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.

  1. I’ve seen your frown and it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun and it goes off. (Mardy Bum, Arctic Monkeys)
  2. Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping? (Little Drop Of Poison, Tom Waits)
  3. In the lowland plot I was free; Heaven and Hell were words to me. (Work Song, Hozier)
  4. Keep running. (Sing, My Chemical Romance)
  5. You clicked your heels and wished for me. (Northern Downpour, Panic! At The Disco)
  6. In every corner of that neighborhood she left little pieces of illusion. [En cada esquina de aquel barrio iba dejando pedacitos de ilusión.] (Manuela, Rubén Blades)
  7. Woke up on the wrong side of reality. (Young and Menace, Fall Out Boy)
  8. I am not the ghost that you are to me. (Carry On, Fun.)
  9. Fear is the hand that pulls your strings. (Smooth Sailing, Queens of the Stone Age)
  10. Your love’s like rhinestones, falling from the sky. (Rhinestone Eyes, Gorillaz)

Happy writing!

Originally posted on my previous blog, justsomecynic.wordpress.com.

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