Open Mic Songwriter's Challenge Week 2 (Lost And Found)- Lost in the Sun

in #openmic8 years ago (edited)

For this week's theme, Lost and Found, I wrote a song called "Lost in the Sun."


This is an entry in the Open Mic Songwriter's Challenge, sponsored by @meno and hosted by @luzcypher. The other judges are #openmic judges @krystle and @passion-ground. There are already some amazing songs being created as a result of this contest; Check it out!


It seems I'm destined to compete in this entire competition with a mere ukulele, but I promise that if and when I win the contest (LOL) I will immediately start re-honing my guitar skills. It's not the size of the instrument...


Lost in the Sun


LYRICS

I’m walking down this road, and I’m lost in the sun,
And he’s facing me back and I’m sinking,
‘Cause the coffee don’t work and my fingers are numb
And I’m sick on this whiskey I’m drinking.
I’m on my way down to a much better town,
But I’m not gonna get there today.

The waves have me tossed and I’m way more than lost;
I expect to be wrecked, run aground,
Reminding myself that I’ve got half my health
And I’d rather be lost than be found.
But if somebody tried to bum me a ride
I doubt that I’d send them away.

By sheer force of will I can crest the next hill,
I’ll be blessed if I still have my eyes,
‘Cause the sun’s been so bright, and the tongues been so sharp,
Of the liars with all of their lies.
And this bag that’s been dragging me’s heavy and wet,
But I ain’t about to let it go now.

Please believe me,
I got no room for more regret,
Please retrieve me,
I ain’t begun to entertain you yet.

They say time’s a figment of imagination;
You stay young if you live for today.
Then somebody tell me, with each setting sun,
Why the hell am I wasting away?

Before I get old, get me out of the cold,
‘Cause wandering free ain’t the way I can be,
Wish I could have stayed young and afraid,
But I can’t so let’s clean up the mess that I made,
I know where I’ve been; I don’t care where I’m bound,
But I pray that someday I’ll get lost where I’m found,
I’m on my way down to a much brighter town, But I’m not gonna get there today.


Thanks as always to @meno for generously offering a guitar as the grand prize for this contest! See you next week!


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Excellent Chris, you are a great lyricist brother!

cheers

Thanks! Looking forward to the coming weeks!

super lyrics chris. You really nailed this one! x

Thanks! Can't wait for tomorrow's topic.

I actually got an extra song written this week, called Blues Man with a Ukulele, which I'll be entering in #openmic in a few hours. Stay tuned!

Anyway, I'm loving the creative surge that comes with committing to this contest!

good job dude, I look forward to it! I know... the creativity is flowing like WINE around here :D x

Awesome loved it, I could listen to this all the time and chill to it camping in the sun, the song spoke to me and happy to have heard it. Maybe a recording of it produced well could sell. We could hope and dream or we could make it happen. Just an inspirational spark. Thanks for the heart and the share. Beloved or beware. I'm just a bi-polar bear who cares. @chrisroberts

Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it! For now I'm just happy to have gotten my second week's entry in a little early. Maybe I'll have time to write a song for #openmic as well.

Right on well done brother.

Chris!

I voted only partway through, 'cause I was loving it from the start...
Now that it's over, I can honestly say I loved every minute of it.

I have to say I was a touch surprised to hear a classically trained actor writing and singing country and western / folk... but not too surprised, coming from a creative...

Thank you! Profound lyrics. Nice melody. Nice bridge. You have me smiling broadly this morning! :D

😄😇😄

@creatr

Re-Steemed!

Thank you very much, @creatr! I'm so glad you liked it. I wasn't sure how it would be received, and I was quite relieved when I saw yours was the first comment. Usually I hide my heavier themes under layers of cute rhymes and humorous stories. This was a little out of my comfort zone. But I guess that's what this contest is all about!

It's true; I wear many hats, but they're mostly creative.

I really appreciate your support. I'm going to be writing a song a week for eight weeks for this challenge... eek.

Wow, that does sound extremely challenging! And this song will be a hard act to follow... ;)

Best wishes, my friend! :D

Awesome. Thanks for getting another one in. Sounds really good.

You're welcome! I can tell there's going to be some serious competition here. The next six weeks I'm gonna have to dig deep, but it'll be so awesome when 300+ new songs have been created thanks to this contest! I love #openmic; for me it proves what Steemit is really capable of.

Thanks for giving us all another great entry, Chris!

My pleasure, of course! I really appreciate your support. At this point I'm kind of wondering if it's going to get easier or harder as the contest goes on. Can't wait to hear everything that comes out of the #openmicsongwriters challenge!

wow! that was great! how long did it take you to write it? .. i just heard your entry for last week... loving what you are doing! ♥
Upvoting you again! you deserve it!

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! This one actually came pretty quickly. I basically started it yesterday, when the new theme came out.

Awesome! I really liked it! To me it was harder this time around... but that’s what this challenge is about, isn’t it? Pushing ourselves a little bit?

Si very Dylan - even better tan last week!

Thanks! This week was a lot easier on me somehow. Only six to go!

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Provide me your BTS acc.. You won in last weeks #tvmeme and did not collect your prize:) A new one is up now:)

Cool, thanks! I made a bitshares account just now. My name is chris-roberts. Is that all you need?

I'll get on the new contest if I think of something.

Sound cool! Btw it will be delivered until Monday! ThinK! Hope to see you there:)

I've entered some memes. :)

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