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Old Apr 11 2008, 2:06 AM
DrPangloss DrPangloss is offline

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I urge you to try a slightly more complex rhyme scheme. I don't say this to sound snobbish. Here's why: it forces you to think ahead. That's why I do it for myself. Right now there are some lovely sentiments in the song, but none of them seem to come to full fruition. They're all the seeds of ideas, and you only take them as far as the end of the rhyme. As a result, the song doesn't really move anywhere. With more complex rhymes you are forced to look ahead in the song and see where the lyric is going to take you.

As for the chords... hypnotic, yes, but also a little redundant. There are a few places worth changing it up a bit. The bridge. PLEASE change the chords in the bridge. It won't throw us for too much of a loop, because we expect chord changes at the bridge. Also, the ends of verses are good places to throw us a new chord. Just a little something to keep us hanging on into the next verse. The tag at the end of the song, as well, is a good place to throw us a curve, and then bring us back in.

Hope that's helpful!
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