Songwriting Final

Draft of my Songwriting final project 

Verse 1

You climbed from anguish like a body from the bog

To your city of mountains in a lake of fog

You cried for beauty and your echoes rent the air

I followed your voice and I found you there

Verse 2

We touched the shadows and gave them each a soul

We saw the diamonds in the blackest coal

Marked every doorpost with the bloodiest of wine

Said to the demons “this place is mine”

Chorus

We sing of starlight,

We paint the rain,

We weep for pleasure

And we laugh in pain (x2)

Verse 3

We happy bigots in our arrogance and pride

Leaped on our high horse and went for a ride

The earthly saints said we would spend a life in hell

For we can’t open hearts and minds so well

Verse 4

They stoned our Stephens and beheaded our Johns

Because we said to them “This might be wrong.”

Our souls are narrow-minded, childish and dry

We can’t please everyone although we try

Chorus

We sing of starlight,

We paint the rain,

We weep for pleasure

And we laugh in pain (x2)