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This is a lyric in progress for an online Musicianship/Songwriting course I'm taking through Coursera . The material of the course comes from the Berkeley School of Music. Next I need to balance out the song meter so that the lines will flow more musically, trying to attain "prosody" (the way the composer sets the text of a vocal composition in the assignment of syllables to notes in the melody to which the text is sung). This will be my big challenge for the next 10 days or so, therefore there may be a rewrite next week. I'm not too satisfied with the third verse; I may replace it or add a fourth for a stronger ending.

Questions and Answers We are overloaded with responses To questions we care little about: What to buy and other nonsense-- Marketing crap without a doubt Seems the only questions that matter Are the ones that help you know yourself. They're the ones with no right answer, That one must answer for oneself. (chorus) What do you have worth living for? What do you think’s worth dying for? Does something make you greater than you are? What down here most sets you free, Helps you become what you want to be? What is the dream that will take you far? Who or what is your guiding star? If you could filter out all the clutter, The media makes us hear and see, And let your mind be still like water To ponder what it means to be. What do you have worth living for? What do you think’s worth dying for? Does something make you greater than you are? What down here most sets you free, Helps you become what you want to be? What is the dream that will take you far? Who or what is your guiding star? If think you’ve found some answers, Please feel free to share. If think you’ve got some answers, Please feel free to share. If think you know the answers, Please feel free to share.

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 6/11/2016 5:36:00 AM

typo - 2nd stanza, 3rd line, first word should be they're. These are dynamite lyrics that would soar in song with the right voice and music behind it. They are deep and searching lines allowing the listener to realize and explore their own similar thoughts. It creates thinking. Well done ... CayCay

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 6/11/2016 12:17:00 PM

Liked the sonnet on nature that you recently did too.

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 6/11/2016 12:11:00 PM

Thanks for catching the grammar mistake and the thoughtful comments.