Friday, May 8, 2009

top 6 songs that i want to write but just can't find the time or inspiration for

I actually have titles for them all, too.

"tasted twice"-- I have a great and meaningful story about the only time in my life that I threw up on an airplane. but it would take a lot of work to get the song right, and probably i'd need a lot more instruments.

"the end of an era"-- when I graduated from UMBC, I wanted to write a song about how I felt. I only had one phrase, though, and it didn't really work all that well anyway.

"the kid in the cafeteria"-- I wrote a really terrible poem once about a person very close to me whose life was changed dramatically by the selfless love of others, most especially Jesus.

"please come true"-- I actually wrote a bridge for this song and have a neat riff, but for some reason verses just never come.

"the moon is round"-- it's a sentiment about faith from Jim & Elisabeth Elliot, and one that has been helpful to me throughout the years. nothing has ever come to me. someone else wrote a song on the subject and I think they did a better job than I could ever do, but I still feel like I would have my own part to say.

"if we are the body"-- I started this one in Ghana and wanted it to be a song about social justice and the church. Like most songs on the subject, it sucked hard and so nothing ever came of it.

2 comments:

Alex said...

#6 has been done by Casting Crowns. It's all kinds of judgmental!

Arathon said...

I'll write verses for ya! Just send me what you have. =)

Looking forward to Monday...