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https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/swept-away
I have to start writing happier songs unfortunately it seems to be the bad things in life that inspire me. I guess it just my way of getting it out of my system. any way I am no good at naming tunes either I am open to suggestions on the name
(Em)I got caught in a (G)rising tide
(D)got swept away had no(Em) where to hide
I could not swim against the currents of life
I could not save myself much less my wife
I was not there when you needed me
on the tide I got swept out to sea
some times I cant find myself
like a broken toy I just sit on the shelf
like a wisp of smoke from a bridge I've burned
an old familiar ghost he has returned
like a specter returned from the grave
fads away like the things that you crave
the things you wanted and the things you need
were blown away I did not hear your plea
in my silence I built a wall
I made you beg I made you crawl
here comes that tide its rising again
when will I learn will I make it all end
I got caught in a rising tide
got swept away had nowhere to hide
Nice job, and a good balance between vocals and guitar.
I love the line: "An old familiar ghost he has returned". I have a cat called Ghost who has been missing for four days. I was reading and listening to this just after I had just found her, hungry, thirsty, but safe. 
Roger
I think you write some really good songs that make you stop and listen ,the style is great keep em coming
Mojo ...
That's a very well-written song, describing the regrets most of us carry through life. Your line "like a wisp of smoke from a bridge I've burned" is first-class, along with the rest of the song. I agree with Graham ... keep 'em coming.
Joe,
excellent writing again !!
funny how we all see different lines as " the one" or the hook
I like the line " like a broken toy I just sit on the shelf"
you are a very talented lyricist with terrific insight !
Jim
Jim to me it is interesting to see what lines other people like compared to the ones I like the best. some of the lines to me are not that good but hey you have to filler.
thanks every one for the compliments
I quite enjoyed it, but I have a coupla qualms/nitpicks/critiques about some of the lyrics:
like a specter returned from the grave
fads[sic] away like the things that you crave
IMO, "returning" sounds better than "returned" both meter-wise and descripitvely, and
in my experience, the things that I crave don't fade away for a long time - indeed, they get stronger before they get weaker...
I know you're fitting words into a space, and it's never easy to get things to flow as smoothly as we hear them in our head... I hope you won't take this as a dis of the song itself (it's not - I like the song, it's just that that phrase jumped out at me on first listen. It's entirely possible that if I weren't reading the lyrics while listening that I wouldn't have noticed it, but I was reading along, so...
The other one I noticed was
were blown away I did not hear your plea
...since you have been speaking of water and tides, perhaps "washed away" would fit better than "blown away"?
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