New Song Lyrics

All right, beal struck yet again, and I couldn't think of anything to write about on Wednesday. Fortunately, I have been working on some new song lyrics, as I said a couple days ago. The two I mentioned are now finished, so I'll put them here.

The lyrics are also posted on my SongBlog, along with the non-political songs I've written, so you can check that out too if you want. Including these newest two, I've written a total of 12 songs, and number 13 (a non-political one) is almost done. Now all I need is a band to play them...

Anyway, I'll put the introductions here, and then I'll put the lyrics themselves in the extended entry. The first song is called "Choice," and it's about abortion. I don't think I really need to explain anything else, but in case you didn't know, I'll remind you that I'm EXTREMELY pro-life. Baby killin' isn't a good thing.

I actually have the music for that one pretty much worked out. I think it would sound best as a death metal song, since it is about death. In my head, it sounds a lot like "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica, so if you've heard that one, just stick these lyrics into it and you'll get the idea. I can't actually play it right now because I don't have a double bass, so I can only imagine it at the moment.

The other song is called "Ransom," and it's about the recent judicial activism, as well as abuse of power in general. Again, that's pretty self-explanatory. I also have music for this one worked out, and I might record the drums later this week (I can't play guitar, so that's the best I can do). All I have to do is figure out how to upload mp3 files. In any case, I think it would sound best as kind of a slow, heavy song. If you've heard "Throw Yourself Away" by Nickelback (and you probably haven't), it's very similar to that.

Anyway, here are the lyrics themselves. Sorry about being so long-winded there:

CHOICE
You don't want to take responsibility
For the things you do
You just want to live your life conveniently
Without thinking things through
Now you want to rewrite your own history
Erase the mistake you made
But an innocent life for nine months of security
Isn't a fair trade

(chorus)

You didn't think about what you were doing
Until it was too late
And now instead of dealing with the consequences
You've sealed another's fate
So you walk in and you have them rip it out
Saving your pride by force
You say you have a right to control your own body
But this body isn't yours

(chorus)

Did you think you were doing him a favor
Were you just not ready to deal with the labor
Are you even sorry for what you've done
Or will you just go make another one
Open your eyes and maybe you'll see
All this senseless death will never set you free

(chorus)

CHORUS:
Choice!!!
Is this your only choice?
To take away a life
That never had a voice
(repeat)

RANSOM
What did the people say?
You act like you didn't hear them
You've thrown aside the rules so you can get your way
When you should fear them
And now you've left everyone behind
While you try to be the judge of it all
But soon you'll discover that the higher you climb
The harder you're going to fall

(chorus)

You claim it's civil disobedience
But it's your job to set an example
No matter how you twist the meaning of this
You can't deny that you've trampled
All over the process that's meant to ensure
That every voice is heard
You can try to blame it on the culture war
But you're really just stealing words

(chorus)

If you want to be a hero and do what's right
Step down from your throne and join in the fight
But where you are you can't just change what's set in stone
Embracing a lie and making it your own
In your little world they might all agree with you
Too bad this is reality and none of your delusions are true

(chorus)

CHORUS:
You try to go above the system
Like you're the only one with wisdom
But you're not the ruler of a kingdom
So don't hold democracy for ransom
The people spoke but you act like they never said it
You're winning now but soon you're going to regret it
So why don't you give back everything you've taken away
You may not like it but you have to respect what they say