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Is This What You Wanted?

by Cithara


A/N: Yet again, I have no idea what I should title this. Suggestions please, I need them :P Also I'm not a huge fan of the chorus, so let me know your thoughts on that, as well ^.^ 

Stay where you are
don’t you dare come any closer.
You’re no star…
you lied with your face on the posters.
What do I need to know, what do I need to see
in order to change the way I think?
Is this the life you want to live?
Are these the words you want to give?
Don’t tell me this is some misunderstanding.
*
Tears can’t justify
the veil you use to cover your mistakes.
How can you deny
the scars that you have left in your wake?
Don’t tell me this is just a phase.
If you make it through I’ll be amazed.
You don’t notice the doors are open wide.
You can walk right in,
start your life again.
But your narcissistic views leave you blind.
*
Oh I tried to be everything you wanted
but you looked past me, into your dreams,
And I tried to step in front of the cameras,
but the flashing lights, they were too bright
For me…
*
Conquer your ego,
fall to your knees in humility.
It doesn’t matter how much you know,
or how little the world wants to believe.
Stop thinking your smile will save the day.
Darling, this is more than just a game;
those you have broken are very much real.
And I hope you realize,
that this is more than memorizing your lines,
but listening to the ones that state how I feel.
*
Oh I tried to be everything you wanted
but you looked past me, into your dreams,
And I tried to step in front of the cameras,
but the flashing lights, they were too bright
For me…
*
I don’t want to make you choose,
‘cause in the end I know I’m going to lose.
So I guess I’ll pack my bags in the morning,
and here’s to the end, goodbye to you…
*
Oh I tried to be everything you wanted
but you looked past me, into your dreams,
And I tried to step in front of the cameras,
but the flashing lights, they were too bright
For me…


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HI ITS ME xD

You're songs = my favorite songs.

Okay. lets get into it xD

For some reason I feel like reviewing this like poetry. Eh, lets give that a shot since Poetry and Lyrics go hand and hand.

There is very good length control on this, which is great. Some songs you can sneak a long line or two in there, but most usually not. So that's a plus, even though as Timmy said, the first two lines are short. But as stated above about long lines can also go along with shorter lines.

TIMMY STOP STEALING THE WORDS FROM MY KEY-TYPING.

I was going to mention something about narcissist...but whatevah.

I really think the last line in the chorus just sounds out of place >.< But you never know, cause sometimes when you sing something is different than just reading it. I wonder if I put it to my own tune...

Okay, I just tried that to "All of Me" by John Legend...It didn't really work with that tune xD

Annnnyyyyywayyyyy...

Okay, the thing I love about your songs the most is you use words that most people wouldn't. You're not cliche with the way you word things and I admire that, because that is a skill I can only wish to have.

Song Titles:

"Here's to the End" Is my fave :)

Hope this helped somewhat xD Sounds like a lot of nonsense looking back on it :p

-Kamryn-




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Thank you for this! I appreciate it ;)



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Timmy here

As usual, and especially with your songs, I have no idea what to nitpick - or even what to talk about, really. I suppose I could blab on and on about how great this piece is, but that wouldn't really qualify as a review. And I did promise you a review on this piece and everything, and gah. Sometimes I wish you would be a bit easier on us reviewers, and write something we can actually review. >.< Because at first glance, I find nothing wrong with this piece. Like, zero. NILCH. <---(Is that even a word? xD)

Let's cruise through and see if ole' Timothy can find anything that his weary eye can rest upon, and findingeth a glitch or jerk. Shall we?

Tears can’t justify
the veil you use to cover your mistakes.
How can you deny
the scars that you have left in your wake?


So something I noticed is that the first lines in these parts here are quite a bit shorter than the rest of the song. Totally not a nitpick. Just commenting. And when I sang it inside me head (oh, the melody was gorgeous! *le cries* hehe), the shorter lines seemed actually faster than the longer? Is that just me, or is that how you have it, as well? ^.^ I, ah, don't actually know why I just wrote this in here. xD

But your narcissistic views


I will have to hear the song in order to make my verdict on narcissistic. I have a hard time spelling it out, much less pronouncing it. But putting it to song does change some things. ^.^

Conquer your ego,
fall to your knees in humility.


