ballad — The Songwriters Forum

Among Arrows and Hearts

MoraAmaroLaLoba — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:43:06 +0000

In a world as chaotic as the one we live in, I wanted to plant a flower. Here it is; perhaps you'll like it. Everything was made by me, including the video, which I also created using my own footage. I think you might enjoy watching it!

Long live Spain!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBjtiouuG8

I remember that tree

where our names remain together

surrounded by other names

among arrows and hearts

I remember your hand in mine

the two of us strolling silent

knowing that sooner or later

reality would blow so hard

that it would separate our paths

We were each other's fruit,

children unveiling dreams,

we were so many things

that it seemed that universe

was too small to keep our kisses

you with your cracked life

and me extinguishing the flames

of the ruins in fire of mine

I remember your mouth

despite the time that has passed,

love carved in wood

in a forgotten garden

It's Hot

MoraAmaroLaLoba — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:55:27 +0000

A different style than I usually have, I hope it surprises you.

https://youtu.be/ovaGdbljjcs

The heat entered the room

without hesitation

leaving me awake

watching your nape

your neck

your shoulder

your body

I spy on your breathing

now slow

and I wonder

what your dreams are

when your hand

caresses the pillow.

The smell of my sweat

takes me to a past reality

when you and I drank from love and sin

shrouded in the same darkness

that today suffocates

and frightens me.

I get up to look at the night

while an elusive moon

hides

putting and removing shadows

on the rooftops and in the corners.

It smells of wet earth

but the air doesn't move

even the hours do not walk

since the day everything changed

how hot it is

Original Song - In Time For The Spring

arnabs — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:56:57 +0000

Here is another one of the tunes from my recently released 5th studio album - "What Goes Around Comes Around".

The name of this tune is - "In Time For The Spring". It is about redemption and coming back home to start afresh, to start anew

YouTube Link: (Lyrics Video)

https://youtu.be/qTGnC_EfUn8

The lyrics are as below:

The wind held its sway

In its promise to keep me warm

And whispered my name

Right in the eye of the storm

With the stillness around

I could negotiate

Few moments of peace

Before the levee breaks

Time had arrived

Tracing my reverie

We walked hand in hand

Past all my memories

Of my chequered life

With all of its promises

Those that survived

And the ones that never saw the light of the day

Some drifted away

In the wild summer swing

And never returned

In Time For The Spring

The storm passed away

Leaving its legacy

In its fury and rage

I found my sanctuary

In the remains of the day

I found those shattered dreams

Those that drifted away

Swept by the summer breeze

They went too far away

Wondering

Now they long to return

In Time For The Spring

The wind calls my name again

Whispering

It will carry me home

In Time For The Spring

In the arms of the spring

In the house of the sun

I can still find a place

When I come undone

If you want to check out the album here are the links below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5WDL8y2oCQ1VawwMMhU5KT?si=CuIHjWB_QqSI8UnmIhGeQw

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/au/album/what-goes-around-comes-around/1811852211

As always would love to hear your feedback on the song and anything that you might want to share

Thanks for listening,

Arnab

The Music Plays On

HummerWisdom — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:56:09 +0000

This lyric was inspired by listening to many varieties of music these past few weeks on the various platforms that SWF songwriters post their songs. It occurred to me, that...

For a listen ===> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/the-music-plays-on

THE MUSIC PLAYS ON

[Intro]

This world is falling apart

This world is burning down

In the air, in your heart

Feel it underground, but

[Chorus]

The music plays on

The music will play on

The music plays on

The music will play on…and on

[Verse 1]

Every beat, every genre

Soft ballad to intense

Every instrument sounding

Penetrates every sense

[Chorus]

The music plays on

The music will play on

The music plays on

The music will play on…and on

[Verse 2]

Every note, every chord

Every word, every rhyme

Every instrument sounding

Through the end of time

[Bridge]

Of God of the Devil

The music will play on

As good against evil

The music will play on

[Chorus]

The music plays on

The music will play on

The music plays on

The music will play on…and on

On and on and on and on

[Instrumental]

[Outro/Tag]

This world is falling apart

This world is burning down

In the air, in your heart

Feel it underground, but

The music plays on

Music will play on

The music plays on

Music will play on

The music plays on

Music will play on...mm-mmm..

