Today marks an important point in the songwriting process; today I wrote the chorus. Not only that, but I have figured out the structure of the song. It follows a general pattern of chorus, verse, bridge, repeat x3. The chorus as it stands goes:
Oh, we gather 'round screens like a moth drawn to the flame,
While news of destruction travels faster than a plague
And while bloodshed and heartbreak spreads throughout the land,
We'll sit around screens and hold each other's hands.
The thing I love about this chorus is that it sets up the theme for the rest of the song. The song contrasts light and dark (happy vs sad), and the chorus embodies just that. I think it's also quite catchy and has potential to be very anthemic.
The overall story of the song is starting to develop as well. The song follows a couple who's relationship correlates with the shootings and bombings of the past year. At the same time, the couple has an overwhelming fascination with the media coverage of said events. For instance, they have their first date on the night of the Aurora, Colorado movie theatre shooting, which marks the beginning of their relationship, then they wake up in bed together to see breaking news on the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, and finally they spend all of patriot's day together on their couch watching the report on the Boston bombing.
The song takes my initial idea of contrasting light and dark, while at the same time includes inspiration from various events from the past year or so. I'm really excited to see what comes next.
Hey Joe, I'm loving your progress. So I was wondering if you intend to create a music video? Will it be set up to just you singing the entire time? If so, I think you should go bigger. Since you taught us that folk is all about story telling, you should really make that entire story out of your song into a music video. I'm pretty sure that would hit closer to home for the audience because you're not only making us listen to your lyrics, but you're making us watch everything play out too. It's been an emotional year, and I know you are trying to make a statement with your lyrics so really try to get your audience to understand what you are playing at. Well, that is all. Good luck!
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