"The Black Widow Hour-Glass"

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:57 am

This song was inspired by my parents. It was written 3-4 weeks ago, and no, it's not an immature complaint about anything they did to me.

See, my parents divorced when I was nine years old, and it's about how divorce can affect one of the two spouses involved, very badly, while the other one just turns it into an ongoing bad situation. That is what happened with my parents, and so I tried to write this from the view of the person who is hurt by the other, in any divorce situation, but I based it around observations of how it has affected one of my parents. Yeah, it did have a major effect on me, too, but I haven't written specifically about my troubles with that, and I likely will not. Here's what I came up with:

QUICK NOTE: In the actual lines to this, the parenthesis, around words, mean that I want the line to be sung by more than one voice.

"Black Widow Hour-Glass"

Quit sinking your teeth into me.
Your blackness makes you a widow.
While we were still a pair,
I was already dead.
You used your venom,
to make me unaware
that you were...
a murderer.

(Chorus):
My eyes, they see the red,
of your hourglass.
Get it away from me.
I don't need that
symbol of doom.
Release me from this web you've spun.
I'm already dead
in my soul,
from you, black widow.

Stop trying to poison me.
-Seems as if you wait by each window.
Why must you still be there?
You stopped my heartbeat when,
you used your toxins
to leave me dead in there.
You are...
a murderer.

(Chorus)

(Bridge):

Now I feel it.
I don't like me.
Will I ever be
free..... from you?

Release me...
(My soul is dead and gone.)
Release me...
(Eight legs crawl...)
Release me...
(Don't drop down.)

Don't you drop down on me.
Release me from your web.

(Chorus)

Murderer,-
Murderer,
Won't you take...-
-Take the hourglass away?

EnD

-And that's how it goes. If anyone can relate to a bad divorce, or being a child of someone involved in one, then you know exactly how bad that can be. From what I saw with my parents, if I am ever married, I hope to God that it doesn't result in a bad divorce. What I've felt/still feel (sometimes) was bad enough, being in my shoes, and dealing with everything their divorce brought on. That's all I got, for now.

Cheers and a smile, All!

RiCterMan

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:49 pm

wow, i can definitely relate, my parents divorced when i was...8 i think? and yeah, very similar situation, sounds like it could have been written from my dad's perspective. good job, i like anything i can relate to, and i like your metaphors.

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:01 pm

Thank you! It's greatly appreciated, and I'm glad you found that you could relate to it. Cheers, you!

RiCterMan

ubw rookie Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 133

hey man,
i cant believe i missed this one. its really good and i can relate to it alot. you need to get yourself a band now before all your lyrics go to waste

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:28 pm

Thanks much, hereafter.

Right now, the situation isn't just right for that. I'm looking to, not only, make use of my lyrics, but find the "right" people to make music with. If I were to find people who aren't the musicians I'm looking for, the band I get with in the future could end up being an eventual waste, as well.

On top of that, I have a mic' (cheap, but enough.), but I'm without a P.A., and there's no cashflow. As soon as I can, I intend to start the process of working my ass off, to get to where I need to be. First, I must job-hunt. Smile

Later!

"The Black Widow Hour-Glass"

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