Wasted All This Time

JT424 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:27:04 +0000

This is "Wasted All This Time," the second song from my EP, DIVORCE.

Wasted All This Time

(Slow strummed acoustic guitar, soft drums)

I spent the last six years
Hopin' you would always be right here
I thought I did everything right
Can't believe I wasted all this time

You let me go, I'm still holdin' on
I listen to nothin' but heartbreak songs
You made me question my whole life
Can't believe I wasted all this time

(add soft electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin and dobro)

Chorus:
It just ain't right, it just ain't fair
I'm devastated and you don't even care
I kept tryin' but you just gave up the fight
Can't believe I wasted all this time

Why couldn't you just try to work it out
Now all I do is cry real loud
Everything was goin' so right
Can't believe I wasted all this time

Verse 2:
I thought my life was perfect
But it wasn't worth it
My dream was nothin' but a lie
Can't believe I wasted all this time
No, can't believe I wasted all this time

Chorus:

(Instrumental break)

Bridge:
Now my soul is full of fear
I don't know where to go from here

Chorus:

Can't believe I wasted all this time...

(Music fades...)

"DIVORCE"- New song and new collection

JT424 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:48:32 +0000

This is the first song and title track of my new collection, "DIVORCE"

Divorce

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 1:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go

Am I gonna find someone else

I can't be sure, I just don't know

Why did you have to go

And leave me cryin' alone at night

I wanna say everything will be all right

But I can't help but wonder why

Chorus:

I did everything to keep you with me

But it wasn't enough and now I'm lonely

I should just move on, but I'm just feelin' too sad

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 2:

All the promises we made

All the hope you put in my heart

But I wasn't good enough

And my whole just fell apart

Yeah, it fell apart

What am I supposed to do

Every day I cry out to you

But you don't even care, do you?

Chorus:

Bridge:

Why can't I just move on, forget all we were

Maybe it's because there's just too much hurt

Chorus:

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad...

Outro:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go...

Music Fades...

"DIVORCE"- New song and new EP

JT424 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:57:07 +0000

This is the first song and title track of my new EP, "DIVORCE." I will share a new song every day for the next week.

Divorce

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 1:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go

Am I gonna find someone else

I can't be sure, I just don't know

Why did you have to go

And leave me cryin' alone at night

I wanna say everything will be all right

But I can't help but wonder why

Chorus:

I did everything to keep you with me

But it wasn't enough and now I'm lonely

I should just move on, but I'm just feelin' too sad

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 2:

All the promises we made

All the hope you put in my heart

But I wasn't good enough

And my whole just fell apart

Yeah, it fell apart

What am I supposed to do

Every day I cry out to you

But you don't even care, do you?

Chorus:

Bridge:

Why can't I just move on, forget all we were

Maybe it's because there's just too much hurt

Chorus:

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad...

Outro:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go...

Motherland

StefPo — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:30:23 +0000

This is my Cover of one of Natalie Merchants most beautiful songs ever

I love this song, i hope I do it justice...:-)

And as always please excuse the poor recording, i'm still not better at this, but i'm trying...

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14855113

Try A Little Harder

JT424 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:03:35 +0000

This is "Try A Little Harder," Track 3 of my new album "Dark, Beautiful World."

Try A Little Harder

Verse 1 (Acoustic guitar, acoustic bass and mandolin)
Slammed doors, yelling so loud it wakes the neighbors
All the fightin’ is too much, and they wonder
If it's worth all the pain that a broken heart could bring
She thinks he isn't want she wanted
He thinks he might as well start runnin'
They gotta figure it out, make it work
Before they lose everything

Chorus (Add electric guitar, soulful slide guitar and drums)
You gotta try a little harder ‘Cuz love is worth fighting for,
Not throwing it away
Reignite the fire
Try a little harder

Verse 2:
They could just move on and forget about it
But they’ll have to deal with all the sounds of
Cryin’ loud in the night, askin’ themselves, “Why?
“Why didn’t I just forgive and forget? Now my heart’s dead”

Chorus:

Bridge:
All the fightin’ and the hurtin'
It’s not worth it
All the blamin’ and yellin’
It’s not worth it
It’s not worth it...

