Idea No. 41: Sing about Fairytales

Recently I’ve been working on making my songs less… obvious.  I love metaphors and always have.  I’ve used them since I was a young girl comparing my feelings to pudding that could be eaten.

I began writing this song by just playing around with sounds on the guitar.  I found a couple lyrics but at first I was forcing them into it and the song felt stunted.  After two verses of hit-them-over-the-head-with-what-you’re-saying style lyrics, I wrote a single line:

“You were the wolf, I was red riding hood”

There was my metaphor.  In fact, there was my whole song.  I scrapped everything I had written so far and started over, ultimately making this song.

 

Lyrics to Fairytales:

You were the wolf, I was red riding hood,

You were the king, I was the run away princess

You were the monster in all the fairytales

And I was stuck before the happy ever after

 

I went to your house, ready for adventure

Waiting inside, was another disaster

After some time, I learned the plot

I read enough fairy tales, to know what not to do.

 

But you were the wolf, blowing down my door,

My little straw house, didn’t stand a chance.

I built it stronger, but you just came back

And blew it down again

 

I was a baby, you were old Rumpelstiltskin,

Playing your mind games, to keep me from my mother

My bitter resentment it just grew and grew

I anxiously waited til I could outsmart you.

 

You were a Scar when I wanted a Mufasa

You were so far from the father of my dreams

It took me years to move past the anger

And see that my fairytale might not be what it seemed

 

You were the King and I was little Snow White

You disappeared, and left me with our life

I saw you everyday, but knew that you weren’t there,

Cause it took you years to care

Yes it took you years, to care

For my fairytale.