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Overslept

9 weeks ago by @mandolinda

NSFW Skirmish: "SUNSET" (@corinnecurcio)

Overslept

mandolinda

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Used some loops on my #garageband for music. #sunset was the #skirmish prompt.But I had read something earlier today about overslept for two years, and that is what came out. Don't know how the sunset fits in but here it is.
When I was teaching in the 1990's and Google appeared, I could type a few lines of any student's main essay to see if it was [cut and paste] plagiarized/ without any reference material. The students hated me for doing that, but it made them work for their marks.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wrote these lines at sunset
and smiled at them a bit
When I added some more
Stopped and decided to quit
then i typed what I'd penned into Google
and gosh, to my disapproval

the lines were in a song I swear I'd never heard.
like i created every line, every god damned word
they were the ideas that I had just shared
in my own song, head down, sobbing, how absurd!

[versse 2]
so I started writing again
with a brand new refrain
spinning out more new words
as the sleepy sun would set
then I typed it in Google
astonished to discover, another hit.

[bridge]
is it possible to make something original
can there be anything brand new?
Are there only so many words and ideas
can a sunset be anthing different to view?

[verse 3]
so I put my writing away
and drifted to sleep
dreaming of a dawn
where creativity runs deep
As the sunset whispered to a new day
Dreaming of fresh ideas, while I'm asleep.

Comments

@jtsteam 9w

I enjoyed this story! Sometimes I wonder if the tunes I come up with are things I've heard before. I doubt anyone will chase me up for it though :).

We have tools to tell us where students have copied words from now, and occasionally find evidence of significant plagiarism that way, although LLMs are a much bigger problem...

@tunecat 9w

This is quirky, highly original, very clear and brilliantly delivered. Thank you. I enjoyed so much feeling your personality come through in this witty tale.

@kahlo2013 9w

Oh gosh! This original lyric is great and you deliver with great emotion! I like the how story evolved and hope the story is not entirely or even partially true! I have never run my lyrics through Google….

@sheslin 9w

What great story telling!!! Good questions in your bridge. I enjoyed the humor in your lyrics and am still smiling. Great song concept and to my ears VERY original. Great skirmish!

@yewnorker 9w

There's nothing you can sing that can't be sung nothing you can do that can't be done... it's easy. All you need is love. Seriously though, like you I do google searches to see who I stole from. This song is very pleasant, and dare I say it-- original.

@hmstreetteam 9w

Clever deep dive into the fears of a writer.

@musicsongwriter 9w

Creative and clever way of interpreting the prompt. Cool work and good listen.

@mikeskliar 9w

ha, what a creative take on the prompt! in this day of AI and all, who knows how whats in our heads is out there already! this is a fun stream of consciousness demo, too-really a pleasure to hear--- and some really thoughtful ideas here! what indeed is 'original'? (i certainly dont have an original answer!)

@corinnecurcio 9w

This made me chuckle! Very clever and I like the music too! Nice job Linda

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