How To Write Songs - Songwriting Sprint (Jun - Aug 2025)
Prompt 1 - Metaphor Love Song (Due: 29th June 2025)

Lyrics:
Being different’s not a sin
Yet I wanna just fit in
Not go against the wind
So, don’t you rain on me

I like me better in my dreams
Guess it’s me who I can’t please
To change is not a breeze
So, don’t you rain on me

Oh, shape-shifting clouds passing by up above,
do you know what it’s like to be loved and unloved?
Yeah, shape-shifting clouds above, do you know?

Oh, shape-shifting clouds passing by up above,
do you know what it’s like to be loved and unloved?
Yeah, shape-shifting clouds above, do you know?

Is this the only way to live
I become what I believe
I’ll ride above the wind 
So, don’t you rain on me

don't you rain on me (draft 7)

How To Write Songs - Songwriting Sprint (Jun - Aug 2025)
Prompt 2 - Write a song that uses 4 chords on a loop, the whole way through (Due: 13th July 2025)

Lyrics:
Late night thoughts about what you said 
Can’t get them outta my head
Staying silent’s something I still regret
Baby, I’m not done yet
I’m not done yet

Tell me, how could you just forget?
You left my heart in a mess 
It’s my turn, I’ve got something to confess
Baby, I’m not done yet
I’m not done yet

Maybe I got what it takes to play this game
Maybe I got what it takes to end this story

Knight in armour of disguise
Lips that spill romantic lies
Spell’s been compromised
You fooled me once, can’t fool me twice
Ohh, the honour’s mine
Ohh, we’re once upon a time

Late night thoughts about what you’ll say
What can I do to make you stay?
But I’ve decided to walk away
It’s a little too late
A little too late

Baby, I got what it takes to play this game
Baby, I got what it takes to end this story

Knight in armour of disguise
Lips that spill romantic lies
Spell’s been compromised
You fooled me once, can’t fool me twice
Ohh, the honour’s mine
Ohh, we’re once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time

once upon a time (draft 4)

How To Write Songs - Songwriting Sprint (Jun - Aug 2025)
Prompt 3 - Use one rhythm as the basis of your song (Due: 27th July 2025)

Lyrics:
Sitting by the window pane
Waiting for the world to change
Stuck on this track not bound for the other way

Was the journey all in vain
People leave but I remain
Will I survive if I jump off this moving train

Out of my mind
Soul’s left behind
Am I heading in the right direction
Have I gone out too far to return 

I’ll run out of time
The way’s hard to find
Lost sight of my destination
I thought I was on the ride of my life

I’ll do the same things tomorrow
With a heavier heart than today
If I’ve got no plan, I’d be lost again

Out of my mind
Soul’s left behind
Am I heading in the right direction
Have I gone out too far to return 

I’ll run out of time
The way’s hard to find
Lost sight of my destination
I thought I was on the ride of my life
   
Don’t have a plan, still moving ahead 
I’m lost again
I’m nothing but, nothing but 
A ghost (on the train)
(x2)

ghost on the train (draft 2)

How To Write Songs - Songwriting Sprint (Jun - Aug 2025)
Prompt 4 - Structure your song around a direct conversation with someone else - someone who is close or important to you (Due: 10th August 2025)

Lyrics:
hey, it’s day thirty 
since work sent you away 
still feels lonely, i’m alone in this bed 
i’m alone in my head

hey, whatcha doing 
i’m still stuck on this page 
i was reading, all i do is just wait 
i just called to say

i can’t fall asleep, can’t fall asleep when 
you’re not next to me 
you’re not next to me, baby

i can’t fall asleep, can’t fall asleep when 
you’re not next to me 
you’re not next to me

i used to joke that we should give each other space 
now every night i’m looking at flights to LA

i can’t fall asleep, can’t fall asleep when 
you’re not next to me 
you’re not next to me

hey, good to see you are well, but I think we got disconnected
baby, you look frozen 
hey, the plant and i, still alive, but we can’t hold any longer 
so, come home sooner

i used to joke that we should give each other space 
now every night i’m looking at flights to LA

i can’t fall asleep, can’t fall asleep when 
you’re not next to me 
you’re not next to me

i used to joke that we should give each other space 
now every night i’m looking at flights to LA

i can’t fall asleep, can’t fall asleep, oh 
please just come home safe 
please just come home safe, baby

Note: To replace last two lines with a message that asks the partner to come home sooner instead of come home safe.

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