the world's fastest beating

I wonder who you are
or what you want from me
If I'll have some luck this time
You know the probability is that i won't

(Chorus) I just wish we could be tangled all day and night
I swear i just can't stop the feeling
Just a single glimpse of your face
makes my heart the world's fastest beating

Tell me what the problem is
Even though I know my mind mostly is
But don't make me waiting
I don't want to be making you excuses later

What your truly intentions are
I hate thinking you may be indecisive
When I'm sure of my feelings

Help me stop thinking of you
You can't decide my day
Obssesively
My mind won't stop me
Selfishly

Where are you
If you love me
Promise to do it right
Don't look for me only at midnight

Don't want to give up
Of the world's fastest beating
Don't make me waiting
Or guessing on your feelings


(I'd say I don't really know how to divide songs in parts except for the chorus. I don't really know if i should rhyme more, etc. anyway i imagine this as a pop/indie song.)

Comments

  • Hello and welcome to TSF!

    I like "makes my heart the world's fastest beating" it's different and quirky - something new and memorable.

    You've noted that you don't really know how to divide songs, and that's probably the thing you need to look at first: structure. Without worrying too much about labels, just think of songs as having parts that are musically the same, like verses and the chorus. A chorus is (often) repeated verbatim, whereas verses will differ lyrically, but have the same music. Your chorus doesn't seem to repeat at all. So you need to make a decision: do you want a chorus or not? If it's a chorus, then make it repeat (you can just insert "chorus" later in the lyric if you've already set out once earlier what it is). If not, then you have another verse. All your verses are going to need to fit into the same musical slot and that means they should look alike in terms of how many lines are in each verse, and the length of the lines across verses. Eg line 1 in verse 1 should be about the same length as line 1 in verse 2, though within the same verse it may differ from lines 2, 3 or 4. And sometimes for variety you want a part that is musically completely different to everything else. This is often labelled as a Bridge. If you can look at a lyric and just by visually scanning it work out which parts are set to the same music, then you probably have a good structure to work with.

    In terms of rhyming, there's no single best rhyming scheme, but be consistent. For example if your verses rhyme on lines 2 and 4, make sure they always rhyme on those lines in every verse. But you can choose to vary that between different musical parts, so the chorus might use a different rhyming pattern (maybe all four lines rhyme there) and that will sound fine.

  • I can imagine a tune to the first verse and chorus..and also to what I assume would be the second verse. But I get a bit lost after that. For me, it's not so much about rhyming - or lack of, it's the need for a bit more regularity. Songs tend to have verses, chorus' and bridges of uniform structure (not always, but it's a good place to start). I'm just looking at RDM's reply and I'm saying more or less the same thing a different way!

    There's definitely the potential here for a good pop/indie song.

  • toriaxdreamer
    toriaxdreamer under your bed
    thank you guys for explaining to me better how all that works !❤️
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