I dun like ego. Doesn't seem to go with humility. Unless it's this uber important rhyme or your fourteenth cousin, twelve times removed, told you it would sound cool... I would try to find a synonym of some kind. I don't know if it was just the word, or the several meanings it could imply. For me, pride sang just as well and had a better relation with humble.

Stop thinking your smile will save the day.


*smiles toothy grin* Hmph. My smile will always save the day, as long as I remember to brush maw teeth.

but listening to the ones that state how I feel.


Well, I would state how I feel, too, but I am just not sure about this line. Problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to express my glorious nitpick on this. >.< Ooooh, maybe I have it now. Yup..... Dang. Lost it. Can you hold it for me? Careful, it's slippery.

Now I can talk. So throughout this whole second part of the song, it sounds like you're really giving this awesome advice, and showing the other person 'the way' so to speak, and all that. But this line seemed to... I dunno, reduce the weight of the previous lines? To me, having I feel in there just reduced the power of the other lines before because it made it all ooegy gooey and not a solid backing to what you're saying. It was: "this is how I feel" Not: "This is the way things are, STUPID". Now I am not necessarily saying you should use my exaaact wording from my example there (although they do flow quite nicely, right?), but I hope you get what I mean. Just let me know when and if I start to not make sense. *snores*

So I don't even know why I am saying this, because I have, like, no helpful advice to give you on this at all, but I do think I agree with you on that the chorus is the weakest part of the song. It is still a good part, don't get me wrong. But I have always thought that the chorus is supposed to be the boom! of the song - the part which repeats because it sums up everything in the song and makes the women cry. Now this part was amazing, really, but I didn't think it really had that... gripping feeling to it. Yeah, that's it. I think you have the idea and everything right - the entire thought you wanted to convey over to us. It's all inside the chorus. I just thought they were a bit weakened. To be honest, I think for me it was the stepping in front of the cameras. And that may have something to do with the fact that I had no idea what you were talking about. The only thing I can think that those two lines mean isssss.... someone trying to be in the spotlight (no, not YWS spotlight, sillyyyy) and having it not really work out for them. <.< And I don't really think that is what you meant. *is horrible at deciphering stuff*

This song was amazing, Grace. (oh, lookie there. xD Amazing Grace) You always grasp such a wonderful message and convey it over to us in such a beautiful way. :') I would start pulling out lines that were my favorites, but then I would have to pull out the entire piece, because it's all just too wonderful. I got the vibes that there should be two people singing this - a duet, I guess. Or at least the lyrics hinted that it was written to be like that. Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand sang one (a lonnnggg time ago, like maybe before you were born. *snickers and falls over*) like that where the two singers were talking to each other during the song. I dunno if that is how you saw it, but it kinda looks that way.

Oooooh:
SONG TITLES


Hmmm... Looking at this, I think I will just go through and pull out a few parts that really /clicked/ with me as I read/sang through this. Okay? :D

Is this the life


I tried to be everything


you looked past me


here’s to the end


Well, there are a few of them there I thought were especially pretty, and could possibly fit as titles. The one you have there isn't bad at all, Grace. But I think there are sooo many lines inside this beautiful song that would make a stunning title.
<3
~Timothy




Thewriter13 says...


I never properly thanked you for this review.
The title suggestions are so helpful! Imma pick one out sooner or later :P I appreciate that. This review was, as always, very informative ^.^ And my songs need a lot of help, hee hee. Thanks again <3



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Dreamy says...



It sounds like you're already a star,
Which you are. <3




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<3 thank you, Dreamy :')



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Hello, thewriter13! I must say, this is very well written. The word choices and organization blew me away, really. Even though it is sectioned under a category of "Lyrics", I wanna say I read this like a short story with rhythm. Very well done.




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Writer <3 Hi.

I LOVE YOUR SONGS. You seriously put mine to shame xD this was soo, sooo good. I love how heartfelt and deep they are, you always put so much meaning and life into them. Today, the songs are just soppy and I feel somewhat appalled by the lack of sensitivity and effort they have put into writing a song. But yours <3 they're just magical. Your vocab is like sweet music to my ears (hahaha, terrible pun.)

