So the exercise was to write something that was technically challenging on your instrument. I took a bit of liberty and included lyric writing as fair play for the assignment. I challenged myself to write a short and concise lyric and to write a song as close to 120 bpm as I could (I've never written anything much past 100). The lyric here ended up being pretty terrible. It's all just placeholder nonsense, pretty much. It is shorter than most lyrics I write though. I wanted to do more with the lyric and make it a little more musically interesting (it's a little full tilt the entire time), but I'm busy as hell right now and ran of time.
lyrics
If you're lookin' for good times I got what you need
Read a little 'tween white lines don't care if you bleed
Don't care if you bleed
I'm your pusher man baby, I'm feeding your head
Don't you know you can trust me, now hear what I said
Nothin doing but lifetimes forget what you read
Say goodbye to your troubles, you'll sleep when you're dead
Sleep when you're dead
Pay what you owe me, there's a tax on your mind
Keep you running on credit, gotta keep you behind
Gotta keep you behind
Don't let the suit fool you, I'm the wolf at the door
I know the pill's bitter, you still wanting more
You're still wanting more
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