I was using the tools under "The Muse" section of the February Album Writing Month site at muse dot fawm dot-org.
When I called up a "plot spline," it suggested: “Write a song in second person ("you") in which the main character is thinking out loud. the story takes place over a period of time, and the scene moves to different locations throughout the song."
When I asked for a "struxxure," it gave me “verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus."
When I asked for a "lyricloud," I got these words: “art batches catholic completely convention cops draw eat essential hard intent lesson lobes lot making mind misguided peace players plug practice selective sheets takes teach technicality"
Out of the words generated by its "titular" title generator, I liked the words “if I wanna hurt you” best out of "to paint the nighttime,” "meaning du brooklyn,” "if i wanna hurt you,” "our magical stones,” "sting on my silo,” "my nite sees a gravy,” "the going of the truck,” "back to appreciate,” "saw the fears,” "temporary turtle millennium strikes,” "faced to soar,” “i could grind without you,” "liquid york conditions,” "urge personal jelen,” "hypocrisy before freak,” "pose on torment,” "the lullabye of hill mouth,” "valleri (shoulda),” "easier to feel” and "tattoos thirteen"
lyrics
You won my admiration on a technicality
You led with craft and polished practicality
You began with a glib gift for invention
and a healthy disregard for convention
You were selective and small-C catholic
Your intent was slow but your lessons were quick
You made it to the top on amity and amends
and a willingness to completely sell out your friends
So honey If I wanna hurt you
You know I know just how
You’ll bleed out in the spotlight
They’ll throw me roses as I bow
You will watch the world go grayscale
a final curtain fall so chilly and curt
You will drift off remembering it all
when I’m done making you hurt
You travel among the world’s players
What a shame your mind is misguided
You’re connected like a household plug
but that changes since I’ve decided
And honey If I wanna hurt you
You know I know just how
You’ll bleed out in the spotlight
They’ll throw me roses as I bow
You will watch the world go grayscale
a final curtain so chilly and curt
You will drift off feeling nothing
when I’m done making you hurt
Sucks your regard always came in batches
Pity your respect was just the luck of the draw
One day the cops are gonna light you like matches
and eat you in peace when they know what I saw
So honey If I wanna hurt you
You know I know just how
You’ll bleed out in the spotlight
They’ll throw me roses as I bow
You will watch the world go grayscale
a final curtain so chilly and curt
You will become an object lesson
when I’m done making you hurt
I’m a singer-songwriter using guitars and keyboards to craft distinctive dispatches from intimate interiors, vast exteriors
and all points in between. Drawing on years of pop, soul, indie, folk and dance-music fandom, I try to turn observations and narratives into succinct sonic snapshots....more
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