{"id":3379,"date":"2010-09-18T00:11:31","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T05:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2010-09-18T03:18:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T08:18:42","slug":"new-rough-song-demo-its-over-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/18\/new-rough-song-demo-its-over-now\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rough Song Demo: “It’s Over Now”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, for the first time in a while a tune struck me out of the blue. I’ve been in straight poetry writing mode the last month or so, so I decided to apply the lyrics from one of those recent poems to this tune. I was surprised that it worked out so well. I think its because in the past I’ve been applying tunes (or trying) to five foot iambic lines which just doesn’t work. And this poem was based on two foot lines. I think the basic measure of songs is four feet, which makes sense. Everything in Western Music is based usually on 4s, 4\/4 time is probably 99% of all Western songs. So the two feet lines of this poem probably just joined together to make a four foot rhythm that worked with the 4\/4 time.<\/p>\n

This is from the poem “I Know the Lake” I wrote last week. I just kind of hurried that title. I’ve changed the song title to “It’s Over Now.” Chorus lyrics seem to work better as titles. I think I’ll change that first line from “I know the lake” to “I know it’s late.”<\/p>\n

“I Know the Lake”
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I know the lake.
\nThere’s nothing more.
\nWhat is at stake
\nIs behind the door.<\/div>\n
Up in the sky
\nYour hair flew wild.
\nYour sunglassed eyes
\nThey hid the child.<\/div>\n
I thought you said
\nTo meet down there.
\nWe’d find the bed
\nWithout a care.<\/div>\n
It’s over now.
\nIt died somehow.<\/div>\n

\u00a92010 Stephen Pickering<\/p>\n

For the song I need to write another verse extra from the poem which is written in 14 line sonnet form. But I notice the song structure needs to change. The chorus needs to come in sooner anyway, so writing another stanza will make a nice two verse two chorus structure without having to repeat the first verse all over again. These lines just popped out of my head:<\/p>\n

Remember when
\nThe water fell
\nWe jumped right in
\nAnd didn’t tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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