Burn & Fade

[POOSTAIN]

Lyrics for a guitar riff that has been sitting in the back of my mind for over a year now. I'm insanely releived to have words to this now. It has two meanings. One that would seem apparent upon first reading or hearing, and the second one that's more obvious once you realize what it is. I'll wait for a few guesses before I say what they are.


Burn & Fade
By: POOSTAIN

Another mistake,
The need for escape,
A balance hard to realign.
A debt to repay,
Excuses to say,
The reason that you can't define.

Something new,
Soon loss and fear,
Just disappear,
One, then two,
It's time to go,
Learn all you know,
Again.

(Chorus)
Don't listen as the madness surrounds you,
Time passes and it melts away.
Self-doubt makes the sadness continue,
Get past it let the memories burn and fade...

The challenge to see,
What choices can be,
A stumble and it's back at one,
The thought to conceive,
Just what to believe,
And face the cold you're running from,

Hope, to feel,
The perfect health,
Forgive yourself,
Know, it's real,
One steady pace,
Too short to waste,
Begin.

(Chorus)(2x)
Burn and fade...
Burn and fade...
Burn and fade...

[Corupt2057]

I immediately stopped at these lines
"It's time to go,
Learn all you know,"
it just seemed to jump off the subject of where you were taking that verse.. in my opinion or maybe I'm just not understanding it

I loved all the internal rhyming in the chorus with madness, passes, sadness, and past throughout all four lines that was very good

I liked the aabccb rhyme scheme you used in two of the verses
other than that I really don't know what to say because I just can't come up with an interpretation.. it sounds good but it's just too ambiguous

[POOSTAIN]

intended meaning: rediscovering faith in yourself and moving on past bad times.

real meaning: getting stoned to forget your problems.

[POOSTAIN]

bumpity bump bump

[white_riot]

I thought it was ok. I didn't really like the chorus but all the versus were ok. 6/10

[POOSTAIN]

final bumpity

[KCsilvertone]

i agree with the poster up there....this really jumps off subject, and made me want to stop reading at that point, but it got better about halfway through the chorus...I didnt mind it...didnt adore it.... 6/10...decent job, ebtter than most of my crap...

plz crit if you find time:
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=327025

[Ruse of Metacarpi]

not bad, very honest and straightforward without being too lame.

[black_sheepd]

I liked it, because this a song that most people can relate to. Most everyone has made a mistake in life that they beat they can't seem to forgive themselves for. Good work. 8/10