5090 by FAWM: "Write Me Off the Page"

Write Me Off the Page

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“Write Me Off the Page” - #fawm 50/90 2024 song 34

Here’s another lyrical draft from last summer, with a literary analogy that’s a little different. I had fun writing this one. Sat down today to finish the music and everything but the bridge came together pretty quickly — which always makes me wonder if I stole the melody from another one of my songs. Hope not!

16 lyric drafts left to finish from 2023…

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Lyrics

I guess it was the book launch
Where I noticed your M.O.
You’re treating me as fictional
Like we’re a scripted show

And then there came the day you
Didn’t like something I said
I’ll never fit the outline
You’ve got going in your head

You need to…

Write me off the page
Kill off my character
No deus ex etcetera this time
You lost the plot
I’m never coming back
No need to read between these simple lines
Un-happily, we’ve ended our
Short scene upon this stage
No epilogue, no afterword,
Just write me off the page.

You’re the hero of your story
But I am not your prize
Wandered to another treatment
When your ego hit the sky

You’ve resisted all the rewrites
I marked in reddest pen
Read ahead, I’ve seen enough
I know how this one ends

Go on and…

CHORUS.

Didn’t get funny enough to be humor
Never quite sexy enough to be pulp
You’ve got no genre, and literature
I hope wouldn’t feel - quite so dull

I beg you…

CHORUS

Comments

@tcelliott 2w

What a great idea for a lyric, and you've implemented it very well. It's only slightly odd that your lovely vocal (and vibrato) relate the tale so eloquently. There seems to be a need for a little grit considering the subject matter. But seriously, you pull it off so dang well. What's the saying, "terrible things told so sweetly?"

@catmisgivings 6w

nice literary conceit and a sweet, tuneful melody.

any potential partner who doesn't get me when i say life is improv is ... getting tagged out of the scene, yeah!

@nancycunning 6w

Wow, Jenny - this works so well. All the explicit script writing lines work for talking about the way someone compresses someone else, and your voice and melody are just gorgeous.

@wolfkier 6w

Great title caught my eye. Really clever lyric, so beautifully sung. You have the gift of compelling melody. The subject matter reminded me of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and the theater references in the spoken word section. Lovely metaphor. Well done.
Thanks so much for visiting and your kind words. And taking an extra minute to add your comment on youtube. Much appreciated.

@coolparadisoMod 6w

i like how the lines roll into each other. great hook line. - it is a big hook. really good song

@kahlo2013 6w

This is truly fabulous! Wonderfully pointed and snarky and great analogy! Delivered beautifully with a great melody! Love that chorus!!!

@billwhite51 6w

this is a snappy put-down that is written with wit and resentment. This guy has to realize he is a hopeless case in all departments and you wont even play a bit part in his opus dedicated to himself. I knew a woman who deeply resented being used as a character in somebody;s novel. She was outraged at having her personality stolen. The song can be read a literal or a metaphor for people who try to transfrom people onto characters for the living scenario of their own lives. It works either way becuase its that good of a song.

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