music "Better Off Alone" Lyrics

[)O( Scarlet )O( 1,259]

Just something I came up with on the spot:

 

"Better Off Alone" by Raiden NightSong

 

You say that you love me,
but I know that you really hate me.
You hate me.
You said that you'd always be here,
but you just left me standing there.
Standing there.

Leave me, wont you just leave me.
Better off, I'm better off alone.
Save me, won't you just save me.
Better off, I'm better off alone.
Alone.

You said you would carry me through the rough times,
but now you're gone,
now you're gone.
You said you wouldn't judge me,
but you cast the first stone,
cast the first stone.


Leave me, wont you just leave me.
Better off, I'm better off alone.
Save me, won't you just save me.
Better off, I'm better off alone.
Alone.

Just leave me to my own fate and let me die
You never even asked or wondered why
I lifted my hands ever higher
into the sky
but you just left me for dead
and now I'm gone.
Now I'm gone!


Left me, you just left me
I thought I was better off alone
but I was wrong
Forsaken, you jut forsook me
I thought I was better off alone
but now I'm gone,
Now I'm gone.
X2

 

NOTE: So yea, basically it's about betrayal and being forsaken by God as indicated by these lines:

 

 

I lifted my hands ever higher
into the sky

 and

 

Forsaken, you jut forsook me

Edited March 7, 2014 by Raiden NightSong

[Skylar 1,641]

Sounds a little somber, but the lyrics work  I guess, good work  

[Hawk Moth 390]

I feel like I've heard this 100 times in different but similar times. I really hope that this doesn't represent your personal ethos.

[)O( Scarlet )O( 1,259]

umm... actually it does

it kind of actually coincides with the very first song I ever wrote when I was 18, 8 years ago

This is Part 1 called "Forget About Me" (the very first song I ever wrote)

 

“Forget About Me”

I just want to see the sky, one last time
Before I die tonight
I just want to say I love you, one more time
Before I die today
I just want to kill myself,
Because no-one cares

Forget about me,
I’m not worth your time
I’ll only end up hurting you
Forget about me,
I’m not worth your love
I’m only a waste of time
Forget about me,
I’m only a waste of time,
I’m only a waste of time
I’m only a waste of time

I only want to go to the park,
One last night,
Before I fade away this night
I just want to say I miss you, one more time
Before I fade away this day
I just want to end my life,
Because no-one cares

Forget about me,
I’m not worth your time
I’ll only end up hurting you
Forget about me,
I’m not worth your love
I’m only a waste of time
Forget about me,
I’m only a waste of time,
I’m only a waste of time
I’m only a waste of time

I just want to clear something up,
Before I die tonight
I just want to be empty minded,
Before I fade away today
I just want to get wasted, and end my life
Because no-once cares

Forget about me,
I’m not worth your time
I’ll only end up hurting you
Forget about me,
I’m not worth your love
I’m only a waste of time
Forget about me,
I’m only a waste of time,
I’m only a waste of time
I’m only a waste of time

[Hawk Moth 390]

Here's some earnest and sincere advice: Stop writing those kinds of songs. If those are the only kinds of songs you can write when you're sad, then don't write anything. Do not glorify anxiety and depression by turning it into art.

 

Also, I have seen this song so many times because it is easy to write these kinds of songs. Look at how many more sad songs you see than happy ones. I hate this trend of glorifying sadness. It's unhealthy - mostly because you get used to it. You train yourself to be sad and become casual about it.

 

Here's my criticism of your song: It's generic and cliche. Look around this message board, and you'll see lots of people's signatures containing lyrics about sadness, loneliness, and wanting to die. After awhile, it all blends together into the same depressed sludge. Write something about something no one's seen before, even if it makes no sense. Some of the coolest music doesn't make a bit of sense, but being confused is a hell of a lot better than being sad. Music shouldn't bring you down; there are untold billions of things that already do that. If you can't write something happy, write something surreal and fucked out. Try to cut yourself away from the page and not bring your feelings into the mix, and if you can't do that, don't write at all. I swear to you that you will eventually hate writing if you only focus on the bad stuff.

 

I'm sorry for being blunt, but it kills me to see so many poets and musicians do what you're doing.

[)O( Scarlet )O( 1,259]

I don't glorify it, I write because it is my release. It is a lot better than the other options I have considered in the past.

[Hawk Moth 390]

Does it make you feel better?

[)O( Scarlet )O( 1,259]

writing these lyrics and getting them out, yes it does. I was actually told to write down how I'm feeling ages ago, and I find it really helps

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

Art is art, whatever the artist chooses to write. I won't argue that it's generic, but it serves as a form of release and expression. The reason so many songs are similar in message is because all humans go through the same things. And besides, not all have the capacity to do something truly unique.

[Hawk Moth 390]

Art is art, whatever the artist chooses to write. I won't argue that it's generic, but it serves as a form of release and expression. The reason so many songs are similar in message is because all humans go through the same things. And besides, not all have the capacity to do something truly unique.

