Hack-a-Song 2017

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Rice Punch.

Verse 1:
In the middle of the night 
thinking of all that has been
I was young and on the edge of the sea
You held me tight
held me safe from what might be
Oh Ma, don't be afraid
Reality

Pre-chorus:
Step by step, hand in hand
I walk to the unknown
Heart beats fast, don't look back
Hold your breath and go

Chorus:
Dived into water
but plunged in too deep
Now I'm dancing with jellyfish
They're looking at me
Oooh~ feel the pressure of the sea
Now I'm feeing growing older wasn't for me

Verse 2:
Now I'm tryin' to find a job
I'm so far away from home
They say your heart is in the work
But why do I feel so alone
Gotta pay my bills, do my taxes
But first, I gotta get through all my classes
I'm so stressed out, tired and confused
I'm so sleep deprived here at CMU

Pre-chorus 2:
Step it up, don't give in
You'll find your voice somehow
Shout it out, Sing it loud
For the world to hear

Bridge: ooooooh 

Chorus x2

Jellyfish

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Angst.

Intro (x2) (ooooo’s)

Verse
If you asked me how my heart bleeds for your love, I would tell you faithfully
And if you should ever leave my love, I’d have one less reason to breathe
But I have to tell you, although it hurts to say it, you’d be better without me
Though I can’t live without you, I’m gonna learn. I have to.  You’d be better without me

Chorus
I want you to know.  I want you to stay.  I’m letting you go.  You gotta go your own way
If you ever feel alone, I’m feeling the same.
It’s better this way

Verse
A peak that cuts the clouds where only mountains can.  Your love, it clears my skies of grey
And when I leave you now I hope you’ll understand that I’ll still love you come what may
But you are so much more than I could have ever known and you’re far too good for one like me
Though I can’t live without you, I’m gonna learn I have to.  You’d be better without me

Chorus
I want you to know.  I want you to stay.  I’m letting you go.  You gotta go your own way
If you ever feel alone, I’m feeling the same.
It’s better this way

*Instrumental Solo* (For Another Verse)

Chorus (x2, 1 instrumental, 1 a capella):
I want you to know.  I want you to stay.  I’m letting you go.  You gotta go your own way
If you ever feel alone, I’m feeling the same.
It’s better this way


Ernest

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Chords on the Cut.

A sweeping, dramatic neoclassical instrumental composed with piano, saxophone, and drums, with hints of electronic sound.

Shards

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Luna.

Intro: 
...and you're perfect to me
oh you're perfect to me

V1:
touch
heat
When your skin meets mine
I wish I could freeze time 
Oh every accidental brush is like dopamine to me
How I wish you could see

Chorus: But love is a two way street 
and I can't force your feet to
move in time with mine
Our steps are out of synch 
But darling if you could let me lead
Oh if you could let me lead

break

V2:
the words 
I need
Don't seem to be within my reach
To see you smile is bitter sweet
Because you're so close 
but still so far from me

How I wish you could see
you're perfect to me 

Chorus 


Perfect to Me

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Stanley Plum.

The sky light blue and the leaves dark green
It was then I first heard you sing
The tune was sweet and oh so pure
Like crystal water on a tropical shore
I wheeled about to find the beautiful thing
Whose pretty song made me dance and swing
But there was no one in the field but me

My heart was sinking like a stone in the sea
While I rifled through that old plum tree
I wondered what power could be this cruel
To keep us apart both me and you
As I searched in disarray
You spread your wings and flew away
But as you left you defiled me

Birdie, birdie in the sky
Why'd you do that in my eye?
I was sitting under a tree
Then you went and made a fool of me

Birdie, birdie in the sky
Why'd you do that in my eye?
All things considered I guess I'll get by
Boy I'm glad that cows don't fly!

A Sunday Afternoon in July

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by The lonely star.

