Love Attack

[nathanclarke]

I'm a million different people from one day to the next,
I got a thousand different masks and i keep them all in check,
I keep my eyes on the prize and its wrapped around your neck,
But by the time you realise the motion will be set and i'll be gone,
I'll be gone,

So leave the change up on top of my headstone,
With my dreams cos i'm on my way home,
And i wont be back,
Because this love attack,
Didn't turn out the way i'd supposed,

Whether its wrong or its right or somewhere in between,
I got a hundred different ways to make you twist and scream,
I got my hands on the plan and its everything i need,
But by the time you understand and its clear enough to see, i'll be gone,
I'll be gone,

So leave the change up on top of my headstone,
With my dreams cos i'm on my way home,
And i wont be back,
Because this love attack,
Didn't pan out the way i'd supposed,

Not recorded this one yet, it has a kind of early electric Dylan sound going on.

[Gritter]

Once again great writing. I dig your style.

[Oldrottenhead]

this is cool nathan, i'm curious to know how you arrive at your lyrics do you do the music first or the words or does it change all the time or is it a mix of both.

lately with the pleasure of being able to connect with people world wide via this good forum , i have found that a piece of music can bring forth lyrics i would never have written otherwise, previously when it was me on my ownsome sometimes it was music first other times it was the words first, but here i get music first and then the words just come, i have verbal diarrhoea and it wont stop, i dont want it to stop. im gibbering now

[nathanclarke]

I normally just muck about on guitar till I find myself singing randomly to find a melody, then I kind of mould the song out and complete the lyrics. I try not to alter anything cos I love stream of conscieness stuff. However with this one I had the complete song come falling out finished whilst walking home from work so I recorded it into my phone, run in grabbed the guitar and put it together. First time that's happened in years.

[Oldrottenhead]

cos I love stream of conscieness stuff.

a man after ma own heart.

[Frank53]

Well written, Nathan. Shades of both angst and resolve. I think the style you're suggesting will work perfectly.

I often use stream of unconsciousness... 

[IanR]

Nathan,

This sounds great.  I could feel the rhythm of the words as I read through them. I reckon you might need one more verse or a bridge section just to break it up a bit but I'm impressed you got all this down walking home from work. 

Portable recording devices are fantastic for capturing our thoughts.  I find that it really helps to capture/record the melody of how lyrics sound because I often write just before going to bed and if I don't capture the "sound", I'll often forget.

Well done.  I imagine there will be a few attempts to put your words to music.

Ian

[nathanclarke]

There's a bridge after the second chorus but its just repeated words so i didn't write it out. I'm gonna get it recorded today so i'll post it asap.

[Maverick31]

I could see it musically written much in the same way that the Verve wrote bittersweet symphony. I think something like that written around your lyrics would fit well. But that's just my opinion. But great lyrics for sure!

[Maverick31]

One more thing, the lyrics are very deep... something I may be able to relate to, if you've read any of my attemps.