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Limit Me To Paper

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Limit me to paper.
Leave me unsung.
Give me no melodies or beautiful runs.
Abandon this; give up.
You can't say how you feel.
Leave me in smeared ink.
Attempts to open up will fail.

Limit what your heart speaks.
Sew up the beats.
Fallen and forgotten is where I shall be.
Limit your creation.
Silence your throat.
Sink your declarations in a little boat.

Don't sing of the beauty now and newfound.
Lose all inspiration; expression be bound.
Know who they think you are,
But don't you dare think
Confidence for a moment
Will let you speak.

So limit me to paper.
Leave me unsung.
Then, back to me, return when your love is gone.
Limit me to paper.
Leave me unsung.
Then, back to me, return when your life is done.
So, before you think this is a general angsty poem, let me explain a bit.
This just kind if came to me, really.

This is a song that I've written from the point of view of an unfinished song.
The idea is that the song sees the beauty in its own unfinished form.
It's a sort of bittersweet beauty in that the writer wishes to pour out their emotions and true feelings into this piece but has instead created a character of the song itself who does not accept any further development.
It's about this struggle, but once the melody is added to these lyrics, it's a kind of lullaby to the writer. I'll eventually polish it up then post it up on YouTube and put the link here.

Well, that's a basic idea. As with any art, it's up to interpretation, but as long as you know it's from a song's point of view.
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Jemiyah's avatar
This is lovely :aww: Wonderful idea to write from a song's point of view <3