When I reach out, you're not there
When I look up in missing you
Like a puzzle with pieces gone
And darkness just to cling to

I see you below/above me
And wonder how you are
Eyes as blue as Neptune
And hair as red as mars

I can still sing my part
Thought its lonely without you
Reminded to your heart
The love we both knew

In the nighttime, I will miss you, I will miss you
But in the morning, I will kiss you, but now I miss you

I know you're far, but I still see stars
When i imagine kissing you
Just a short time, then you'll come
And I'lll feel red, not blue

I see you below/above me
And still miss your tune
Hair bright as the Sun
Eyes dark as the Moon

I can still sing my part
Though it's lonely without you
Reminded of your heart
The love we both knew

In the nighttime, I will miss you, I will miss you
But, in the morning, I will kiss, but now I miss you

I still love you
I still love you (I still love you)
I still miss you (I still miss you)

In the nighttime, I will miss you, I will miss you
But in the morning, I will kiss you, but now I miss you
In the nighttime, I will miss you
But in the morning, I will kiss you, but now I miss you

I still lovr




I Will Miss You

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Code Red.

It’s a Saturday evening, in a cold town
So get your ginger ales and gather around

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
There was a knight in shining armor.
He travelled far and wide, to find himself a bride
He had no brains but he was quite the charmer.

“Princess, O Princess! Am comin’ for you.
Gonna slay the dragon, gonna cleave it in two.
Gonna free you from this tower and give you a kiss.
Oh good heavens, my horse has gone amiss!”

“You and me… We weren’t meant to be.
I don’t need no help, I can break out myself.
Soon I’ll be out, running down these stairs.
I’m gonna kill the dragon, catch him unawares”

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
There was a princess locked up in the tower
She broke out of her cell, almost all was well
She needed no man, there’s nothing that could harm her.

“Princess, O Princess! I’m setting you free.
I just found my horsie was stuck in a tree.
I have a magic sword. I’m gonna stab him to death.
Huhh hold on… I have to catch my breath!”

“The dragon is dead, I chopped off his head.
Go away O Knight, you know not how to fight.
Now I’m going home, where I’d like to be alone
I don’t wanna see you again, my life is my own.“

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
A terrible beast was brought down by my mother
Now, all was well, as far as we could tell
The dragon was dead and the land was calmer

It’s a Saturday evening, in a cold town
A princess too, can strike a beast down.

The Princess and the Dragon

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by The Fourth Estate.

I walk an empty road just south of a home
Dust and rock they will be my tombstone
I know better than to look away
My fate is that of the after day

Cause I know
That I'm never far from here

Down by the creek there's a man today
Skipping stones he won't throwaway
The new blocks and their alibis
Can't find the longing in his eyes

Cause I know
That I'm never far from here
That I'm stuck in all the years
And I'm not coming out of my time

My story ends, it says that I'm not going - to the light
My years, my age they say that I'm not fit for the fight

I'm just a relic of the time

Call it Stone Age and call it wracked
They don't work from an almanac
Feel that shiver inside your soul
Hear that sound it's still rock and roll

Cause I know
That I'm never far from here
That I'm stuck in all the years
And I'm not coming out of my time

My story ends, it says that I'm not going - to the light
My years, my age they say that I'm not fit for the fight

I'm just a relic of the times 

My story ends, it says that I'm not going - to the light
My years, my age they say that I'm not fit for the fight
The Songs they sing they're pulling punches at something they'll never find
Our stolen wind it howls back at the shell of our combine

I'm just a relic of the times

The Relic

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Basically Pancakes.

THIS SONG IS ABOUT CAVE LOVE. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY ROUGH TAKE. OKAY THANK YOU.