That's selling humanity pretty short to say that not everyone can be original.

 

Hopper douglas nautical wavelength socks.

 

I'm pretty sure that no one has ever said those words in that order in the entire history of the human race. Everyone can do something different. That's the whole point of art: to expand the reach of expression and meaning.

[Painted Lattice 131]

WHOA OKAY YEAH.

 

To say someone shouldn't ever create something sad bothers me. Also, people's main goal in art making SHOULD NOT to be to create something original! Nothing would ever get done with that in mind! It's actually impossible to make something truly original. I understand trying to do something "different" from what's been done to death, but that's different than striving to be original.

 

Let me open this up by saying that the most memorable pieces of art, be them songs, movies, stories... are the sad ones. Any work that hits a person deep emotionally will stick with them.

 

Connecting to another person's sadness via an artwork is very human. Humans connect to each other through emotions. We're not robots.

 

Google Picasso's Blue Period. What if you walked up to him and said "That is so cliché. Sad painting? Been there done that."

 

You shouldn't discourage artists this way. We're free to create whatever we want to. Artists tend to create something as a form of expressing their feelings. It's a form of therapy, of cleansing, and connection to others. (Or, you know, an artist can make something that has no meaning and is just pretty, etc.; but I digress.)

 

It's hard work, creating something truly good as an artist. There will be a million failures and one success. That is how it rolls, okay?

 

My advice to Raiden is to try and write lyrics that are "dense," with multiple layers of meaning and interpretation if at all possible, and one way to do that is to try and write based off of experiences unique to you. Say you're sitting in a coffee shop and someone walks in that strikes you a certain way. There are limitless possibilities, but it may help your writing if you try and do work that you find a sort of personal meaning to.

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

That's selling humanity pretty short to say that not everyone can be original.

 

Hopper douglas nautical wavelength socks.

 

I'm pretty sure that no one has ever said those words in that order in the entire history of the human race. Everyone can do something different. That's the whole point of art: to expand the reach of expression and meaning.

 

For me, there is no ulterior purpose to art. It's a mode of expression of something, of the self, of the environment, of others. You can't ask people to constantly be striving to push the envelope or whatever. That's not 'selling themselves short'. There is no 'selling yourself short' as far as art is concerned. Because it's subjective. Nickleback is, at the end of the day, to a fan, as meaningful and well thought out as Chopin.

 

Don't tell an artist do do anything. They can do anything they set their mind to, you're correct. But it's their call.

[Painted Lattice 131]

Exactly, Little Black Dress.

 

Artists do  not exist in this world to make YOU happy.

 

They do art because it makes them happy. And if it makes others happy, then that's great, too. Critiques on the other hand, that's fine, but there's a fine line between critiquing someone and bashing them and tearing them down.

 

I've suffered enough discouragement in my life. You want to say there's enough sadness in the world already? Well, I want to say that there's enough discouragement in the world already. I've gone through my whole life sharing my work to receive comments like "you shouldn't draw cartoons" and things of that varying nature and have learned that it is good to take people's advice... with a big grain of salt.

 

Sorry for the rant. I just. Sad art is a beautiful thing in its own right, truly.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@,

 

I know that this does help you get whaever's in your mine, but it just doesn't...agree with me for some reason. It's just...cliched as other posters have said.  

[Hawk Moth 390]

The sad things are the most memorable? Bullshit.

 

Raiden shared a song he wrote 8 years ago, and this latest one is barely different. I don't think this form of expression is helping if 8 years has passed and he's still writing the same sad music.

 

And I don't care if I have to become the villain, I see that same song over and over. After awhile, it becomes meaningless. If you can take those themes and express them in a new way like Picasso, more power to you, but if your work is barely distinguishable from a song on someone else's signature, then there's a problem. Also, it is every artist's duty to try and be original. It is the single most important thing anyone can hope to accomplish. I'd rather write a terrible original story than a wonderful story that everyone has heard a hundred times over. Don't confuse expressive art and therapeutic expression. They can coincide, but I think art has to be willful.

 

Again, I can't see how writing music this exaggeratedly sad helps. Yes, you may FEEL like this is your reality, but if you dwell on it too much, you'll only convince yourself as much. Talk to friends, parents, and therapists; don't construct exaggerated realities of unending blackness and torment because I can guarantee - even though I've never met you - that not all you say is true. You do have people who care about you. You are not alone. In the immortal words of John Donne, "No man is an island." I really wish I was talking to you face to face so I could drive this home: You cannot let yourself become convinced that your depression represents reality. It will eat you until nothing is left.

Exactly, Little Black Dress.

 

Artists do  not exist in this world to make YOU happy.

 

They do art because it makes them happy. And if it makes others happy, then that's great, too. Critiques on the other hand, that's fine, but there's a fine line between critiquing someone and bashing them and tearing them down.

