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Ten Lyrics To Write About - Daniel Knox edition

You know the drill. Roll a d10 (or generate a random number from 1 to 10). Compare it with the list below. Write something based on the result! You don't actually have to have heard the song, you can just read the quote and let your imagination fly (but I'm including song links anyways)! Share it in the comments— or not, I’m not the boss of you. The beast will appear, but only to you, and no one believes you ( Blue Car ) Your house is on fire, it has been for ages, burning alive, all while it rages ( By The Venture ) 1992, the year you almost drown, you crept and crawled into the house we both share now ( David Carmichael ) Don't look at me with those eyes; God knows what they've seen ( Don’t Touch Me ) An awkward silence, an act of violence, scream "happy new year" and cheer at the sirens ( No Accident ) Yours is like the spirit of the breeze that blows through town, no one remembers unless it knocks something down ( Ghostsong ) All of this, all of th...

Ten Lyrics To Write About - Hozier edition

In celebration of the new EP! You know the drill. Roll a d10 (or generate a random number from 1 to 10). Compare it with the list below. Write something based on the result! You don't actually have to have heard the song, you can just read the quote and let your imagination fly! Share it in the comments— or not, I’m not the boss of you. A night so black that the darkness hummed ( In The Woods Somewhere ) Would things be easier if there was a right way? Honey, there is no right way ( Someone New ) There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin ( Take Me To Church ) It’s not the song it is the singing, it is the hearing of a human spirit ringing ( Nina Cried Power ft. Mavis Staples) When the meaning is gone, there is clarity, and the reason comes on the common tongue of your loving me ( Moment’s Silence ) Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword, innocence died screaming ( From Eden ) Fresh from the fields, all fetor and fertile, It's bloody and raw, but I swear it...

Ten Lyrics To Write About - Queen edition

Because, well, I love Queen. Same as last week. Roll a d10 (or generate a random number from 1 to 10). Compare it with the list below. Write something based on the result! You don’t actually have to have heard the song, you can just read the quote and let your imagination fly! Share it in the comments— or not, I’m not the boss of you. Who dares to love forever when love has died? ( Who wants to live forever? ) I hang my head and I advertise / A soul for sale or rent ( Save Me ) Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me ( Bohemian Rhapsody ) Lord what you’re doing to me / I have spent all my years in believing you / But I just can’t get no relief, Lord! ( Somebody to Love ) ‘Let them eat cake’ she says / Just like Marie Antoinette ( Killer Queen ) I want to break free from your lies / You’re so self satisfied I don’t need you ( I want to break free ) You gave them all those old time stars / Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars ( Radio Ga Ga ) It’s the terror of knowing / What this world ...

Ten Lyrics To Write About

I'm thinking I'm gonna start a collection of weekly writing exercises, a lot like Chuck Wendig's Flash Fiction Challenges ( which you should definitely check out ). They'll be mostly self-indulgent, since I started this habit for myself, but I figured out hey, why not share the inspiration? So here goes. Roll a d10 (or generate a random number from 1 to 10). Compare it with the list below. Write something based on the result! Share it in the comments— or not, I'm not the boss of you. I’ve seen your frown and it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun and it goes off. ( Mardy Bum , Arctic Monkeys) Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping? ( Little Drop Of Poison , Tom Waits) In the lowland plot I was free; Heaven and Hell were words to me. ( Work Song , Hozier) Keep running. ( Sing , My Chemical Romance) You clicked your heels and wished for me. ( Northern Downpour , Panic! At The Disco) In every corner of that neighborhood she left little pieces of illusi...