songwriting class assignment

Earthrise

Verse 1:

You think it looks like, a shiny quarter
You think it looks like a peach
You think it looks like, a red gumball
Sweet and sticky it falls
Your mind begins to reach
out to catch it before
it lands on the unswept, unseeable floor
with the dust and other people's hair
And how are we going to share
unless one of us chews it first?
And will you give that burst
of flavor to me or will you let
me deal with second-hand sunsets? 

Chorus:

Come on, end the sunset's lies
Let's just feel the Earthrise
Baby don't just watch the skies
Let's enjoy the Earthrise
Come on baby, close your eyes
Let's just feel the Earthrise
Our heartbeats start to synchronize
Let's enjoy the Earthrise 

Earthrise1

The Last Snake in Ireland


Verse:

-       /     -      /      -    /      -        /
One day a snake awoke from dreams
-       /     -      /      -    /  -        /
of burning eyes and giant hands
  -       /    -     /      -      /            -       /
descending low from clouds, they reached
 -         /        -      /      -      -     -     /
and plucked his brothers from the lands
     -             /     -      /        -      /      -     /
Through trembling fangs he called his wife

-       /     -     /      -     -    /    -    /
as mist surrounded the lonely hill
-       /       -     /    -    /      -        /
He cried out all his children's names
-       /       -      /    -     /      -        /
but dark and silence answered still.


Chorus:

   -     -       /
from the ground
  /        -    /
some ascend
   -    -     /
without hand
   -   -      /
without wing 


Verse:

 -       /        -    /   -    -   /        -       /
He wound his body around the stones
-       /           -      /        -       /        -        /
the stones that warm, the stones that crush.
 -       /         -          /          -    /    -      /
His scales were cleansed by gentle rains
-       /           -    /   -    /       -       /
as streams began to roar and rush.
  /  -   -     /      -    /      -        /
Battling pale and swirling foam
-       /     -      /       -     /       -      /
the shifting earth, the tumbling soil
-       /       -      /      -        /      -        /
released the serpent's desperate grasp
-       /      -      /     -     -   -      /
and cast him clinging to his coil.


Chorus:

  /       -    /
laughter parts
  /       /          /
teardrops chased
  -    /      -     /
the painted face
  /     -  /
falls away


Verse:

  -     /         -    -    /    -    /      -     -      /
Sustained by the river's shimmering skin
-       /     -      /      -    /  -      /
the serpent spun a spiral throne
  -       /       -      /      -      /     -        /
He dashed to meet the stretching calm
-       /     /     -      -    /      -        /
as fanfares from a swan were blown.

  -       /          -      /   -    /     -     /
Like carved from living marble slid
-    /     -        /    -         /      -        /
a thousand feathers gleaming white.
  -       /     -      /        -    /        -      /
The serpent bowed his head to reach
-       /         -    /      -    /       -      /
out toward a beak as dark as night.


Chorus:

  /      -     /
dawning love 
   /      -      /
fears the dusk
  -     /           /
unwatched trust
     /        -    /
springs enough


Verse:

  -       /          -         /      -     /      -        /
The swan's mouth held the serpent's throat
-       /       -   /      -      /        -      /
no spark of hunger stirred his breast.
     /       -    -     /     -       /      -     /
Bourne in that cradle, black as coal,
  -      /      -    /       -      /       -     /
the swan allowed the snake to rest.

 -       /       /      /           -     /        /       /
His long neck arched, his great wings spread
-       /     -      /        -   /    -    /
the graceful swan began to fly.
-       /     -      /      -  /   -    /
Like slender ash aloft in flame
 -       /       -      /     -         /        -     /
the swan and serpent crossed the sky.


Chorus:

  /       -      /
mind the space
  /    -       /
heaven finds
  / -    /
real grace
 /    -      /
never minds 

lunar halo