How the solution is sensed
Like the dawn of a new day
A brand new start
Looking forward to the journey ahead I'll never go back now I'll...
Chorus – The response
Follow the dream, metaphors
Bridge – How I feel about the solution
Grateful to have the chance Come join the dance And...
Chorus – The response
Follow the dream, metaphors
Example of a Tension/Response lyric
Following on from the above writable idea, here's a draft lyric I wrote, simply filling in the lyric in each section.
Lyric: "Follow The Dream"
Verse 1
For too many days now
Been feeling I'm weighed down Caged by too many things in my life I know there is more
'n when I find the door
Nothin's gonna keep me inside Cause this life is not all it seems Deep down I know I should really...
Chorus
Follow the dream, follow the dream Fly where the eagle soars
Sail where the ocean roars
Follow the dream, follow the dream Running through sun-soaked fields And follow the dream
Verse 2
Like a blue sky at dawn
Like a baby just born
Now I feel hope fresh like a stream Each day a new start