Category: My Music

So here I am, wrote another song within the same week. This song has a faster tempo than the previous one. The lyrics is as such …

Author’s note: I remember when young, I took bus to school back in Hong Kong. During the right season, there would be swallows just at the balcony of the school near to the bus stop that I always used. Swallows make temporary homes before moving onto their migration journey. At times I miss the traveller kind of lifestyle.

My Little Swallow

One night on my way home I look at the star buried in the hazy sky
I turn up the music listen to the song that chills my heart
I feel the wind
The sense of freedom chills my spine
All by myself
My vision slowly fades away

One night on my way home my eyesight getting blurry I cannot see
This music in my head it slowly lifts me up to the sky
I hear a sound
A calling I have never heard before
Open my eyes
A swallow under the hazy sky

I recognise this beautiful swallow
Building a home on the way to your destination
I want to see you every single night

I often wonder what is it like to be you
All these homes you made these new faces you see every day
I often wonder what is it like to be with you
All these thrills up in the sky must be something to live for
My little swallow, all I want is to be with you
My little swallow, I want to know what’s it like to be you
My little swallow, all I want is to be with you
My little swallow, I want to know what’s it like to be you

Copyright © 2006 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.

I felt like writing a new song and so I did. I love the title of the song and I hope I have done the song justice. The lyrics of the song is as such …

Author’s note: Many don’t know how much they worth and always underestimate themselves. Look, You can be the diamond because you are just special … like diamond in the deep ocean, in the deep blue sky.

Diamond In The Deep Blue Ocean, Diamond In The Deep Blue Sky

Shine like a diamond in the deep blue ocean
You shine like a diamond in the deep blue sky
Thousands voices can’t be wrong
But do you know where you belong

Face of an angel with those innocent eyes
You walk the street with your head held high
You feel like drifting in your life
But think of what you really are

You shine like a diamond in the deep blue sky
Everybody love your smile
Do you oblige for the rest of your life?
Can you resist what’s destroying your life?

You shine like a diamond in the deep blue ocean
You should feel larger than life
Take away those tears in your eyes
Take away those scars start to live your life

You are a diamond in the deep blue ocean
You are a diamond in the deep blue sky
Don’t you forget who you really are
Don’t you forget what you can do with your life
You’re beautiful in every way
You are divine can’t be denied
You’re a diamond in my eyes
A star that shines wherever you go
Wherever you go, wherever you go
You are a star in my eyes

Copyright © 2006 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.

I asked my friend GS to give me 10 things that struck her mind when I mentioned a word (not going to reveal here as I believe every song has to be interpreted in the audience’s own way). Her reply was: happiness, stressed, tired, guilty, euphoric, competitive, anticipation, dread, confusion, frustration.

Here is the lyrics of the new song.

Do It Again

You know something that is, something that is true
You can’t help but to, do it again, do it again
You dread this moment that you face … but here it goes again

You keep running away, lying to yourselves
You keep falling but you, do it again, do it again
This secret pleasure that you feel … you have been there before

Seducing you, this euphoric feeling that is blinding you
Confusing you, with what is right and with what is consuming you
This guilty feeling starts to spread all over you
Losing control to this temptation
Do it again, you so want to
Do it again, though you so dread to
Do it again, though it’s frustrated to
Do it again, you feel you just have to

Anticipation, that is running, in your veins, in your veins
You’re getting closer, you really really shouldn’t, but you do it again, do it again
You are tired, every steps you take, everything you get, all that you spent
How long more, will you realise that this happiness will never last
Do it again, do it again, do it again, do it again
How long more, will you realise that this happiness will never last

You know something that is, something that is true
You can’t help but to, do it again, do it again
You dread this moment that you face … but here it goes again

Seducing you, this euphoric feeling that is blinding you
Confusing you, with what is right and with what is consuming you
This guilty feeling starts to spread all over you
Losing control to this temptation
Do it again, you so want to
Do it again, though you so dread to
Do it again, though it’s frustrated to
Do it again, you feel you just have to
Do it again, you so want to
Do it again, though you so dread to
Do it again, though it’s frustrated to
Do it again, you feel you just have to

Copyright © 2006 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.

