Tunes to Our Lives

Something I cooked up at 2:00 a.m. Yes, in the morning not afternoon! O_o So if it doesn't seem right, then I have a reason. This really has no 'specific' message behind it, just read.

 

Tunes to Our Lives

 

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games

The air is rushing at my face in full force

My feet are pounding at the ground as if I were a horse

I am going to win this, I am going to win this

Three, two, one! I’m across the finish line

 

Wherever you go, I’ll be with you

Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you

He knows this all too well, it’s true

But he doesn’t realize these feelings are new

Soon enough, I will be the flame in his heart

 

The children’s carousel; the chestnut trees; the wishin’ well

Love is a splendid thing and ages peacefully in time

After years with the same love, it seems to be a rhyme

Those who are young will have fun again and again

Ones who are old have less, but they remember then and when

 

My father was a gamblin’ man, down in New Orleans

A young man works every day away on the tracks

Never caring about all the things his life lacks

Sure, he grew up handling the house at age nine

But that only prepared him for life, it taught him to be a man

 

One minute I held the key, next the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt & pillars of sand

Lines are traced across the page and words as well

Deep within my thoughts, I can hear the lively bell

It keeps me sane and pushes me further down the gold path

 

Music is in the worst and best of all of us

Even if it’s not the song you want it to be

When words don’t get the job done, music steps in

It is great because when it’s heard it doesn’t hurt

 

 

Songs included in this poem (in order):

Welcome To the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses

The Flame – Cheap Trick

I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday

House of the Rising Sun – Animals

Viva La Vida – Coldplay

 

 

Author's Note

Ignore the grammar problems. Tell me what you think!

Reviews

[deeps]

This is awesome
i love the style and format
what you say.
You are very creative.
I love music, so i loved this.

[Emmie]

I love how you took the verse of a song and made it your own! Well done!

[Honeypot]

Tired minds do find things, don't they? I think this was really fun and creative. I'm glad you put the names of the songs, becuase I recognized that last one and couldn't place it. I liked the cheap trick stanza the best, but they were all great. Nice job!

[Winter McPherson]

So I'm getting that you first put lyrics to different songs up and then elaborated on them. Very creative!

This is my absolute favorite line!
"Those who are young will have fun again and againOnes who are old have less, but they remember then and when"

[Mark]

I'm not sure whether Axl Rose has thoughts that I would recognize, but who among us has not sat at the dining room table, listening to the radio, and drifting into the alternate realities that Buddy Holly, Roberta Flack, Don McLean, George Harrison spin for us. This is a nice little tribute to the ability of others to move us from where we are to another place we'd possibly rather be. Thanks, Roni!

[Bud]

Really love this. Especially the line, "Music is in the worst and best of all of us". Absolutely true! That is what music is about. And, also, what makes it so universal. But then, again, I am biased due to my love of music. The ultimate form of communication!!!

[Robert Francis Callaci]

Very creative-good use of color and form- an impressive poetic display...


my warmest
bob

[Voice]

This is amazing veronica I absolutely love it. We love our music and our writing put it together and WOW :)

[EmpressPoetess]

AWESOME!! I love how you put this together. Very creative!

[Luis]

Really cool, I like the Animals and Guns an Roses.