LYRICS:

Verse
I made my way back to the problem at hand
Guess I have a curse that leads me to be such a flirt
Don’t know why I like to play these games
Watch how close you get, cause one minute your happy the next you’ll regret

I got a feeling, and you got that feeling, were gonna rock it out
But don’t expect it, that youll be different. 
Watch it cause you might end up the same

Chorus
Don’t cave, into my love
I know we had a good time but I don’t stay for long.
Don’t let, me take your heart
Oh once you fall for me ill already be gone

Don’t cave, into my love
Last girl that came around’s still finding her way out.
Don’t crave, this plastic heart of mine
I’m way too bad for you that love would be a crime

Verse
I made my way back to the problem at hand
Guess I have a curse that leads me to be such a flirt
Don’t know why I like to play these games
Watch how close you get, cause one minute your happy the next you’ll regret

I got a feeling, and you got that feeling, were gonna rock it out
But don’t expect it, that youll be different. 
Watch it cause you might end up the same

Chorus
Don’t cave, into my love
I know we had a good time but I don’t stay for long.
Don’t let, me take your heart
Oh once you fall for me ill already be gone

Don’t cave, into my love
Last girl that came around’s still finding her way out.
Don’t crave, this plastic heart of mine
I’m way too bad for you that love would be a crime

Don't Cave

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Breeze.

[verse]
Singing a lovely song for us 3355543
Memorizing your face 113322
Celebrating what we accomplished 3355565
Setting sail to a new trip 1133221
 
[transition]
 
[chorus]
Walking along the winding trail 11217666
Slanting ray, cast shadow over it
I’m afraid that I won’t have a chance
To say good bye, remember your face
 
[chorus]
Passing through the narrow garden path
The Snowman laughs and waves its branches
I don’t want to fall asleep
With your voice lingering in my head
 
[climax]
Another warm winter, with crisp air
The snow glows, with grass sprouting beneath
I can’t promise if I will be back
To cherish memory and sail off

Warm Winter

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by One time disaster .

Beards 

Beards

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by City Duck.

Not by Coldplay. Up to your own interpretation. "Every genre imaginable (but not technically, cause that's a lot)"

Lyrics:

intro

You see, I really wanna ask ya
how you doing now that you're free
I'll be, stepping on a pedal, 
to the other side of the sea

Same sky, different faces, 
dreaming of the places you'll be
Same steps, different pavements,
leaving no traces of me.


verse (
Taking world by the storm and he 
played the blues as he can
help him understand

what you mean when you say 
when you say you can't 
release my self from the misery 
of old land.

Bruised and burned we won't lose heart
grizzly beards beady eyes gaudy smiles
And just because life gets hard

take me out she said
take me out of this world.
i wan't to keep myself occupied.
take me to the other side.
it's paradise 
it's paradise
it's paradise
it's paradise 
)

chorus
You see, I really wanna ask ya
how you doing now that you're free
I'll be, stepping on a pedal, 
to the other side of the sea

Same sky, different faces, 
dreaming of the places you'll be
Same steps, different pavements,
leaving no traces of me.



Paradise

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by The Depths.

I could surely understand
If you don’t want to hold my hand
If you don’t want someone 
To fight your demons off with you
I know what you’re going through 

You don’t have to hide the black and blue
Don’t you know I’m not afraid of you

Please don’t be afraid to show me
Broken bones, cause God it’s lonely
Please don’t hold your breath for me
I just want you to
Open up yourself to me
Don’t try to hide the rest from me
Cause darling I’d be blessed to be
The one to heal your scars (hold your stars)

You are not alone  

I could listen if you let me
I could practice what you teach
I could jump into the deep end with you
I could be just what you need

You don’t have to run away from me
You don’t have to be afraid of me

Please don’t be afraid to show me
Broken bones, cause God it’s lonely
Please don’t hold your breath for me
I just want you to
Open up yourself to me
Don’t try to hide the rest from me
Cause darling I’d be blessed to be
The one to heal your scars (hold your stars)

You are not alone

I’m not going anywhere
I’ve been waiting patiently
But if I’m gonna let you in 
I need to know who you could be

Please don’t be afraid to show me
Broken bones, cause God it’s lonely
Please don’t hold your breath for me
I just want you to
Open up yourself to me
Don’t try to hide the rest from me
Cause darling I’d be blessed to be
The one to heal your scars (hold your stars)

You are not alone (5x)


You are not Alone

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by akay.

Akay,manj music ,janni

talwar

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Hack-a-Song 2017

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