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Reflections In A Dirty Mirror - Lyric Critique

by Sophie

The title is pretty self explanatory...realising things about myself that I wish aren't true. I won't explain the lyrics coz they refer to several events which are quite personal to me and I believe they should be interpreted however the listener (or in this case reader) likes.
Enjoy.
-Soph

I'm late again,
I guess it happens when the time is flying,
Tick ticking its way past,
So I'm running now,
Fleeing for the street feels like I'm dying,
I find it difficult to grasp,
In dreams,
You're who you want to be but now you're waking,
Nothing ever lasts,
So sleep,
Sleep in harmony and when I wake up,
I know this will come to pass.

You said,
"I'm sick of wasting time",
but time's for wasting,
You should open up your eyes.
So I'm drawing,
I'm drawing that white line so I can cut and,
Sever those ties,
While I'm out,
I know you'll hang around make yourself comfy,
Settle down to stay,
When I come back,
We can sit and watch the spin,
And finally when I am free,
You'll know I won't walk away.

I'm sorry,
I'm not who I wanna be,
but I am changing (x5),
And letting go...




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Aug 25, 2008
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song genre
by: Mantius

Do you know the genre, tempo etc? Please let us know. Thanks a lot and all the best.

Aug 25, 2008
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by: Soph

The genre is alternative/soft rock/indie/pop (hard to explain), sort of in line with the likes of stuff like Bright Eyes, Ben Kweller, Josh Pyke (if you know him, if you don't check him out, best lyricist!), Coldplay even sometimes...we do like our piano.
Temp is slow, speeds up at the end. Fairly softly sung, quite simple, just guitar and a bit of cello until the end where it speeds up and gets loud and the guitar is strummed, lots of cello and piano.

Aug 25, 2008
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On the cusp
by: Mark Fyers

I like it but something seems to be missing from it. It is almost like you are trying to put emotion into the song but it is not quite there. I know that this is an emotional song and an emotional event but I don't feel what you are feeling and the listener needs that to be able to relate to you (People like songs they can relate to) . I often find what helps me to draw out emotions from this style of writing is to listen to other songs that fit your genre. Every song ever written is the onslaught of another song written about a similiar topic (same as chord combinations). Listen to a few and than try to get inspired. Otherwise I think you have a good song it just needs a little tweaking... trust me I take about 6 months to 3 years to finally get a song that I like and I am still never happy with it. Good luck.

Aug 25, 2008
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Good stuff
by: Anonymous

i like it. i could feel it.

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