I would like to hear some criticism on this one I just thought up. More of a poem than a song. This is about someone I lost way back ten years ago on New Year's Eve and it still hurts. Christmas always brings back the loss.

"Bells Of Hell"

Tears are here
This time of year
Want them to go away
It's hard to do
Going without you
Every single day
It was a shock
A real hard knock
That cut me like a knife
When I hear the bells
I think of hell
That was brought to my life
Through all the years
Of Christmas cheer
I will always say
I want you to know
I love you so
And I miss you every day

12/01/07 by CI

Very nice, good flow. I hate the holidays but adore the poem.

What I am willing to look at is anything. Like I said IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GRADE A MATERIAL! I cannot stress that enough.

Main influences in songwriting:
1) My grandfather: He was an inspiration to me. He was not the main reason for song writing, but for my comics which I have drawn for many years. I have penned a few songs for his memory (he died ten years ago).
2) Chris Cornell (Soundgarden): Cornell has a songwriting ability that is just so unique and it shows in his songs. The songs are dark and depressing which is what my style is mostly. "The Day I Tried To Live" is my all-time favorite song and I try to base my song writing around Cornell's style and that song. It is such a good song.
3) Life (in general): The world around me influences what I write. 9/11 is one of the many things I have written songs about.

Favorite bands: Beatles, Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Offspring, and many more. (They play a role in my writing)

It's heavy, it's depressing, it's great!

This is a song I wrote over five years ago. Not the best one in my vault, but I like it. Side note: I sing the songs in my head before writing them.

No Way Out (Of Here)

I can't find a way
To get out of this maze
I need all I can
To help me out of this land

Chorus:
No way out of here
No way out of here
No way out of here, at all

I need some assistance
Please don't resist
I need you right now
'Cuz I can't find my way out

Yeah there's
Chorus

I tried so hard
But still I succomb
To the battlezone
Get me out of here
I don't want to die right here

Chorus

Hey turtlepoet, put it up. I want to see it. Differentkindofwench, you are right, I didn't mean it like that. I meant to just put down on pen and paper what ever flows through your mind. That is what I do. If it stinks, well so be it. As long as YOU think it is good that is all that matters, screw the critics! I'll put one up soon.

I guess minds are not as creative as mine :-(. Oh well.

Hey, I want to see some song writers and what kind of songs they have written. I am a song writer myself and I have written more than a hundred songs (some great, some well, not so great). Not every song is a masterpiece in everyone's eyes. I just want to see if there are any creative minds around. I want to see what you wrote and it doesn't matter if it sucks!

Cool to see more people posting stuff to welcome me. Thanks a bunch. I hope I can connect with some of you!

It is busy for me lately and it aint getting better! That is why the five day absence.

Hello everybody.

Too much turkey today! And pie, and stuffing, and potatoes, you get the point, hehe

Twenty years is far too extreme in my opinion. I know as you get older, the "gap" gets larger, and that is happening to me. I just turned 27 and I say a fair gap for me is six years younger and two years older (21 to 29). About seven years ago it was probably more like two years (both younger and older). This is just my opinion.

Thanks to all who posted. I hope to post more.

Hey, I just joined this site a few days ago. I hope to make connections with anybody that is well, interesting or shares a common interest. Anyways, just saying hello.