Daisy (Show Me The Light)

Daisy (Show Me The Light)

Daisy, one night I had the strangest dream
That in a crowded lonesome room you learned to make me weak

Daisy, I've never noticed your eyes and the shade of blue they are
And how the hair over your face makes you smile shine like a star

So show me where the light is because I know that this is all I've got
Keep me going so I....

Won't let hope ever go to waste
Because Daisy doesn't need to fix her compass
Maybe I'm just naive to think that
love can ever come from the bottom of a bottle

This time next year,
Will the dream still elude us all the same?
I can't help but think that
The green has lost its glow in the lights of New York City
Oh Doctor, Doctor, don't you judge me

Don't you judge me for my sins but I'm sure I have a song
For this rain-lined (eye)
I know I will come back home fumbling every word I kept
Fantasising romance in my head
Like I was 17
Because I'm a boy with a dream

Daisy, won't you sing a song for me
Oh but I forget that I'm always the chaser and you're the American dream

Daisy, lets drink a toast to the sobriety that brings me down
And all the faces in the crowd that keep me out of circles
The kids that keep me singing
But Daisy, you mean so much more to me
Than just another girl who's going to hurt me

When its all said and done, I stare at the stars,
Then I Sing this lonely tune I wrote under our hearts
In the key of melancholy to show that I don't belong
Daisy, I love you but you've woken me to what is wrong
But Daisy I think I love you, so I'm writing you this song

Now i'm terrified of what lies inside me
What I've become
All because I know that all the clocks and calendars
and wheels of the world
won't ever cease for us

I'm sorry, this is all I've got
For what its worth
I'll bite my tongue
Daisy, this is for you

(ad-lib)

We'll Always Have (Our) Paris

If I didn't know any better, I'd think I'm better off alone
Hence another song
Just leave a light so I can find my way back home
Yeah, these words are getting old

If you were any different, I wouldn't have sung you all these songs
But you never cut me down

I'm always laughing over nightmares and crying over everything else
Haunted by memories of a dying sun
What have these rockstar dreams ever won?

Paris has got nothing on these four walls

Is it better to be a saint or myself?
Does it matter?
She said, "Nobody has to know"
Yeah, nobody has to know.

I'm missing the point of all these conversations on a daily basis
Because my head's still spinning
My head's still swelling with words my mother said
When I was younger, before I could even dream like this
Before I could write the first line this chorus says

(Chorus)

So send my regards to mom and dad who gave me this chance to meet you
Even though they give me grief for all the lives I've lived
Is this how its gonna be?
Live a life of 9 to 5, will London hail
('A Dream has died')

This ain't love lost in a firefight
Its been thrown up into the clouds
And now it hits the ground

Please tell me its all in my head
A whisper in the wind
Lies about a bitter end

Will these promises built on words of steel turn to rust
On the day we sacrifice our trust
In order to satisfy our lust
(Will we say NO!!!)

(END)

Empty As The Sea

Yeah, finally got another new one written over the weekend. Its pretty sweet, very emotional. I'd like to think of it as City And Colour meets the Get Up Kids.

Enjoy:

You girls are always like the sea
I'm left on the shore
Looking out
As the sunset, it sinks into the sea

The ship is broken down while the captain finds
The bottle is no cure,
No, not this time

I'll keep digging myself deeper
Because dreams aren't what they used to be
You don't know you've become a volunteer
Helping me to bury myself
Just to bury myself
In hopes that soul will come a-looking
To tell me its not the worst that's coming
I know I can't sing the same ol' song
Even if you decide to sing along

I have nothing to give but my tears and my fears
And some gestures, oh the gestures
I'm sorry so I'll believe that you care
but only enough to listen
Don't tell me your intentions
Because I won't believe them

I'll break my own heart and hide the pieces in a box
Then I'll put it back together just to do it again
But I've hidden in you the other half

I'll cover this hole with a blanket of hope
Just to keep myself believing
That its alright, I'm okay
But when life just laughs
And I learn from mistakes
Then, I realize that I'm empty
As empty as the sea

(END)

To really explain this song fully, I'll have to dig really deep which I don't really want to do this publicly. In general, its about that feeling of emptiness in your heart when you seem to be missing something important.

