The Kingdom Pen Songwriting Corner

[Sam Kowal]

H’lo, Kapeefers… if anyone here writes songs/ likes writing music, feel free to post lyrics and ideas and anything you like here 🙂

Not sure if anyone but @dekreel and I do that, but if you do… this is kind of like the Writer’s Corner for songwriters:

All my songs are a little unpolished, still. Most of them are worship songs, but a few are just jams. The melodies are always the hardest part for me, and I also tend to disregard meter when I don’t feel like making all my syllables line up XD

This is one of them:

Knelt by an altar

Each prayer makes me shake

The flame of your love, God

Is all that keeps me awake

I looked to a lion

But my eyes saw a lamb

There are no foundations

On which I can stand

Then through the darkness

Holy light, and a hand

Grace like an ocean tide

My feet on new land

 

Keep me alive

I’m living off of smoke and singing choked vocals

If there ever was an ocean wave

That did not matter anyway

That was me, that was me

That was me

 

On the edge of cold water

I run from your knife

But every cut that it gives me

Strengthens my life

I keep changing out pictures

I hold in my frame

Only one shines through shadows

The one bearing your name

 

Keep me alive

I’m living off of smoke and singing choked vocals

If there ever was an ocean wave

That did not matter til today

That was me, that was me

That was me

God, you pull me out of drownings

You set me on the mountains

You are fire mixed with water

You are all that I have longed for

Keep me alive

Show me your light

Show me your life

Keep me alive

 

 

*Giarstanornarak tries to melt chair*
Also, Daeus has 22 turtles in his signature.

[Joy]

@sam-kowal  *applauds* Bravo! Nice song!

This is a little worship song I did a while back:

V1

Bright paths, carousels

People everywhere

Excitement is in the air

Adventure, fun and games

Welcome faces on

I think I took a wrong turn

I’m off the path

V2

Palm trees, paradise

Sun is shining bright

After a peaceful night

Seaside, breezy sky

Far from the city fray

But I can’t stay

I’ve been chasing lights

Chorus

Travel and fun

Under the Sun

Shining so bright

Until the night falls

But this isn’t home

If I go on,

I’ll be alone

I’m just chasing lights

Chasing lights

(V2)

…But I can’t stay

Even though it’s…

(Chorus)

Bridge

It’s like a tower

Standing tall

I’m pretty sure

It will never fall

But then it gives

The slightest crack

And all fall down

And I can’t go back

And then I realize

That all that light

It’s really darkness

That’s in disguise

And now there is

Just one Light to follow

One Light

One Light

Travel and fun

Under the Sun

Shining so bright

Until the night falls

But this isn’t home

If I go on,

I’ll be alone

I’m chasing darkness

I’m chasing darkness

Sharp stones, broken bones

Rugged, crooked trail

But this is the path

To paradise

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Joy]

And the bridge of the Kapeefer song I’ve been writing!

 

Wolves with cat tails, cats with wings,

Sarcastic elves and raspberry kings

Is that not enough for you?

Then what about Aethasians, chair-melting dragons

Red-marker storms, Gramatacallions

 

It’s not finished yet…

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Sam Kowal]

@dekreel 😀 That’s EPIC

The Keeper Song ;D 😛

I like the first one, too

Great Job!

 

*Giarstanornarak tries to melt chair*
Also, Daeus has 22 turtles in his signature.

[Joy]

@sam-kowal  Thanks! 🙂

@shannon, you’re big on music, right? Do you write music at all?

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Anonymous]

@dekreel Um ya…I am really big into music. It’s like half of my life. The other half is reading and writing.

I love your’s and @sam-kowal’s by the way. They are both awesome! Do either of y’all write the melody for them? Do either of y’all have a youtube channel?

I write song lyrics. But I have trouble with the melody. My guitar teacher might be able to write some music for one of my songs soon. Which is pretty cool. Here are the lyrics.

 

There once was a young girl; winsome and bold

Along came a young man; he had all the gold 

He offered her diamonds in exchange for her hand

She quickly refused, although it seemed grand.

 

There still was a young girl; sparkling and bright

Along came a farm boy; a poor man alright.

He said, “I am poor, dear, and all that I hold

To offer are dewdrops, I haven’t the gold.”

 

She softly laughed and happily said,

“I’ll take your dewdrops,” while nodding her head.

“I know why they’re better, and why they’re loved more,

The rich seem to have far less joy than the poor. 

 

“‘Cause dewdrops aren’t diamonds and I’m awful glad,

‘Cause dewdrops won’t break your heart but diamonds sure can,

Diamonds are perfect or so thought to be,

But when you have dewdrops you surely are free.”

 

She never told anyone why she refused the rich man

But was pleased to join the poor man’s clan

For she knew something ‘bout dewdrops that few cared to know

And she remembered what she said long ago—

 

When she softly laughed and happily said,

“I’ll take your dewdrops,” while nodding her head.

“I know why they’re better, and why they’re loved more,

The rich seem to have far less joy than the poor. 

 

“‘Cause dewdrops aren’t diamonds and I’m awful glad,

‘Cause dewdrops won’t break your heart but diamonds sure can,

Diamonds are perfect or so thought to be,

But when you have dewdrops you surely are free.”

But when you have dewdrops you surely are free.

 

It’s not nearly as epic as your’s or Sam’s, but the tune that he is putting to it is incredible and I’m extremely, extremely excited about it.

[Joy]

@shannon  Sounds like folk! It’s beautiful!

I don’t have a YouTube channel or anything. I like singing, but I don’t like my voice. So unless I am very motivated, I won’t sing X) Of course, I WILL HAVE to sing so people know what my music sounds like… *sighhhh…*

I do write the melody! Entirely in my head, as the only working instrument in the house right now is an extremely-off-key zither and a guitar (which I still only barely know how to play)

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Anonymous]

@dekreel, Thanks! 🙂 Ooh, what type of guitar is it?

[Joy]

@shannon  What type? Ummm… acoustic? It’s acoustic, but it has a built in tuner and a place to plug in a speaker. If that’s what you mean

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Anonymous]

@dekreel Sorry, I meant “who made it”? Ah, you have an electric acoustic, just like me. I have a Fender acoustic electric. This is it–

[Joy]

@shannon  Ahh. Mine is made by “Fishman”

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Anonymous]

@dekreel I see. I’ve heard that those are pretty good guitars 😀

[Joy]

@shannon  I know absolutely nothing about guitar brands XD

Do you sing, by the way?

You can pronounce it however you want.

[Anonymous]

@dekreel I sing all the time. I’ve always always got a song stuck in my head. It’s kinda funny actually…right now I’ve got this one stuck in my head. I love it 😍

 

[Joy]

@shannon  I like singing harmony the best. I can do fifth harmony better than third, actually (if you know what that means).

I ALWAYS get songs stuck in my head! And it’s usually REALLLLLY agitating ones like the Bob the Builder theme song XD XD or the Daytona theme song or something (“DAYTONNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAA”) *bangs head on table*

Right now I’m actually listening to music, so I don’t have anything stuck in my head. But there will be!

You can pronounce it however you want.

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