Lazarus Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 In a poem/lyrics that I wrote, I used some word order inversions that at the time I wrote seemed creative to me, but now I am not so sure the result is acceptable. I would like your opinions. The poem apparently describes a man praising his woman, but at the end the reader discovers that the man is an astronaut and the "woman" is actually the planet Mars that he is visiting and investigating. I did it that way to establish an analogy between the scientist's passion and a man's love for a woman. At one part of the poem, the idea is "I have come to this planet to investigate its surface, go up its mountains and have fun investigating its caves" but the wording I used was (with many inversions): "Your skin I've come to undress But fall, succumb and surrender Pink mounts I'll climb and caress Dark caves I'll find very tender" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Sounds a bit forced to me. A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It seems okay to me, but I would have left out the explanation to avoid biases. On a second reading, some of the phrases are a bit much if it were about a woman, "pink mounts" and "dark caves." If a person was thinking that was about a woman, they'd be like, "ewww." I don't have issue with the structure, though. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atFulcrum Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 If that's not the way you'd say it to a lover in real life, it's not going to ring true when you sing it to her either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Omit the word `very`. You can compensate for the meter by using `I will` instead of `I`ll`. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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