Hi there.
I'm in the middle of watching the 2005 film "Walk the Line," starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. For those who don't know (and I don't know why you wouldn't), the film is about Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The music is brilliant, and the acting is phenomenal. Joaquin sounds exactly like the "Man in Black" himself.
The film also brought to light something I knew before but was reinforced: a person needs someone to validate his/her actions, someone to affirm that what s/he is doing is worth it. This blog is only worthwhile as long as someone is reading it (and I don't count). A person's dreams are only as good as the person who believes in them. A heart is only as beautiful as the actions it initiates. Love doesn't count if it is unrequited.
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Recently, I've fallen completely in love with the song "Do You Believe Me Now" by Jimmy Wayne. I recommend it.
You know what I think is really cool, but it doesn't actually mean anything? Alabama has a song "The Woman He Loves," whereas I have a song named "The Girl He Likes." Nothing but coincidence, but I think it's cool.
The song I have for you is probably not my best one. I was talking to a friend, and he was telling me about how the girl he asked out said yes but then stood him up (we were hanging out on the very same night he was supposed to meet up with her, so I guess all I was was a stand-in), to which I said "So what now, Romeo?" And I thought that was an awesome line, so I wrote it down, mentally, and began the song that night and finished it the next day.
In the song, Romeo refers to someone who is trying to do his best in terms of love, and is trying to be cool but failing miserably. It's someone who thinks he knows what it takes to have someone fall for him, but in reality he hasn't got a clue.
What Now, Romeo
she's got her bags ready to go
you're no longer her Romeo
and she's waiting for goodbye
so you kiss her one last time,
and you plead and beg her to stay
she heard what you had to say
but she's leavin' anyway
CHORUS:
so what now, Romeo
where do you go from here
shed a tear, wait a year
mostly take it slow
oh what now, Romeo
two years and you're done waiting
ready to try the Romeo thing
you go down to the local bar
in your flashy new red sports car
not a single girl looks twice
they say they think you're nice
but they're all cold as ice
CHORUS:
so what now, Romeo
where do you go from here
shed a tear, wait a year
mostly take it slow
oh, what now, Romeo
BRIDGE:
you lost your touch the day your love walked away
now you can't remember how to play the game
CHORUS:
so what now, Romeo
where do you go from here
shed a tear, wait a year
mostly just take it slow
oh, what now, Romeo
what now, Romeo
oh, Romeo Romeo
This is another song I've written on my iTouch. Power to electronic gadgets.
Much love, and thank you for the musik,
NBK
p.s. I guess that means that I've never been in love. What a sobering thought.
1 comment:
hey,
i've heard a lot about the film, but i've never actually had the time to watch it. i need to watch it soon.
and i don't share your views about the validation at all. i think the only validation required is the one given by the person doing the act. nothing else -- but hey, that's just my opinion. i don't know what definition of love you're using when you say that unrequited love doesn't exist, because i think it definitely does. it's why it's such a powerful force.
i'm going to keep doing the thing where i comment on the most recent song -- you know, to keep your excitement levels high -- but you're more prolific than i, so i don't know how well this is going to work out.
i really really really really like your chorus. it's so catchy, especially the "shed a tear, wait a year" line. i can almost hear it in my head. complete awesomeness. and yeah, "what now, romeo" is a pretty cool thing to say. quite epigrammatic.
and i really like how the first verse sets up the rest of the song. it's the storytelling that i like to experience in songs, as you quite know. and i love how you used the "new red sports car" to kind of elucidate romeo's confidence. i think that's clever. and i really like, weirdly enough, that you didn't include a third verse. you just ended it there, with him swirling in a whirlwind of lonliness. a lot of stories in real life end like that, and i can see how the meeting with that guy who got stood up was the catalyst for a song like this. another great song.
and i feel like bringing this up again -- just to emphasize it -- but i really disagree with your view on the necessity of validation for something to happen. i think we've all been "Romeo" -- at least your "romeo" -- at least once. but a lot of us will experience this romeo complex a lot. sucks. another really great, thought-provoking song.
=)
thank you for the musik!
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