#17 Stories Unheard

The Feeling:
       Off of the album "Tales of Human Struggle", this song tries its best to be standard length with a standard song format - Intro1, Intro2, Verse1, Prechorus1, Chorus1, Verse2, Prechorus2, Chorus2, Bridge, Chorus3, Outro...difficult for us, considering usually we get to the first chorus in a song and have passed the 3 or 4 min mark.  This is one of the few songs we have in a 6/8 feel.
       Here, higher the guitar parts in the song are playing vocal lines for the lyrics below.

Inspiration:
        Meshuggah: "Bleed" - This was the first song written on my new Agile 8 string over the summer, tuned down a half step.  The intro of Bleed gave way to the Verses of this song, which speed up dramatically from the rest of the song and take the song from 6/8 to 4/4.
       Dream Theater: "These Walls" - Definitely the bridge here matches the bridge in These Walls, where theres 2 measures of building chords, then 2 measures of the original low choppy riff.  Most of the 6/8 feel of the rest of the song was also inspired here.

       As a side note, this song was a bit unconventional in that the vocal patterns were thought up and written for the Chorus before the guitar parts were written.  Usually, all guitars/bass are written and recorded, then lyrics/vocals come later as a mashup between written text and the music already made.

Technical:
       This song has two distinct ideas that alternate, the opening 6/8 feel and subsequent low to high riff, and the Bleed faster 4/4 section for verses/prechoruses.  All revolves around Bbm and Ebm throughout.  I like how the two guitar parts and bass act off of each other, at times using 3 part harmonies and having alternating melody or background parts.  But most of all I'm pleased with the chorus vocal pattern...very catchy.

Lyrics so far, it still needs verses written over the fast part which will be the actual stories that should be unheard:

5. Stories Unheard
Idea’s and shit: Nikid
things you don’t want to hear in someones head when they walk past you or something along those lines
Did you have nightmares after seeing “What women want?”  :)  

Lyrics by Chris - May 10, 2010, song outlined Drew 6/16/2010, Chris additions 6/20/2010, Drew lyrics additions (4 verse stories with choruses) 6/30/2010, Drew edits final chorus/verses 2/13/2011

Stories Unheard: verses are scattered, fuzzy, dark memories, mostly senses remembered - chorus is not wanting to tell the people closest to you any of these secrets from your past

Verse1:
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PreChorus1:
Let these stories be unheard,
And let my lies be less absurd
Let my life be lived
And let myself forgive
This past cannot be changed

Chorus1:
Return my heart and mind
To a more pleasant time
And let those stories remain,
Unheard

Verse2:

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PreChorus2:
Let these stories be unheard,
And let my lies be less absurd
Let my life be lived
And let myself forgive
This past cannot be changed

Chorus2:
Return my heart and mind
To a more pleasant time
And let those stories remain...

Bridge:
And you hear them say
“Is it finally time to
let these long years go?”

But you don’t understand
it was so long ago
and never what I meant to be

If my
Whole life’s changing,
Rearranging,
There’s no reason to know why

Who are you to decide
What parts of me are true
And what’s covered with lies?

Chorus3:
Let my stories be unheard,
To force down what had occurred
Deny my past to relive
And let ignorance forgive

(Keep my) Keep my heart and mind
Free of those horrid times

Don’t ask me, don’t tell me
that I can’t control me
You don’t need to know
It’s not something to show
Let me block it all out
And just keep it inside
And just let my soul
Drift to more pleasant times

And let those stories remain, Unheard