Knowing that my friend is predisposed to country music can make for a very claustrophobic writing session if I let it. I get so wrapped up in what I want the song to sound like that it suffocates and becomes generic. Scrap that, take it back to bare bones, and see what comes out. The result of that is almost overwhelmingly more satisfying than the first attempt.
Listening to music is the only way to get through the day when it's full of menial tasks (the perfect housewife I am not, thank GOD my husband doesn't mind doing the dishes). My favorite Snow Patrol song queued up (Make This Go On Forever) and I was reminded of how much I love what I do. That song makes me FEEL something... before I knew the words and long after I forget them, I know how this song makes me feel. The build up, the yearning, the regret, the outright desperation. And finally, a plea. "Please, just save me from this darkness...", I mean does it get more honest than that?
I may never write a grammy winner but that's not the goal. The goal is for someone somewhere to hear my words and feel like it could have come from their own mouth, to make a connection.
Otherwise, what's the point?
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