Friday, May 30, 2008
reflection
I thought that writing this song was very soothing for me. It helped me to relax and say what was on my mind. The lyrics came easily for me. I thought that making the song was so much fun. My brother and I had a blast even though we don't have the best singing voices. We would laugh at each other and we really enjoyed it. The multimedia part of project was also fun. I got to put pictures together with the song and make it my own.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
song&&analysis :)
The Rise
By: Erin Yabuki
The sound of the ocean
That crashes on the sand
Relives pain and stress
Like holding your hand
The friends that surround me
Help me to forget
My failing grades and quizzes
or the F's that I get
We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single day
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right.
Inside jokes are what make my day
No worries is all I have to say
Help me forget that I was blue
Bursting, laughing, smiling too
We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single day
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right.
So believe me when I say
I'm thankful that you're here to stay.
Analysis
At the beginning of this assignment, I had no idea what I wanted to write about. I was thinking about the shopping mall, my cell phone but I thought that I couldn't write a whole song on those topics. Then I decided to find one of my own songs on my ipod and see what the artists write about. One song called Release by Seeed, talks about releasing from stress and just wanting some sunshine and peace. " Oh god release, stress and pressure make me freeze
Gimme some sunshine and peace
Just a little break please, from that dreadful disease"
Those are the first three lines of the song. I got that idea and I started to think about what makes me stressed out. I only had one answer and that was school. With all the tests, homework, quizzes, I hardly have time to enjoy myself. Not only do we have all those things on a daily basis, I tend to not get the best grades. So every week I'm so stressed out about how I did in school and if my parents are going to yell at me again. Now that I had that idea down, I started to think about what made me less stressed out. My mind immediately started to think about my friends and the beach. Whenever I'm with my friends, we always have a good time. We have so much inside jokes together and we're always joking around no matter what. The beach is one of the main places that we go to. It's so calming and when we're there, school and stress doesn't matter. It's so refreshing to go there and relax.
"The sound of the ocean
That crashes on the sand
Relives pain and stress
Like holding your hand"
In this first stanza I'm talking about the ocean and how it's a place to escape. The calming waters and the warm sun gives off a pleasant aurora of peacefulness.
"The friends that surround me
Help me to forget
My failing grades and quizzes
or the F's that I get"
In this, stanza I'm talking about my friends and how they help me through hard times and to forget school.
"We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single daayyyyy
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right."
In my chorus, I'm talking about how I depend on them a lot. Without them, I would be a walking time bomb about to explode. They never gave up on me and whenever I was feeling down, they were right there. 24/7 no matter what.
"Inside jokes are what make my day
No worries is all I have to say
Help me forget that I was blue
Bursting, laughing, smiling too"
My friends and I have so many inside jokes. They are so funny and we never have a serious moment. We're always teasing each other and laughing.
" So believe me when I say
I'm thankful that you're here to stay."
In these two last lines, I'm thanking my friends for being there for me. I never really got the chance to, so I thought that this would be the perfect closing lines.
In conclusion, I think that this song is very fun to sing and it has a happy tune. It talks about my life and how I cope with stress. My friends are a very big part of my life and the beach is one of the places where I can go to calm down.
I'm so glad that I wrote about this topic because I can write so passionately about it. ¬
By: Erin Yabuki
The sound of the ocean
That crashes on the sand
Relives pain and stress
Like holding your hand
The friends that surround me
Help me to forget
My failing grades and quizzes
or the F's that I get
We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single day
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right.
Inside jokes are what make my day
No worries is all I have to say
Help me forget that I was blue
Bursting, laughing, smiling too
We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single day
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right.
So believe me when I say
I'm thankful that you're here to stay.
Analysis
At the beginning of this assignment, I had no idea what I wanted to write about. I was thinking about the shopping mall, my cell phone but I thought that I couldn't write a whole song on those topics. Then I decided to find one of my own songs on my ipod and see what the artists write about. One song called Release by Seeed, talks about releasing from stress and just wanting some sunshine and peace. " Oh god release, stress and pressure make me freeze
Gimme some sunshine and peace
Just a little break please, from that dreadful disease"
Those are the first three lines of the song. I got that idea and I started to think about what makes me stressed out. I only had one answer and that was school. With all the tests, homework, quizzes, I hardly have time to enjoy myself. Not only do we have all those things on a daily basis, I tend to not get the best grades. So every week I'm so stressed out about how I did in school and if my parents are going to yell at me again. Now that I had that idea down, I started to think about what made me less stressed out. My mind immediately started to think about my friends and the beach. Whenever I'm with my friends, we always have a good time. We have so much inside jokes together and we're always joking around no matter what. The beach is one of the main places that we go to. It's so calming and when we're there, school and stress doesn't matter. It's so refreshing to go there and relax.
"The sound of the ocean
That crashes on the sand
Relives pain and stress
Like holding your hand"
In this first stanza I'm talking about the ocean and how it's a place to escape. The calming waters and the warm sun gives off a pleasant aurora of peacefulness.
"The friends that surround me
Help me to forget
My failing grades and quizzes
or the F's that I get"
In this, stanza I'm talking about my friends and how they help me through hard times and to forget school.
"We laugh, joke and play
Care-free every single daayyyyy
Mmmmmm
Oh I know I cannot make this on my own
Mmmmmm
Thanks for all the love and strength you've shown
Mmmmmm
All through the days and through the nights
Mmmmmmm
Oh and I know that this is right."
In my chorus, I'm talking about how I depend on them a lot. Without them, I would be a walking time bomb about to explode. They never gave up on me and whenever I was feeling down, they were right there. 24/7 no matter what.
"Inside jokes are what make my day
No worries is all I have to say
Help me forget that I was blue
Bursting, laughing, smiling too"
My friends and I have so many inside jokes. They are so funny and we never have a serious moment. We're always teasing each other and laughing.
" So believe me when I say
I'm thankful that you're here to stay."
In these two last lines, I'm thanking my friends for being there for me. I never really got the chance to, so I thought that this would be the perfect closing lines.
In conclusion, I think that this song is very fun to sing and it has a happy tune. It talks about my life and how I cope with stress. My friends are a very big part of my life and the beach is one of the places where I can go to calm down.
I'm so glad that I wrote about this topic because I can write so passionately about it. ¬
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