Here I tried to put the chord progression of one song (Burning Bridges by One Republic) and combine it with the rhythm/groove of another (Scar by Missy Higgins). It's very simple, but works surprisingly well!

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
So breathe
In out like they taught you in gym class
Breathe
Hold my hands
I can see that you're shaking
Shuffling in a tap dance

[PreChorus]
Tie your hair back
You're looking like you just woke up
Ripping all those strands out
Let your fingernails free
You're gonna chew your palms off
If you don't let'em be

Here I took a simple chord progression (C Dm Am F) and developed it by changing the rhythm using either repetition, variation or new rhythmic motive, to spread it out into a full song. P.N. The Bridge is a different chord progression to the rest of the song as it sounded like it needed the harmonic variation there.

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm on a diet it just has lots of exceptions and
Someone's got a birthday today- I'm celebrating it
Extra sprinkles please or just wack the jar on whole
I'll eat whatever's free cause I have no self control

[Chorus]
Oh oh oh I have no self control x2

[Verse 2]
I hit my pay day at the start of the morning right?
I'm back to bust and it's not even that late at night
I don't remember what I bought but I'll be walking home
I burnt off all my change cause I have no self control

[Chorus]
Oh oh oh I have no self control x2

[Bridge]
People in labs wanna test me out
People who make ads wanna screw me round
I'm prone to scams and fake light shows
Cause I'm a sucker with no self control
I do my work I make my wage
I help mum out, I set the plates
But my inbox is span and unpaid tolls
Cause I'm a sucker with no self control

[Verse 3]
So I'm at home doing some research on the internet
2 hours of retro games and 3 of random YouTube clips
I get real tired so I crash and sleep on a pile of Vogues
Still repeating freshman year cause I have no self control

[Chorus]
Oh oh oh I have no self control x2

Here I wrote a song after first having written out a plan with the story, emotion, concept and idea.

[VERSE1]
Where are you? You should be here by now
It's silent in the dark streets and I can't see more than 10 metres ahead
Where are you? You should be here by now
I'm tapping at my phone but my fingers are so cold and your acting like reception's out

[PRECHORUS]
I'm usually fine
You'd think I don't care
But you got me this time
I hope that your happy with yourself
yeah

[CHORUS]
Congratulations you made me care
Congratulations you made me need you, made me scared
Congratulations you brought me from being strong to being weak
Congratulations you made me break

[VERSE]
What's happening? Why have you left me here?
Strangers are laughing and speaking to me and I can smell the alcohol on their breath
What's happening? Why have you left me here?
It's stretching to the morning, I've given up on calling, If you wanna see me snap I'm falling

[PRECHORUS]
Though I'm usually strong
Steady on my feet
You knocked me to the ground
I hope your happy, I hope your happy

[CHORUS]
Congratulations you made me care
Congratulations you made me need you, made me scared
Congratulations you brought me from being strong to being weak
Congratulations you made me break

[BRIDGE]
Even though I get angry rather than sad
Even though I scream rather than cry
I'm not made of cement but you left me out dry
And when you pick me up an hour late
I want you to know it's for the last time
For the last

[CHORUS]
Congratulations you made me care
Congratulations you made me need you, made me scared
Congratulations you brought me from being strong to being weak
Congratulations you made me break
Congratulations you made me break

Free writing, this is what I came up with.

Lyrics:
[VERSE 1]
It's a long wait I tell you
It's a long wait I tell you
In the fan line, waiting to get a page signed
Oh how I beamed yeah
Like an LED ray gun
When I saw you, once I'd waited out the whole queue

[PRE CHORUS 1]
But you looked right past me, staring at the chest of the big chick on the phone
And you turned and winked like I'm in on the joke
Then you slurred and croaked something like "it's the perks of the job"
And I felt so sick I almost chucked my dinner up

[CHORUS 1]
I said
You should be photoshopped in real life
Cover up your sick mind
And your ego
Woah
You should be photoshopped in real life
Fix you with a fake smile
Just like play dough
Woah

