Going into the woods,
She calls my name,
Crying out from childhood,
Reminding me of the ball game.
The bitter breeze,
Locks into my throat,
Making my breathe freeze,
With no way to cope.
The fog knows no rules,
Only to consume,
Humanly fools,
Who panic and drool.
Imagine the trees dancing,
To the sound of screams,
From the humans entrancing,
Oh, to wish it were only dreams.
The fog knows no rules,
Only to consume,
Humanly fools,
Who panic and drool.
Kneel to the trees,
Sink into the dense grass
Below the leaves,
Beneath them alas.
The fog knows no rules,
Only to consume,
Humanly fools,
Who panic and drool.
During my song, I was attempting to think about crafting a story utilizing the typical Romanticism ideals. Mainly, I thought about humans in a submissive role in comparison to nature, which dominates and is almost all mighty. To the humans, nature is almost their god. In the beginning, nature had to use force against the defiant humans, but eventually the humans recognized the forest’s power and strength in comparison to their minuscule abilities, and gave in.
For writing my song, I went through a very basic process. Since I am not typically used to writing songs, I utilized a poetic function to write the lyrics. Specifically, I rhymed the ending word of a sentence every other line, and starting over each stanza. I crafted a story in my mind, fitting it to the rhyming pattern, allowing it to manifest into its own storyline. I purposefully created a chorus based on what felt right to me, and repeated it when necessary.
The writing process definitely wasn’t easy, however hard might be an overstatement. It was more frustrating than anything, since it was hard to choose a starting point and deciding where to go with it and the format of how you’re going to write it. Especially since there was a specific theme to stick to, since writing songs about personal experiences or emotions may be more easily written and smooth in comparison to forcing something out to match a specific perspective. It wasn’t entirely as I expected, since there are definitely different ways to write songs and rhyming isn’t universal in lyrics, however it was the most basic way I could think to get the ball going.
Overall, I think my song is successful in portraying themes of Romanticism. It may be confusing to decipher what the lyrics are specifically about in a story line crafting sense, however, the ideas of nature and human inferiority in comparison are definitely prevalent. I think I may write another song in the future, since I do enjoy writing poems time to time, and songs and merely a form of poet devices and go hand in hand. If I were to write a song again, there is a good chance it would function as an emotional catharsis for whatever I am experiencing at the moment. Possible themes definitely include anxiety and uncertainty towards the future, since, especially as a college student, is a great concern of mine and often occupies my thoughts.
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