“Original” and “Annie Vano” - Austen Walls - Belmont songwriting portfolio submission

Описание: Austen Walls’ submission for the Belmont songwriting application, consisting of songs “Original” and “Annie Vano”

“Original” Lyrics:

I’m too depressed to write a song
Every word’s a little wrong
And every note is stolen from
Gregory or rosenstock

Maybe I could find a niche
If I could find the words to sing
How I take in everything
But honestly, who in whole wide world
Gives ever-loving [high pitched noise] about what I think

Just a stupid teen
With a hard on and a tee
Of a band that no one knows
I’m not original

I’m not original
(I’m not)
I’m not original
(I’m not)
I’m not original
Oh oh

Tell me what I have to prove
When I know I spent too much on school
Im a fool, I’m getting full of
All these brain dead writing goals
Like so and so, I’m getting old
And yeah, I know, I’m not original

Just look at these stupid chords
A 1 6 5 4
Minor, cause I’m a minor
And I’m bored


“Annie Vano” Lyrics:

I think I’m old enough
To give it a shot
I think I’m smart enough
To know what I want

My tongue gets captured in the waveforms that
Emanate proudly but shy
I thought I’d build up to something
But I’m still trapped inside
Morning waits; Dawn, it breaks
My courage to try
I die I die I die inside your velvet mind

The world was black today
When I opened my eyes
I don’t see the same
Went to sleep and everything’s changed

My rose tinted glasses broke and your scarlet
Eyes are all that show me hope
The looks you boast say more than any words

You don’t have to tell me
I don’t recognize myself either
Was it the baggy eyes
Or the purple lips that gave me away
Was it the tears that stay welled in my stoic body
Or the constant shudder at your embrace
The butterflies in my stomach have all died
And dominoes fall like rain from the sky
That lead to my demise

I’d give anything
Just to have back my old life
Now I give everything
Everything to die inside your velvet mind