Young Writers Society

Ok... this song is based on the main character of my would-be comic, Infra, and it might not be possible to properly appreciate the song without knowing him. So, a short bio!

Infra is a strange demon that somewhat resembles a chibi jester (and was ridiculed and even attacked by other demons for it). At the beginning of the story he works for Lucifer but is quickly dismissed and replaced. Since then his utmost desire is revenge on Lucifer, even when he is offered his position back. Infra is a pyrokinetic - his most common attacks are flaming punches and fireballs, as well as fire-based magic attacks.

And now, of course, for the song.

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The Fire Within

Verse 1:
Never one to be distracted
Never thought before I acted
Never sure until I cracked it
Now I know what to do

Never pause to rest or breathe
Never hide things up my sleeve
Never stop till I retrieve
The key to make it through

Bridge 1:
I don't know what you've been told
Let me set the record straight
I don't fight for good or gold
I fight 'cause it's my fate

Chorus:
Fire, spread across the land
Fire, held inside my hand
Fire, bringing light to dark
Fire burn, the inner spark

This is all you'll ever see
The fire lives in me

Verse 2:
Always there when the heat is on
Always been looked down upon
Always fight with heart of stone
You're cancer, I'm the cure

Always ready with the flame
Always win your evil game
Always savage, never tame
I'll take you down for sure

Bridge 2:
I don't know why I am here
But I'm not one to debate
Strike you like a steel spear
The power of my hate

Chorus again:
Fire, spread across the land
Fire, held inside my hand
Fire, bringing light to dark
Fire burn, the inner spark

This is all you'll ever see
The fire lives in me
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As to what it sounds like... It would be a Hard Rock-style song... if anyone's ever heard anything by Crush 40 (specifically "I Am (All Of Me)" and "Live and Learn"), that's what it'd be like. I'm not entirely happy with the second verse/bridge and am open for suggestion. ^_^

This is really good Matt!

This is my favorite part:

Chorus:
Fire, spread across the land
Fire, held inside my hand
Fire, bringing light to dark
Fire burn, the inner spark

This is all you'll ever see
The fire lives in me

I really liked it!
^_^

~Tina

Very cool.

I though it was great the way it was but you have to like it for others to like it.

that was very good, i like your style!!

I like the song. But I couldn't give you any critique because I have no skills in song writing. Well done!

Nice. Just want to hear the tune now.

*gasps*

Isnt this like... the ONLY thing you've posted?

Well, you asked me to crit this, so =O! This is really good. But I don't have anything to crit, that's the problem. I just find myself wondering if you can actually sing lol! I have the talent of a goldfish. >_< So, good job.

I find myself thinking this crit is a bit behind... But anyways, yay for my 100th post (yes, I realise it's creepy to know that lol). So, Go Matt.

I really liked the fire verse. But this character sounds way boring, really uptight.

The main thing that bugged me about this was the last line of the chorus. It seems to be missing a syllable or two [or at least that's how I read it]. Perhaps "Flames inside of me" or something of the sort could work better.

But these are some solid lyrics. Your flow is spot-on, and it reads cleanly and nicely. Well-done. It's good to see someone who can actually write lyrics AND stick to format AND have it turn out good. (Unlike me :p)

~Ed

Hey that was really wonderful. the lyrics was powerful and hard-rock will do it even more!

I would be incredibly proud of that Mattstor/Mattster.

Very powerful and descriptive. I have nothing more to say on the matter.

Very good. The rhythm is perfect and It's so easy to imagine it being sung. Good job.

WOW, that was cool. do you have any tabbs or something? an nice eletric guita solo could go into that it seems like soft rock to me? is it fast paced? nice work!

[pre]Do you have a way you could record the song and post it on myspace or something? I'd love to hear it.

This was a great song, and I think you were wrong. Sure, to know about the character gives us what context you were thinking of when you wrote it, but writing in first person gives the listener the perfect chance to exercise their own imagination and try to discern what kind of a character's thoughts we are hearing.

Rhythm and rhyme was consistent, good job. So many aren't. Way to keep it in an actual format...a lot of people don't know how to do that. The words were really cool!

Again, this song could totally stand on it's own. You don't need to give us the history.

Yours truly, The Kool One

P.S. yeah, do you have tabs? Oh, and have you actually tried playing it with like a band or a guitar or something, or is it still in your head?[/pre]

Heh, thanks guys for your compliments.

Unfortunately I'm not in a band and don't play instruments or anything, and so as of yet this song has never been performed, so I can't really upload it. But if any friends' bands end up performing it this thread will be the first to know.

I'm still not happy with that line "You're cancer, I'm the cure". Any suggestions?