[HOOK]
Woah oh Woah oh Woah oh oh oh oh oh

[VERSE 2]
It's hard to find guys
Oh yes it's hard to find guys
Today, when their heads are buried up in phones
Damn, hit on tinder
And you looked like a Sean Penn
But on your profile page and not our first date

[PRECHORUS 2]
You strutted in to the chocolate place with your pimpled face
And I had to check that you're really 25 like you had said
Cause you looked like a kid and made up shit like the local politicians did
And I almost sent a fist straight through your head

[CHORUS 2]
I said
You should be photoshopped in real life
Redesign your profile
And grow a backbone
Woah
You should be photoshopped in real life
Fix your phoney free style
And use acne foam
Woah

[HOOK]
Woah oh Woah oh Woah oh oh oh oh oh

[BRIDGE]
And the model on my front page walked past me
Looked like she'd coughed up her whole body
And the dress that I bought on the online shop
Fit me like a crop top
Then I put my faith in a mocked up drone
Which was actually a Government mole
And I opened up my laptop and I screamed
At all the open pages

[CHORUS 3]
You should be photoshopped in real life
Wear around image files
Wherever you go
Woah
You should be photoshopped in real life
Just like famous that guy
And the one with the pimples
Woah

[HOOK]
Woah oh Woah oh Woah oh oh oh oh oh

Free writing on the ukulele, so naturally the chords are simple and the song is a fun light-hearted one.

Lyrics:
[VERSE 1]
Watching dancing llama things on the internet
Searching for Clooney pics on the Instagram
Raiding the fridge straight after scoffing down food
I may not seem occupied
But I'm far too occupied to see you

[VERSE 2]
Learning how to speak Pikachu in a day
Filling out the things I like on my Facebook age
Belting out ABBA tunes through a kazoo
I may not seem occupied
But I'm far too occupied to see you

[CHORUS]
Cause I'd rather watch a rock in the hope that it will grow
Into a beautiful butterfly farting out rainbows
There was a time where I'd stop what I would do
But now I'm just too occupied
I'm far too occupied to see you

[VERSE 3]
It's a pity Doctor Who needs to be re-watched
And my novelty pens need to be re-stocked
And I've decided I'm going to learn Kung Fu
Though I may not seem occupied
I'm far too occupied-

[VERSE 4]
And what a shame I've gained an interest in how to tie knots
And I'm starting a blog of drugged up Beiber shots
And I'm taking a virtual trip to Peru
Cause though I may not seem occupied
I'm far too occupied to see you

[CHORUS]
Cause I'd rather watch a rock in the hope that it will grow
Into a beautiful butterfly farting out rainbows
There was a time where I'd stop what I would do
But now I'm just too occupied

[CHORUS]
Cause I'd rather watch a rock in the hope that it will grow
Into a beautiful butterfly farting out rainbows
There was a time I'd prioritise you
But now I'm far too occupied
Far far too occupied
Always too occupied
For you

With this tune I tried to write in a folk style.

Lyrics:
[VERSE1]
Just like a flicker like a flick
You came into my life
I only remember just a bit
Cause you switched my senses blind
But of what I can still make of it
There was something that felt right
When you first said hi

[PRECHORUS1]
Then you were gone in an instant, like a magician
Practicing teleportation
The ripple you started, you wouldn't even know
When you let me go

[CHORUS]
Maybe in another life- oh
Or another time- oh
If my feeling's right
The universe will bring me back to you

[VERSE2]
I tell you I'm a nervous sort of mess
When there's a chance it could be you
I'll see the back of a bopping head
and assume you're walking through
Fiddle with my fingers or my hair
And just hope and hope it's true
But it's never true

[PRECHORUS2]
Cause you were gone in an instant, like a magician
Practicing teleportation
The tidal wave you started, you wouldn't even know
When you let me go

[CHORUS]
Maybe in another life- oh
Or another time- oh
If my feeling's right
The universe will bring me back to you

[INSTRUMENTAL]
Will bring me back to you
Bring me back to you
Oh oh

[CHORUS]
Maybe in another life- oh
Or another time- oh
If my feeling's right
The universe will bring me back to you
Bring me back to you
The universe will bring me back to you

A place to put up some of my WIPs and get feedback from cool SoundCloud folk.

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