a world where there’s no struggle to survive
a world where the money cant buy lies
somewhere where i can choose to be
a success in everyone’s or only my eyes
no worry about what to eat
a secure place to live and to sleep
where neighbors don’t feel the need to steal
cause they too are taken care of and got rid of that zeal
together we can make this a reality
but first we gotta take out those companies
who take this from us with money and power
but no more ‘cause this is our hour.
This week’s topic: Romanticism. In my song, I focused on the Romanticism of a Socialist Democratic world. A prevalent topic today, at least to me, are the democratic presidential primaries. Also, as a society facing the failures of capitalism and a failing health care system, if we can even call it that, I see the importance of a democratic socialist for our country. With the COVID-19 virus spreading rapidly, and our healthcare not responding in the best way possible, there is a shocking exposure of our lack of a healthcare system. With a President like Bernie Sanders, an agenda for Medicare for All would be pushed, benefiting the lower and middle classes of America, fearing for their economic stability when they or a family member gets sick. The lyrics imagine a world where we don’t have those problems and people do not live with daily stress and fear of basic living rights.
My process for these lyrics was a series of brainstorming. In all honesty, I am not a song writer, nor do I think I could be at this moment. I simply took the ideas I brainstormed and tries to make situations out of them. Also, I used a rhyme generator to help assist with writing the lines. The process was difficult and not at all what I expected. Creating rhymes was more difficult than I imagined, but even then it was not as challenging as bringing the ideas I had together. Song writers must go through a very long process of trying different scenarios and carefully selecting different words to be able to create a coherent song. This process showed me just how much song writers must go through, and I only created four simple verses.
In reality, I don’t think my song is as successful as it could be. For such an important and pressing topic, the song needs to be as strong as the topic itself. I am sure that there are many other angles to which we can approach this topic. There are stronger ways to get the message across, but that may take a more seasoned professional to do so. As it stands, I am not a professional and will probably not write another song. If perhaps, I were to practice for many hours, I may develop more of a skill for song-writing. We all know practice can help anyone develop a skill. It would, however require an immense amount of time, which I may not be dedicated enough to take. I may write some poems if I feel the need to express my emotions or thoughts that way, but I do not believe that I will reach the point of making it a song.
If I were to write another song, I may attempt this topic again. There are so many aspects of our country that are dysfunctional that there are a plethora of lines I could write. This is such a prevalent topic, especially today, that it must be made public. I could also create a dystopia that takes the side of not having a person like Bernie Sanders as a president, and that song in a way would also be a Romantic song with the purpose of exposing the consequences. On the other hand, I could create a full-fledged utopia of a world with Bernie Sanders as a president. That is a world I could fully explore and with more time could express fully. To me, a Romantic song creates a world better than the one we live in that rejects the troubles we have now in favor of a better tomorrow.
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