Writing a Pop Song

When I was writing my pop song I was trying to think out old messages I had with a person and just tried to make them more dramatic and “cringe” aka Romances them. The process was very unorganized and I basically went with an approach of spitting everything onto a piece of paper. Once that happened I rewrote lines to make them more Romantic and tried to cut the lines shorter along with keeping them in a story line as much as possible.

It was actually easier then I thought it was to make the song but then again my song is very very bad in my opinion and super cringy. It was difficult writing in the sense that I was not enjoying it and found myself uncomfortable and embarrassed of how dramatic the lines were becoming. The topic of the song was also old and healed from so I didn’t experience any relief from expressing myself either. This unfortually wasn’t my favorite assignment of the semester to say the least. None the less I did it the best I could and can say pretty confidently I will not be writing another song for fun or expression.

If I had to write another song I have no clue what I would write it about. This song was difficult enough to think about and conjure. Over all the experience was a learning one and I feel like I have a better understanding of how difficult and personal it can be to write a song as an artist. It only further my respect towards creators in the music industry.

I’ll admit that I was mad

And I’ll admit that I should have hated you

I didn’t have the heart to throw it all away

But I didn’t have the heart to want it anymore

I don’t want it anymore

I don’t need it anymore

We were just hollow souls

Should have listened to what I was told

Placed it all in your hands

but it was too heavy to hold

Fumbling on the ground trying to pick up the pieces you broke

And now we are just hollow souls

I’ll hold my breath

So the candle can stays lit

But I really don’t have the heart

To ever want this ever again

Now Breath it in

And breath it out

Take a good look at everything that you’ve done

Because we were just hollow souls

Should have listened to what I was told

Placed it all in your hands

but it was too heavy to hold

Fumbling on the ground trying to pick up the pieces you broke

And now we are just hollow souls.

Now we are just hollow souls