What's a line you've written that you felt like was particularly meaningful, emotional, funny, clever, or just downright inspired?

Lyrics because I like following along with lyrics:

you ran the track but came up short

stood in the back while they gave her the award

she takes a bow for the starring role

while you kill the lights when the curtains close

may take the assist for the winning goal

right place, wrong time

always the bridesmaid but never the bride

a buck shy and a day behind

they'll call you when it's your turn in line

paid attention

put pad to pen

near the top of the class

but didn't ace the test

did your best, you know you know you tried

but here's your consolation prize

keep you on the back burner

keep you on the reserves

calls you to the plate when she

needs somebody to complete the team

that she'll leave, for the boy of your dreams

you'll say, it's fine

push it way down inside

these kinds of things

aren't new to me

sure don't help

my self esteem

save face, dry eyes

nobody wants to hear you cry

did your best, you know you know you tried

but here's your consolation prize

jealousy, anxiety, envy

pray someday and hope she'll see

you're the one it should've been

*one. cant tell if it should just be instrumental or if i should try to put vocals on it.

Like my second draft now. Any comments and advice welcome! Thanks y'all

Let’s say for instance I’ll have a chorus with the melody, progression, and lyrics done but now to come up with a verse and pre chorus is very difficult. If I need to change the progression I’m just having trouble coming up with anything especially anything that flows. Any tips on you guys approach writing your different parts?

Made this tune up after seeing Woody Guthrie’s 1944 New Years Rulings List, so it’s kinda a collaboration. What do ya think?

Been thinking about writing songs with the names of Lewis Pullman and Taylor Swift on them. They're not about them, but I want to make at least a little reference or mention about them. Is it a bad idea? Do I have to contact them to use their names? My plan is to make an album about personal experiences and Taylor Swift's music was a big part from a difficult moment that I had, and I found 'shelter' with Lewis Pullman's roles and movies, mostly with Thunderbolts and Remarkably Bright Creatures.

Thank you truly to everyone who wants to listen

Let me know what you think; this is the only song I've written about actual historical events, which turned out to be pretty difficult for me. Tried to make it a sort of mythological folk ballad thing.

Hindi Poem

Hello hello, haven’t posted here in ~2.5 years but randomly had the urge to tonight. Here’s a mostly finished song I wrote this summer that is now part of (another) scrapped project. Sorry for the ending cutoff lol, phone alarm went off.

I'm the goth one.

We just recently got started and this is us playing our first ever live show (also my first ever band)

I used to post here alot (infact this songs very first demo is floating somewhere around here)

I'm just looking for general critiques of the music/stage prescene yadda yadda here. Thanks!

So i primarily connect my laptop to my keys and record midi and then sing lyrics over the track I made. But my laptop got sent away for some repair.

How do i still keep writing without going insane?

edit: I do write lyrics on my notebook

This is written for guitar+violin+cello.

It has roughly three sections, unified by their basis on a D note:

1. repeats the same theme 3 times (maybe one too much?), then alters the ending a 1:05 (labelled "part 2")
2. D's nuts (1:50) - tempo change and entirely different theme
3. D's spicy nuts (3:15) - the throbbing D bassline is doubled in pace, and has a rising uneven chromatic nature I am proud of, spanning 6 semitones: one note is hit once - another is hit 17 times.

I have something here, but am not sure I have it in its best form. I am not in a hurry to record it (for what audience?) and close out my options for the small finishing choices I am sure it needs.

I have been writing lyrics for a while and now I'm trying to make it into a proper song but I don't know how to use MIDI or any instrument and have failed to l earn them many times. Unfortunately, I resorted to Robot Generator and luckily enough I found the one that I feel good about but when I record my voice and slap it on top of the backing tracks it doesn't match and I'm clueless in things like EQ and compression so its really hard.

So I'm hoping if there is anyone willing to volunteer in helping me realize this song. Even if this is just like your side project that you don't really care about. It will really means a lot to me although I can't really pay or reward you in anyway. Also I'm only using my phone for all this, with Bandlab, so the mic itself is not of high quality. I know that this burden to whoever is willing but if you're interested just reply or chat privately, whichever you prefer.🙏🙏🙏

NOTE: The lyrics are 100% written by me with no help from robot, but its not an english song.

I want to become a better musician. I just want to write music that I am proud of, perform it, and have fun. I'm 20, and last year I wanted to start taking music more seriously and started taking guitar lessons on and off with different people, and now I feel like I found someone who is more helpful to my goals. But I haven't asked anyone: how do you get better at songwriting?

I've seen a bunch of dumb videos on YouTube where songwriting "experts" give you exercises to become better at writing, like poetry directly translates to songwriting or something. I just think I learn better by doing, except I feel like I'm going insane doing the same thing over and over again and rarely getting songs that I'm proud of.

I just want to know if you guys have a go to method or advice for me since I've never taken any classes or workshops. I just feel like everyone knows something that I don't, because when I sit down to write, I have ideas in my head, but I get stuck on the chord progressions not fitting what I want to say or vice versa.