:D

Skylines (God Bless Suburbia)

I started writing this song last Sunday and I've kinda finished it (OK, I still need to touch some things up). But this is what I've got.

Basically, this song is my anger and disappointment with the progress of my home country of Malaysia. It mainly revolves around race relations. About how despite Malaysia portrays itself as a nation where all races live in harmony, there are still tensions and its not as pretty as the ads show it to be. Not that it isn't there.

I make references to a couple of events in modern Malaysian history, one more recent than the other.

Here it is:

Hey, this city's skyline got so much going for (it)
It's just flashing lights.
Hey, what happened to the pictures on the airplane TV screens

We're wasting time
We're being laughed at by small towns
Have we always been monsters since the summer of '69

God bless suburbia


Chorus:
Because this city's so full of sin
We're burning churches while
We let Vampires rule the day
They rob us blind
They try to keep us deaf and dumb
Our fathers say
'Welcome home, my son
Welcome home'

You know we're in trouble when we agree with enemies
But this time spent away has gotten the best of you and me
What's with all this hate?
Don't you know we're just digging our own graves

It's making me sick to know what we've become

Chorus

I'll stand up tall for my nation
But clench fists at this situation
Have all these years counted for anything at all?
We restrict our own progress
Because we speak a different language
When will we overcome the walls that divide our hearts?


Solo

I will love you
I will always love you

(END)

I know I've been getting slack with my explanations :P.

Malaysia is the country I grew up in and despite its many flaws, I love it and what it stands for. I truly pray that we will overcome our problems and progress as a nation.

MALAYSIA BOLEH!!

Smile (tentative title)

I've been on writer's block for a while now so this was quite exciting for me to write SOMETHING. Its a simple song with the standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus structure.

Here it is:

Every scene leaves a heart ever longing for any sign to tell me where to go from here
On this road that leads nowhere
Every photograph is a memory
One that I might lose if I don't take this chance
So big and wide
don't forget to smile

Does who we are define us or is it what we do?
Who's the one who's gonna pick me off the streets
Is it true I'm a let down?
Is that why I know that I'm never gonna sweep you off your feet

Troubled times are far more forgiving than the lines that flow from my pen
and the times I realize that we're all just towers
Will we all stand to fall when its all over?

Foundations made from paper or are they set in stone?
Give me secrets that I'd like to keep
I swear I won't say a word if you tell me not to
So kid, won't you run away with me?

Solo/bridge

Chorus 1

(END)

Basically, that's it (at least for now). I'm way too lazy to explain this song in great detail but generally, its about friends and relationships (whichever kind you want) and how our actions can determine how good are the bonds we form. Or some shiz like that.

The Zim is back :D

Daydreamer (Tentative title)

I came up with/recorded an idea for a pop-punk song the other day without the intention to come up with a vocal part just yet. But I was so into the whole thing that I ended up with this.

From the riffs in the song, I kinda knew what kind of song I wanted this to be and what kind of lyrics I wanted.

I wanted this song to be youthful and somewhat optimistic despite my usual tendencies for a more mature style in my acoustic songs. So I hope that I captured that in the song.

Basically, this song is about hopes and dreams. Its about finding and having a dream to fulfill that and vying for it, not falling into the trap of living a life where all we work for goals that other people set for us. So if we are going to fail, let be failing ourselves rather than someone else.