Chorus:

Outro:
Try a little harder…

(music fades)

Moonshine

JT424 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:44:14 +0000

Here's a new song from my new album "Dark, Beautiful World." It's called "Moonshine."

Moonshine
Verse 1 (Slow-Tempo, romantic melody;
Mix of Country acoustic guitars and pedal steel with piano and R&B/Soul)
Girl, you know I love the sun, but I want something new
The daytime’s for playing, the night time’s for loving on you
We can order in and pour a glass of wine
The sun’s gone down, the sky’s dark, it’s time

Chorus:
We don’t need to go out, we can stay right here
You know I’d be lost if you weren’t here
Turn off the lights so no one can see us make love
Let’s just stay here tonight and let the moonshine down on us

Verse 2:
When you had a long day and you just wanna let go
Just look at the stars and let them soothe your soul
Don’t let the worries of the world get into our bedroom
Let’s just hold each other and slow dance with the moon

Chorus:

Bridge:
Right here
This is where I always be
Tell me that you still feel the same
After the sun comes up

Chorus:

Dances For The Moon

Billy_Lunch_Money — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:55:06 +0000

Hi Guys, I think this was my first post on the old site. It's not metal! 😂 I thought I'd have a go at the vocals for it. I don't think they are all that good to be frank. But they are a lot better than the original and I wish I had the skill to double track them. It's mostly the lyrics and the arrangement I'm looking at. The production side not so much, as it's all an experiement. But, any advice is good advice and will be much appreciated.

https://soundcloud.com/billy_lunch_money/dances-for-the-moon

Intro

Oh, she dances for the moon. Hear a whisper in the wind.

Oh, she dances for the moon.

Verse 1

Her eyes just full of stars and barefoot on the hills.

The joy in her face is for her and the moon.

Chorus

Oh, she dances for the moon. Hear a whisper in the wind.

Oh, she dances for the moon. For the moon and no-one else.

Oh, she dances for the moon.

Verse 2

Her mind just full of scars. Her only friend's the moon.

With a dance of ease and grace. Like the flowers in full bloom.

Chorus

Verse 3

She adored from afar, They'll be together soon

As she feels the warm embrace with her love for the moon.

Bridge(Chorus X2)

Outro

I’m the man in the moon!

Reflections (By Alyssa Womack)

CorkingCrackBand — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:12:48 +0000

A collaboration with the wonderful Alyssa Womack (QuoththeLlama over on the Muse forum). She wrote the most beautiful song about grief in the wake of her mothers death and very kindly allowed me to 'flesh it out' with her assistance. Alyssa is on vocals and acoustic guitar and wrote the song and lyrics - I arranged it and played everything else.

https://on.soundcloud.com/Sbq35

Reflections

I've been feeling like the mums you hung

On our old front porch

Like my roots dried out, and I'll grow no more

And I will never be quite like I was before

With all my sun dried petals drifting to the floor

Oh, I...

I have never looked so much like you

And looking in the mirror

Has never been so hard to do

I see you in my eyes, in my nose, in my smile

I see you and it steals my breath for a while

Well you can haunt every freckle

On this second-hand face

But what I've lost, reflections can't replace

I've been losing time and sleep

Thinking about your soul

How you won't come back, and you won't get old

Yeah, when you died something in me froze

But the birds still sing, and the grass still grows

Oh, I...

I have never felt a cut so deep

But I look in the mirror

And it's almost like you're here with me

I see you in my eyes, in my nose, in my smile

I see you and it steals my breath for a while

Well, you can haunt every freckle

On this second-hand face

But what I've lost, reflections can't replace

Now all we could have had is torn asunder

And I am here alone, afraid, and left to wonder

As my racing heartbeats crash like thunder

And it drags me under

I see you in my eyes, in my nose, in my smile

I see you and it steals my breath for a while

Well, you can haunt every freckle

On this second-hand face

But what I've lost, reflections can't replace

I see you in my eyes, in my nose, in my smile

I see you and it steals my breath for a while

Well, you can haunt every freckle

On this second-hand face

But what I've lost, reflections can't replace