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It seemed...haunting. (In a good way. And I don't often go for obscure. Vagueness is not the same as depth. So you did really well with a tough audience, here.)

And I liked the title/hook "the show must go on". I think it captures both the surface metaphor (stage show) and the underlying theme of deception, continued. A really nice example of the use of a common phrase with a twist. (A phenomenal number of great songs are built around just that one skill--the ability to take a common phrase and give it a twist or new meaning.)

Nice work--keep it up.

SfDean.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group sfdean https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-112904 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111744 Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:46:41 +0000
Well done , it was nice to read your lyrics about the ordinary everyday people who make the show go on instead of the stars all the time .

I say well done keep up this creative writting your good :wink:


cheers

L.K :arrow:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group lotto king https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111744 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111539 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:35:15 +0000
Brilliant….One thing to consider.....
Last line of verse 1. Cut the word “before” and make the line read “It's too late to change your mind”. That way it sounds more like a statement. If you need a word there to make it fit the rhythm, maybe use the word “because” instead. I believe this may fit better to the overall of the lyric. Just a thought.
Very impressive. :D
Blessings.
Olav]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Olav https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111539 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111359 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:31:03 +0000
Me too, I like the lines you've written here but Im not quite sure what your trying to say. Ive got an idea from the verses but I want you to nail it home for me in the chorus. Then I think this would be a great song. Well done :D .

Pb]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-111359 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-110705 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:16:30 +0000
JOE]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-110705 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-110672 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:05:47 +0000
overall i thought the song was brilliant, there were a few 'cliche' lines such as...

That hide your world of disguise

but you followed them up briliantly with lines like..

In the gaze of a thousand eyes
Just hope your playing the right part
Before its too late to change your mind

And the chorus is great coz it really sums up the song and thats so important and rare because a good chorus that stays on point, is sometimes hard to find!]]> Sunday Songwriters Group guitargeek https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-110672 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-10189 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:51:43 +0000
"The Show Must Go On"

Behind the red velvet curtains
That hide your world of disguise
An opera of dillusion
A blanket of dancing lights
You prepare for the moment
In the gaze of a thousand eyes
Just hope your playing the right part
Before its too late to change your mind

And the show must go on
Just choose your way to fall
And see through the grey mask
Before the curtain call

This fashion of deception
In a whole world of lies
When jokers become jesters
Filling the void of all you deny
In the balconys of gold
Where they hear your every line
As a scream out to the world
In your thearte of shadowed lies

And the show must go on
Just choose your way to fall
And see through the grey mask
Before the curtain call]]> Sunday Songwriters Group +LostBeggining+ https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/wk-36-the-show-must-go-on/#post-10189