I was planning to compose the song as written the night before. Turned out that the chords, rhythm, and tempo did not fit the theme of the song. So I have decided to write another song instead. When I first demo’ed it to Cynthia, she said: it’s cute! Yep, it is a darn cute song. The lyrics as such:

Something In Your Eyes

This is the last time I promise myself
I will not give in to the look in your eyes
Spin around losing track of time
I want to run run run away from you

Won’t be the next time I promise myself
To let you break my life apart
You do me good till I’m barely alive
I want to run run run away from you

Something in your eyes corrupting my mind
Something deep inside contradict my life
Sometimes when you smile I feel so sublimed
Sometimes when you cry I feel so denied

In this lukewarm paradigm of a dream denied
I swim in this pitch dark black pool of mine
It is hard to find when I cannot open my eyes
I cannot think straight when you are by my side

Something in your eyes corrupting my mind
Something deep inside contradict my life
Sometimes when you smile I feel so sublimed
Sometimes when you cry I feel so denied

Copyright © 2006 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.

Just some useless statistics. You see, when I write songs, I write the lyrics and chords on a notepad. Usually I will type them out nicely into Words format as well as updating an Excel spreadsheet in order to keep track of what I have written. Over the year, I have become lazy and just put up with handwritten scores. Today, I have decided to do some housecleaning. I have realised the following useless statistics:

• As of today, I have written 136 songs.
• I have written 22 songs in the year of 2004.
• I have written 15 songs in the year of 2005.
• The first month of 2006 is over soon and I have only written 1 song.
• There are 17 songs yet to be typed into Words format.

Wife was having conference call in the late evening so instead of composing music melody, I worked on the lyrics instead. The title of the song could be “Are You Feeling Lonely (Let Me Be With You)”. All comments are welcome. I have not worked on the music yet.

Are You Feeling Lonely (Let Me Be With You)

Are you feeling lonely, sick of what people cannot see in you?
Are you feeling tired of these standards, sick of what they say to you?
Do you consider to be different, someday someone may see the real you?
Do you consider leaving, find yourself another home?

Do you think it is fair, hurt by the ones you love most?
Do you think it is the norm, to take in all that they say to you?
Do you feel like hidding from the faces of your daily life?
Do you feel like running away from your kind?

Come to me, my love, I can take care of you
I see true beauty missed by the eyes of fools
I see how far you can fly though no one believe in you
Let me ease your pain, and see how much I love you

In this arid land you are looking for a sign of hope
You feel so deflated, not sure what to do
You are desperate and quiet, your energy is running low
Keep walking, though you wish someone is with you

Come to me, my love, I can take care of you
I see true beauty missed by the eyes of fools
I see how far you can fly though no one believe in you
Let me ease your pain, and see how much I love you

I was once broken not unlike the present you
I was once hurt way worst then you
There came upon an angel helped me to get through
Now my arms are opened, let me be with you

Come to me, my love, I can take care of you

Copyright © 2006 by Wilfrid K. F. Wong. All Rights Reserved.

God knows why, an inspiration hit me yesterday and I care less about messing the whole place up (as wife not in town), wires were everywhere. Worst still I have decided to use my Sequencer to give me an usual drum beat temp of 115 (my songs are usually 72-ish and 148-ish).

It is not at all easy to do 115. To me, it is not that slow and not that fast. Even the strumming pattern is different. “Whirlpool of Love and Hate” is my first song in the year 2006. Spent tonight re-recordiing the song and the demo mp3 was sent to my wife (out-of-town), sister, and brother-in-law for comments. Since I am not ready to upload the song yet (the next round of comments will come from my band after my family ok it), here are the lyrics towards the ending of the song:

This whirlpool of love and hate, these lies that we have made
These wishes of a tainted fate, this life that I was used to live
This whirlpool of love and hate, it is love that I can’t live without
It is hope that I can’t live without, it is you whom I can’t live without