I'VE FINALLY BROKE THIS REVIEWING PROCRASTINATION. Are you proud of me? Hee hee.

Stay where you are
don’t you dare come any closer.
- I felt as if this wasn't meant to be together. The first line makes me believe there should be an exclamation mark, like the singer (you) is ordering this, as if it were a point. You get what I mean, right? C: I felt as if they are separate sentences that's all ;)

You’re no star… - If you read the first line and then the third, you'll find that you've cropped this so it doesn't feel like it was the same syllables in it. I would put "you are no star" just to extend it to fit x)

you lied with your face on the posters. - yes, I was singing it again. But when I was, I tripped up over this line everytime. Too many syllables. Felt too chunky. I don't know what to suggest, but I'm sure you'll think of something :)

Tears can’t justify
the veil you use to cover your mistakes.
- hmmmm... I know you said you weren't too keen on the chorus, but I do like the meanings to it. I just didn't think "tears" and "veil" were the best combo. I felt as if I were a widow at a funeral. (Not to depress you or anything...). I don't want to sound harsh, m'dear, for I do love this long. I'm just trying to be helpful ;)

You don’t notice the doors are open wide.
You can walk right in,
start your life again.
But your narcissistic views leave you blind.
<3 so deep. I like it.

This is so... powerful. Oh my word. Once again you blew me away. I felt refreshed to find another breath taking new idea for a song. Hee hee. It was absolutely great. You should be proud of yourself. You're a talented song writer <333

Yours sincerely,
Traunt

P.S. Keep it up!




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Hey, Traunt! I love your reviews, they mean so much to meeee <3
Okay, let me answer some of your suggestions :P I remember singing the lyrics like a 1,000 times (in the shower, on my bed, outside, everywhere) because I wanted to make the lyrics as perfect as possible xD So weird, right?
Hmm, for your first suggestion-I was kind of going for a softer tone. The whole song is soft until the chorus. And so I guess the exclamation point didn't fit because when I sing, I use punctuation to tell me when to pause, speed up (like a ! would have me speed up) so I dunno xD I guess it just didn't fit. But you're definitely right!
Yeah, about the "You're no star," you're right, it's a little different xD But what I do when I sing it is drag out the "star" to match with the "stay where you are." I need to show you how I sing it <3 It's weird how I do it, but I want you to know I appreciate your suggestions xD
Thanks for the posters part. It is a little chunky :p I'll work on that!
"Tears can't justify" isn't the chorus, actually :P It's another verse xD Hmm, I understand what you're saying. However, what I meant was, "Don't start crying to act innocent," and veil was the only word I could think of when talking about covering up something. I'll work on it ^.^
Oh thank you so much for this lovely review, Traunt ;-; I do hope you'll be strong at the funeral. God bless, dear <3
You are truly wonderful



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Hey, lovely <3 Your songs me soooo much to me!!!
Hee hee. I do that all the time and end up going back and changing them again and again. I loooove singing in the shower and when drying my hair xD it's so no one can listen to me.
I totally understand!!! I drag things on like that. That's why I was worried for when people read my song x) I tend to repeat my chorus a lot too. My newest song about internet safety (weird. Lol) is a lot like a stuck record at the middle point.
Oh! Sorry! I totally reread it and was like: "Oh, yeah. Stupid me". Hee hee. I'm sure you'll fix it perfectly :)

I've already been... yeah. It was awful. <3 I burst out crying when my poem was read ;_;
You are too <333



Thewriter13 says...


Oh my :( I'm so sorry about that, Heather <3 I know your great grandmother is very proud of you right now



IamTraunt says...


It's okay <3 thanks. Ilu so much :')



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Hi Thewriter13, Amindor here

These lyrics are very beautiful and touching, and I really think you should try publishing the song one day. It has a good rhythm and tone, and I have absolutely no concerns. This, like all poems and songs, has a story to it, and you presented it very well. I can kind of just imagine what is happening in that moment, and it's just absolutely beautiful. I loved reading it and reviewing it, and I hope to do the same in the future. Keep on writing!!





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