Lion or sheep
Lyrics - me; Music - Suno
https://suno.com/song/9300e53e-abd7-45fe-832b-89e9232c7829?sh=oKJqYm5nSLIXNyPa
Verse 4 has nothing to do with anybody on this site.. that is specific to a person who simply didn't understand that a song I wrote intentionally psychedelic, he didn't get that and another said there were to many words :).
In the outro are two words I made up to keep with the cadence - formularity and rhyement.
There is also a political reference, which out of respect, don't comment on that just the lyrics.
These lyrics are a draft and most likely I'll go back later and clean them up.
Verse 1 really did happen as I said.. there was a crow, but I changed it to raven, sitting on a fence. a hawk swooped down and in less that 5 minutes and completely gutted it.. When I went out, all that was left was a few feathers and a partial skeleton. :)
[Verse 1]
Staring out my window, at muted cloudy skies
When suddenly a red-tailed hawk quickly flew by
His talons gripped a raven, squirming, shrieking
Colorful reds and blacks on my windows streaking
[Verse 2]
Bored, channel-hopping on my cable television
A cougar took down a deer with great precision
Self-preservation the other deer abruptly fled
My screen transformed shades of brown and reds
[Chorus]
You could be the lion or sheep
The body at rest or at play
Chained by obedience you weep
Semper carpe diem, always seize the day
[Verse 3]
Now for a change away from the shock and awe
Even though truly out my window is what I saw
Now I see an Oompa-Loompa wailing and screaming
Unwittingly a sheep, but the mighty lion dreaming
[Verse 4]
And the singer-songwriters bleating off-key rhymes
Mindlessly hoof-tapping out four-four common time
While other trippy dippy romps of many words galore
Lost to the vacuous imaginations of the easily bored
[Chorus]
You could be the lion or sheep
The body at rest or at play
Chained by obedience you weep
Semper carpe diem, always seize the day
[Outro]
We are all bound and chained by our inner demons
Afraid to escape the box of self-confinement
We are all wallowing in the seas of formularity
Braying and harping when stanzas lack rhymement
Comments
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Nice one Bill, could follow that easily. Quite enjoyed it actually. Survival of the fittest in stark reality!
Well written piece this, not an easy subject to put together but credit to you, a well constructed song.
"when stanzas lack rhymement" (refinement)
Loved it.
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@sidshovel - refinement is an actual word, the point was to make it one up and still fit the music :) thanks for the comment, I truly appreciate it
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Ha Ha, One day Bill, I'll actually understand what goes on between your ears. Just tried making up new words, it's a lot more difficult than it sounds!
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@sidshovel - I wanted to use the word rhyme and I didn't want to change the other word, so i just added 'ment' to the end :). And formularity is just formulaic and familiarity combined :)
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half poetic and conversational. Trippy song , Ya have a new genre
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