The man who couldn't write a song

So the other day i tried writing a song. Shouldn't be that difficult, right? I mean a few words here, few there, and a bit of rhyme but when you really get down to writing a song you find you are at a loss for words. Hundreds of songs cross your mind and you realise most of them are really dumb. You put pen on paper and the word "BABY" pops out of your preoccupied freakin mind. "Baby" should be given the title "The old faithful" because whenever a composer finds himself in trouble with lyrics, he uses it conveniently to fit his rhyme scheme, be it Led Zep with "Babe i'm gonna leave you", Jim Morisson with "Come on baby light my fire" or Britney spears with "Oh baby baby". So i put it down. Some start. Then you wonder what your first line should be. Again, hundreds of songs cross your mind and you realise 90% of the songs you know are about love. Big trouble. I have to write about something else.Nothing mundane. Something out of this world. Something profound. No patriotic songs - only for the reason that i can't say anything that hasn't been said before in praise of this great country of ours.So i look around for inspiration. Wait a minute . What profound thing can follow "BABY"?? ERASE.

Most popular songs are not well written to say the least. How important are the lyrics then? Here's something from the movie "Music and Lyrics".

"A melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex. But then, as you get to know the person, that's the lyrics. Their story. Who they are underneath. It's the combination of the 2 that makes it magical. "

And when you have Drew Barrymore writing the song for you , it is all the more better , a song in itself.

I frankly find Metal lyrics way better than any of the pop lyrics. I mean who could think of something like

"Take a look to the sky just before you die
It's the last time you will
Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery
Hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they will see what will be, blinded eyes to see"

So off i go looking for my Metal cds. I listened to metal songs all day that day but to no avail. Since then i have written first four lines of some three love songs - horrible i tell you. I guess my stream of consciousness is too earthy to come up with profound lyrics. I am not gonna give up on it though , in the hope that one day i'll be able to purge my soul and write something exceptional.

P.S : I'll definitely finish the three songs i have started.If people show some interest i might even post it here.

Adios!