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by CynicalMonkey
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte - SF1000

A Grand parade Stop the clocks, on the rocks Time to stick me in a box Come on take a shoulder if you got six to spare Dressed in black, kicking back Cut me off a little slack Offer up a wing and a prayer No time left for the right way of living Shackled to the choices I made You can’t take a penny ...
by CynicalMonkey
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:42 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte - Almost No Regrets

Head first it’s the only way I know to go Arms spread wide feeling on display Nowhere fast, cause it ain’t my first rodeo Ain’t no stopping now, gotta find my own way I’ll take the risk, not the easy way out I’ll take the hard way every single time No time for second guessing, second takes or window...
by CynicalMonkey
Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte - Your Undoing

Its 3am at the Mirage and the devil’s playing dice Blowing three times for luck while sipping whiskey over ice A girl upon each arm a wry smile upon their face Going too fast to slow down while never keeping pace You don’t count wins and losses, as long as you can play A chip a chair a chance at lea...
by CynicalMonkey
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:41 am
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 22 - March 2 to May 6, 2024
Replies: 1
Views: 210

Re: SpinTunes 22 - March 2 to May 6, 2024

So I can’t sing confidently, play bar chords, use music editing software, read music, understand music theory, rap, make beats or have good taste but I do enjoy writing lyrics based on the prompts. Would anyone like to do 95% of the work for 50% of the credit and form a team??? Jokes aside, if anyon...
by CynicalMonkey
Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)
Replies: 28
Views: 2647

Re: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)

Any time - you did a great job with them and from the reviews I read I am going to wear my “add some sweet sweet Doorslike Organ in there” as a badge of pride :).

But you did the hard work turning a song written like Nickelback into something that sounded like a forgotten gem from the late sixties.
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The eternal battle of (Man Vs. Beast prefight)
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Re: The eternal battle of (Man Vs. Beast prefight)

Woke up and wondered what an iron maiden song about werewolves might sound like viewtopic.php?p=232488#p232488
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:44 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte

Predatory allegories plague my lucid mind The hunger grows inside once more, it won’t be left behind A cyclical soliloquy unsatiated by the light My cynical soul seeks the night, where all my sins can hide. Chorus By moonlight, I play this traitors role In darkness, I pay this cursed toll A ticking ...
by CynicalMonkey
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:00 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Ye Olde Lyric Marte - Blood and Fire

It’s 3am, can’t sleep, my thoughts surround me Sit up and stretch, distract my fickle brain Teeter at the edge Do I forget or do I dive in Refractions of truth shone through rose tinted pane. My friends say it’s unhealthy, over wine and cigarettes. I won’t lie, makes it all easy to dismiss It’s noth...
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Forums
Topic: Pronouns profile field added
Replies: 25
Views: 8884

Re: Pronouns profile field added

The normalisation argument is that if only people who are NB use pronouns then they might as well have a big sign on their head singling them out as NB. If most people use them then it doesn’t single anyone out. Same logic as why it’s useful when heterosexual couples to use partner when referring to...
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Forums
Topic: Pronouns profile field added
Replies: 25
Views: 8884

Re: Pronouns profile field added

So I don’t live in the west coast of US and I don’t agree with you. Take a second and a step back for a moment. You want it to be an optional field, the option is there to put a dash, a single key stroke, about 300 keystrokes less then you have spent asking for it to be made optional and a dozen les...
by CynicalMonkey
Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:19 am
Forum: Forums
Topic: Pronouns profile field added
Replies: 25
Views: 8884

Re: Pronouns profile field added

It’s also about just making it normalised so it doesn’t single people out. Which becomes exclusionary in itself.
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)
Replies: 21
Views: 1985

Re: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)

Help, I slipped tripped and accidentally wrote a Nickelback song viewtopic.php?p=232294#p232294
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:08 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 66184

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte

Wake Up Again Like a cog you only spin when you’re told to Locked in place, daydreaming of the old you Time flashing past in the blink of an eye A raging river that keeps passing you by Live to work, work to live, all seems the same Just another pawn in someone else’s game Clock watching days, like ...
by CynicalMonkey
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1868

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

Hmm, very quickly put together! Not at all where I was going with the idea, but your way works too. Mine was to be about this strange small town trying to draw in tourists with these obscure attractions. I was just going to have a long list of them, was going to go more surreal. jsyk, I STILL don't...
by CynicalMonkey
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1868

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

Come to Surprise Arizona See very old men Slicing apples, Underwater See rattlesnakes Dressed-up for Christmas Only 18.95.… You may not think it’s living large But it’s a fine way to survive Come by surprise Arizona For a royal time Down at the bar playing quarters Sweet September sun, sets on deser...
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1868

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

Sent something back - hope I got the vibe and incorporated thd theme but as I said no pressure to use them if they aren’t your style.
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:21 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1868

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

No idea for lyrics this time. So I tried Jim's approach; building a melody from the words. I used my first take live demo (cut down a little). Just me, my 12 string and my flaws. Nothing to win, just to be in. I have no real musical talent beyond occasionally stringing together some nice sounding w...
by CynicalMonkey
Fri May 26, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Nur Ein XVIII Round Zero "Sink or Swim"
Replies: 20
Views: 884

Re: Nur Ein XVIII Round Zero - Sink or Swim

Don’t have the chops or equipment to put in an entry but write something based on the prompt. A log upon the fire, keeps the long dark nights on hold Curled up beneath a blanket, night yet to unfold Drinking cherry soda, the wine was turned away Trading dreams and stories as night turns into day Exc...
by CynicalMonkey
Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'
Replies: 20
Views: 1574

Re: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'

Wow some of those judges reviews and rankings were brutal. Genuinely surprised at 3-4 of those entries that were below the line (even ignoring for the bias on the one I helped with)
by CynicalMonkey
Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:10 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Digital Pet
Replies: 3
Views: 419

Re: Digital Pet

Floating cars, life on Mars Robot help around the home Rocket packs, freeze dried snacks Sheltered in a biodome Holograms, cyber lambs Androids dream the war’s are done AI leaders, virtual Jesus Distant worlds with different suns A future that was promised Speculative fiction Everything grew in not ...
by CynicalMonkey
Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:44 am
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'
Replies: 20
Views: 1574

Re: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'

When will the Bandcamp go live, longing to read the lyrics and notes :)
by CynicalMonkey
Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Spintunes 20 Round 2: "May I Have A Word?"
Replies: 2
Views: 321

Re: Spintunes 20 Round 2: "May I Have A Word?"

Not an official contestant but I enjoy writing lyrics so knocked these up on day one. I call the song “spinning in infinity” We make a funny pair odd socks that match no other Mimsey dear, have no fear I’ll hold you close my lover lost among the woods are we No swords to keep us safe shelter in my t...