Oh My God! I just don’t believe it. Jason and I have come out with some whacky ideas and after hours of practicing at home, I have taken up the courage to face up the challenge. True, I have this strong urge to write songs because I have not been doing that for a very long time – much time has been contributed to training my vocal.
It all started with a colleague started an Alpha course – something in relationship to religion. I proposed to Jason yesterday that we shall hold a gig for our friend having song titles such as:
- Heaven Is Just Courses Away
- Paying Myself To Heaven
- God Is Good (Even Thought My Life Is Bad)
Today in my car, our thoughts went wild and we have added the following song titles as well:
- Good Men Go To Heaven (But What About Me?)
- Where Is Satan (When I Need Him The Most)?
Spent 4 hours to write 5 songs. Definitely broke my record in songwriting. The most I could do was 2 songs in one night. I am certainly pleased with the results. I have taken Jason’s advice to be subtle and try not to go too deep into religion. Instead of going shallow, I have given each song a twist. Click
The title of the album may potentially be called Music For The Alpha. 3 fast songs and 2 slow ones. Balanced huh?
Of course, you are welcome to read the lyrics first without reading how each song came about. After all, given each song title, you must have some sort of association to some subjects already.
Paying To Heaven’s Door was inspired by the fact that some religion groups require members to contribute a certain percentage of their income to the groups. However, when I wrote that song, I have in mind a divorced parent who pay his/her way to get to continue seeing his/her child. Neat huh?
Some religion groups, if not all, organise courses to get people into the good of the religion. My thinking is that courses are designed by humans to bring humans into the divine. Well, let’s not think too deep. In Heaven Is Just Courses Away, I am exploring the possibility to know or date someone by courses.
God Is Good (Even Though My Life Is Bad) is an interesting song. There are two different groups of lyrics mixed into one song but alternative lines. The first line and the subsequent odd number lines talks about a bigger picture on God is good but how come so much bad things happen around us. The secnod line and the subsequent even number lines talks about a failed relationship (bad huh?). And the beauty is how this two themes merge together.
Good Men Go To Heaven (But What About Me) is not a song copied from Meatloaf’s Good Girls Go To Heaven (And Bad Girls Go Everywhere). It is a what-if scenario whereby you fall in love with someone worth going to Hell for … dramaticaly of course. Deep huh?
The last song of the set Where Is Satan (When I Need Him The Most) came about from the idea that since we cannot see the face of God, seeing the face of Satan does implies that God exists right? Again, the song is lightened up by putting into the context of a love affair.
Definitely I do plan to record these 5 songs with Jason. Not sure we shall release these songs under the band name of No Eye Candy. Haven’t decided if the negative image is too much to bear.
The lyrics of each songs as below:
Copyright © 2005 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.
1. Paying To Heaven’s Door
I pay my way to get close to you even though I’m so broke
I pay my way to get close to you even though I can’t see the truth
Every month I pay a sum and it doesn’t seems to make any sense
Everyone is doing it even though I do not seems to understand
Is it fair to stop me from seeing you if I cannot pay no more?
Is it fair to take you away from me if I cannot pay no more?
Who set these rules? Don’t we all have eyes?
Why do we follow blindly till we fall?
Is it fair to take you away from me if I cannot pay no more?
It’s not easy to make a choice when there are bills to pay
It’s not easy to sacrifice for something I don’t have
Every now and then I look back on why I end up in this mess
Everyone pretend that it’s part of our lives and that I don’t understand
2. Heaven Is Just Courses Away
Once again we have drifted afar
At times I don’t know if you are with me at all
High and low I am searching for
A manual of you, to know you more
I would sign up for courses if that is all
it takes for me to get to your door
It’s because that’s what people say
that I need to read more to get to you
You are just courses away that’s what people say so they say
I don’t know what I sign up for and so they say, to get to you
Once again I am lost
I don’t believe I can read you at all
I hardly able to see your face
What more can I learn even if I try?
I wish I could read to know you more
But why must I go through this? Can’t you see my love inside?
My love inside is real
How I live my life is real
My beating heart is real
Where I live is real
I wish that you are real
These courses are real
What I’ve learnt is real
I wish your love is real
3. God Is Good (Even Though My Life Is Bad)
I look around seeing all these bad things happen everyday
I look around realise that you’re no longer next to me
I used to face the day wondering if it’s going to be a better day
I now face the day not sure if you’re going to visit one day
I still feel the need to see the balance of good and bad
I fail to see why you have to pack your bag and say goodbye
I used to think it’s fine to accept these bad things in life
I can’t help but to think again if these all make sense to me
There must be a reason why my innocent hands are filled with tainted blood
A reason why you’ve left the photos behind
There must be a way to rinse these curses off my hands, off my hands
There must be a way to lead you back, back to me
I ponder upon if things happen for a reason, they must be
I ponder upon if I have been treating you bad these days
I can’t understand why someone good turns things so bad
I can’t understand why you are making me feel so sad
4. Good Men Go To Heaven (But What About Me?)
I can smell the roses even though they are miles away
I can indulge in these vices even though I am heading South
Good men go to heaven, but for you I shall wait
To see if heaven can be as good as the indulgence in you
I wish I could fall in love with a fantasy that men creates
I wish I could have faith in something that we cannot see
But I can’t equate heaven with someone like you
I wish that heaven can be as good as the indulgence in you
You all can make your way planning your after-life the way that you like
I am staying behind for someone I’ve found whom I like
I fall in love with a piece of heaven that lives where we live
If only I could win her heart, there goes my ticket to God knows where
I can feel your body even though you are far away
I can sense the emotion even though no word is said
Good men go to heaven, but for you I shall wait
To see if heaven can be as good as the indulgence in you
5. Where Is Satan (When I Need Him The Most)
You are just an illusion that does not exist
I can never see your true self even in this hour of mine
I’ve been tempted a hundred and one ways
And you are good, I have never seen your face
I’ve been tempted a hundred and one ways
And you are good, I have never seen your face
You are hiding in the shadow watching me as your prey
If I could see your dark side, perhaps the good does exist
But I have tried a hundred and one ways
You are just a ghost that doesn’t exist
But I have tried a hundred and one ways
You are just a ghost that doesn’t exist
You can only made with fire because no creature of Heaven can be so wild
The way you look at me is enough to drive me insane
If I can be sure that you are evil, I resign to fate
If I can be sure that you are evil, Heaven must exist
When I kiss your lips I feel the fire within
When I hold you close this buring desire within
Till now I still cannot see the evil in you
You could be the proof that Heaven does exist
Copyright © 2005 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.