Music Typical Liar (I'm Okay) - Power Ballad w/ lyrics

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    rcm034

    rcm034 Well-Known Member

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    Something I've been working on. The idea is that little lie that everyone tells: "I'm okay"



    My first project to start with lyrics first, rather than guitars. I've been sick as hell, so I'll be rerecording the singing at some point, though I'd be interested in working with someone who is more talented than myself in that regard. Any thoughts / opinions / criticisms appreciated.

    Lyrics (not set in stone):

    What's wrong?
    I ask when it's all I can say
    from the words and the thoughts far away
    oh hey, you could make my day
    if you take off the mask
    let me shatter the glass

    and with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face
    everything just seems so out of place
    and it's not right, the typical lies that she cries from inside
    as she tries to hide by saying

    I'm ok, believe me
    and you'll see everything is fine
    She's blinded, reminded
    She finds it hard to say what we both know

    When you've traveled a place so cold
    where they say all that glitters is gold
    but no, its just covered in snow
    and it shines in the light
    as it quivers with fright

    and you asked me to tell you, asked me to say
    that everything's gonna be alright
    and if nothing else,
    it's all I want to believe, as i find myself screaming

    I'm ok, believe me
    and you'll see everything is fine
    I'm blinded, reminded
    I find it hard to face what I don't wanna know

    That there's no escape and the world just breaks apart
    And I am powerless
    defenseless
    and alone

    and I find myself singing
    I'm ok, believe me
    (and you asked me to tell you, asked me to say)
    and you'll see everything is fine
    (that everything's gonna be alright)
    I'm blinded, reminded
    (and if nothing else,)
    I find it hard to face what I don't wanna face
    (it's all I want to believe)

    and I find myself singing
    I'm ok, believe me
    (and you asked me to tell you, asked me to say)
    and you'll see everything is fine
    (that everything's gonna be alright)
    I'm blinded, reminded
    (and if nothing else,)
    I find it hard to face the truth and it's wrong
    (it's all I want to believe)
     
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    TobinKnowsBest

    TobinKnowsBest 20.03.1976 - 20.07.2017 LPA VIP

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    Not bad, I enjoyed it :D
     
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    minuteforce

    minuteforce Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance. LPA Team

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    I don't like the song much 'cause that's just really not my genre ... but you've got lyrics there that, to me, do not read terribly in print. I like them. :)
     
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    polleo

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    Man, this was nice. I do like the lyrics too.
     

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