Here we go:
Find every meaning that sets your heart on fire
I'll do my best, I swear I'll try
Not to fall into this trap we set for us
To fail ourselves, not someone else

I love these values
May I never forget

How to find the voice to sing (We'll look to tomorrow)
To pray I won't give up the fight
Clench my hope close to my chest
Hear my words and keep them for yourself

chorus:
If nothing goes according to plan
Could we ever just blame ourselves?
If all our dreams came true
Its sad to never dream again

I hope I won't regret
Following those footsteps singing (HEY!HEY!HEY!)
On a path much more travelled
By ones we love who look down on the other

This is my road
Don't you think you know me

Your words mean more to me (They're all worth so much more)
Than all your actions ever could
Understand that I will daydream
That I could waste this year with you

Chorus

Bridge/Breakdown/Solo-thingy

Chorusx2

(END)

The 'values' part represents how, despite the cynicism that has grown in me, I love these values of passion, hope and optimism.

The line before the first chorus links to the direction that I'm trying to push in my songwriting now where despite the personal nature of my lyrics, I'd like to reach out to every one else out there in my situation.

In the chorus, the punk-ish energy is toned down a fair bit and the lyrics start to ask more philosophical questions (much like my usual stuff). I question whether despite having a dream for yourself, in the event of failure, would we accept it as our own failure or blame in on the world around (however, both are very plausible explanations, depending on circumstance.....hmmmm). The second part poses the question, 'If we achieve all our dreams, then what will we have left to fight for? Would we find a new one? Would we end up just the way we are without anything left fighting for? Would we go into the city vigilante-ing at night? AGH, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!!!!

The second verse shows the wavering of those youthful ideas, the crossroads where an adolescent becomes an adult and is confused at what life is all about. This is the stage of life that I'm at right now where I'm conflicted whether I should hold on to all my youthful ideals and hopes, or give in to my growing cynicism and the pragmatic outlook for my future (I hope what I mean can be understood).

The 'road' part represents how strongly I feel that I'm still at these crossroads and that no one can judge me for it as no one can truly understand the kind of person I am except for me.

Not much else to the song really other than a couple of minor personal things.

That is all :) Suggestions for song titles would be cool

Hearts On The Pacific: Godsend

The next chapter of this somewhat epic (maybe) story.

Enjoy:
I look around, what do I see?
A million faces black from the ashes
Of bombed out homes and burning bodies
Haunting my dreams
'I need some coffee'

But what to do when the songs that got us through
Those darkest days betray us too

Brothers in arms, with you I faced trial by fire
I'm glad I survived it
In your prime you were cut down
No blaze of glory
Just screams of agony

But what to do when the lights that guided us through
Those darkest days fade out too

Now I'm left running blind through Berlin, Moscow and Tokyo
I'm just praying to God to show me a sign
To spare me some light

Pretty girl falling down
Almost like an angel with the dirtiest face
I can't forget her first gaze

She screamed and kept on running
From demons,
"Not without a fight"

Then she became the brightest star in my life
Starting from 5 minutes ago
Am I desperate or am I just blind?

Maybe I'm trying
Trying too hard
Or am I just waiting for something good
To keep me going until I die

In the corner I saw her crying
And so I went and tried to smile
I asked her name
Don't you know,
She replied
"Yumiko"

(END)

Here, it starts off with Jack still stationed in Okinawa after the end of the war. He looks around at the death and destruction around him that the Marines had caused. Horror and a sense of guilt take him as he laments what had transpired. This goes to the point where he no longer wishes to sleep because these images appear in his dreams.

The reference to 'songs' is significant in the sense that during the war, there were many American war songs to raise the moral of the troops and Jack feels cheated by these songs as the glory of victory didn't match up to the scarring the war caused.

He then recalls all the friends he made in the army had been killed in action and realizes that all of them were violent and non-heroic deaths. As he wanders the streets alone, he begins hallucinating. He then snaps back to reality as he sees a young Japanese woman tripping over her own feet as she attempts to run away from something.

Looking around, he sees her being chased by two American marines who then corner her. (Note: After the end of the war, there were many cases of American troops raping local women so this is another possible one). Seeing her struck a chord in Jack's heart and he goes in to save her, beating up the other two marines in the process.

He then ponders what made him do that. He reflects whether he is just so deep in depression that he needs something good in his life.

He asks her name and she seems to understand and replies 'Yumiko'.

And there's yet another installment to the story :)

Hope you guys liked it