As I lay awake in my bed last night, listening to music... I wondered if I could ever write a cohesive song. As a commercial thing. As a songwriter. I didn't think much about it before I slept, but it did occur to me that it would be easy if I put my mind into it. The song that prompted me to think this was Sing What Your Soul Sings, by Massive Attack.
I'm good at poetry. Rhymes... Verses... Whatnot.
They can just keep spouting forth on any subject as long as I have a sufficient mental incentive as to why I should be doing that... However, are songs all that different? I mean yeah 80% is the talent of the singer... but then the words can't be sub-par, can they?
Shakespeare lived in his own little world when he said 'What's in a name...'
A lot apparently... Imagine if the rose was named a stinkwort instead.
It would still smell sweet, yet I doubt it would be the most sought after flower on Valentine's Day!
(sic)
Anyway, then came the moral question about songwriting-- I'm a selfish and very self-engrossed individual... Would I get along with the poor guy who decides to sing what I wrote? Would the song-brainstorming sessions be free of bloodshed? I'd bash in anybody's head if he/she uttered anything less than a compliment about my lyrics... I mean, hey, I'm the guy writing the words... If you know better, go do it yourself...!
That kind of thing.
Anyway. I against I. Guess none would survive.

Move over Mos Def.