One thing I’ve never really spent much time on
is song writing.
I have always been fascinated with musical instruments.
How they blend together.
How they can be used to carefully modify songs that we know.
I like arranging them into one big musical chorus.
I have never dabbled much on song writing.
I tried. Once or twice.
But I have always been spoiled with other people
who can easily write songs and give them to me.
Then I can arrange the music or at least suggest how it should come about.
I may have an idea on how the plot of the song might be,
but I just always end up going in tangents and lose my focus to actually complete it.
Most of the time, I just get angry. Or sad.
That I just leave the whole idea and just play.
It must be so nice for these artists who can just sit down and write songs
like it’s just a normal thing to do.
I would like to be one of those someday.
I want to work at it.
And not just depend on other people’s work and ideas.
I was going through my song archives under the Originals Category,
and I came across again with one original song that me and my friends did,
and I am mighty proud of it.
It was really an idea I always had, and I pitched it to my friends, Raymund and Melvin,
and one day, I came home and they told me they worked on it.
Had the words done and a starting melody.
We worked on it, and before the day ended,
we had this song done and we started jamming.
This one is called,
If I Don’t Have You.
Maybe someday, I will get the inspiration I need,
or the heartache I may experience,
to sit down and start writing words
and could eventually turn into music.
Song Lyrics start here.
IF I DON’T HAVE YOU
Music by Ty Martell, Raymund Marcelo and Melvin Sotto
I know that happiness is always on my side
I have everything a man could possibly have
I have gone through all the places
and I have met new faces
knowing that there is nothing that I haven’t tried
Then you came and brightened up my world
You were like the sweetest song that I ever heard
The laughters that we shared when we held so tight
to spend my time alone with you is all I want to do
(REFRAIN)
And all the dreams that we made were about to come true
then you turned away and left me wondering what to do
(CHORUS)
How could this be now when I’m left alone
in this world of false happiness
where everything can’t bring the joy that you gave me
And how can I call this world complete if you’re not here with me
And it seems like everything means nothing
If I don’t have you
And now I want you to know
that I really love you so
Now I wish that we could be together once more
Tell Me
(REPEAT CHORUS)
How I wish that we could be together
‘Coz everything is nothing without you.