 

I've suffered enough discouragement in my life. You want to say there's enough sadness in the world already? Well, I want to say that there's enough discouragement in the world already. I've gone through my whole life sharing my work to receive comments like "you shouldn't draw cartoons" and things of that varying nature and have learned that it is good to take people's advice... with a big grain of salt.

 

Sorry for the rant. I just. Sad art is a beautiful thing in its own right, truly.

There is enough sadness in the world, and if you disagree, then you haven't studied enough history or read enough news. Sadness is the enemy, and it only deserves to be released in a therapist's office. Furthermore, sadness is easy. All you have to do to be sad is nothing at all; you can do nothing but read headlines. The world needs no more of it, and I truly pity anyone who should disagree, he who would find beauty in it. There is nothing beautiful about it. Sadness is negativity incarnate, and I would take any number of other things over it: hatred, greed, lust. At least these things can stir our passions. Sadness is a mire; it's mental quicksand.

[Yuna Crescent 142]

i think your songs sound very beautiful :3

[Painted Lattice 131]

The sad things are the most memorable? Bullshit.

 

Raiden shared a song he wrote 8 years ago, and this latest one is barely different. I don't think this form of expression is helping if 8 years has passed and he's still writing the same sad music.

 

And I don't care if I have to become the villain, I see that same song over and over. After awhile, it becomes meaningless. If you can take those themes and express them in a new way like Picasso, more power to you, but if your work is barely distinguishable from a song on someone else's signature, then there's a problem. Also, it is every artist's duty to try and be original. It is the single most important thing anyone can hope to accomplish. I'd rather write a terrible original story than a wonderful story that everyone has heard a hundred times over. Don't confuse expressive art and therapeutic expression. They can coincide, but I think art has to be willful.

 

Again, I can't see how writing music this exaggeratedly sad helps. Yes, you may FEEL like this is your reality, but if you dwell on it too much, you'll only convince yourself as much. Talk to friends, parents, and therapists; don't construct exaggerated realities of unending blackness and torment because I can guarantee - even though I've never met you - that not all you say is true. You do have people who care about you. You are not alone. In the immortal words of John Donne, "No man is an island." I really wish I was talking to you face to face so I could drive this home: You cannot let yourself become convinced that your depression represents reality. It will eat you until nothing is left.

 

There is enough sadness in the world, and if you disagree, then you haven't studied enough history or read enough news. Sadness is the enemy, and it only deserves to be released in a therapist's office. Furthermore, sadness is easy. All you have to do to be sad is nothing at all; you can do nothing but read headlines. The world needs no more of it, and I truly pity anyone who should disagree, he who would find beauty in it. There is nothing beautiful about it. Sadness is negativity incarnate, and I would take any number of other things over it: hatred, greed, lust. At least these things can stir our passions. Sadness is a mire; it's mental quicksand.

 

I appreciate what you're trying to do. I can tell you have the best intentions. But you came off as harsh and discouraging. If Raiden isn't making any improvement, that's her ordeal though, not yours. If someone is serious about becoming an artist, they will pour their efforts, their time and energy, into creating, and I do agree that they long to create something uniquely powerful.

 

There's a deeper problem at works here, and that's probably that Raiden has depression. I really don't want to get too into that because that's opening a whole other bag here. If we're talking just artwork, yes, there is room for improvement and if Raiden wants to improve then she can. If someone has depression,

 

you do not just get over it.

 

It's hard. I know. I suffer depression from time to time. It's not as simple as just convincing yourself to be happy and ignoring the sad things in life. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain. It's biological. Granted surrounding oneself with sad things can be unhealthy, but at times it's also just what I need to pull myself out of the funk and cheer myself up again.

 

Let's analyze the emotion of sadness a  little. I'm not going to get too deep into it because, again, that's another topic, but essentially sadness is a natural human response to a perceived negative stimulus. Everyone experiences sadness, so to just write it off as a bad thing to be avoided is a little... hm... everyone's going to get sad from time to time; it's simply unavoidable. How does sadness function? It serves as a cry for help. It makes people reach out to the sad person and comfort them or strengthen them, but there's also a level where people don't have the energy or consideration to cheer the other up or they encourage the person to try and lift themselves up or form a sort of armor to get through future sad experiences. It's complicated, but what I'm trying to get across and I do hope it does is that sadness is natural and it serves a function for human connection and comfort.

 

You're free to have a hedonistic philosophy, but that is not the philosophy for me, or a good chunk of people really.

 

I'm sorry if I was rude but I do feel passionately about trying to encourage artists and build them up so they can keep on, keep on making things if it makes them happy so that they can grow and improve.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

I appreciate what you're trying to do. I can tell you have the best intentions. But you came off as harsh and discouraging. If Raiden isn't making any improvement, that's her ordeal though, not yours. If someone is serious about becoming an artist, they will pour their efforts, their time and energy, into creating, and I do agree that they long to create something uniquely powerful.

 

There's a deeper problem at works here, and that's probably that Raiden has depression. I really don't want to get too into that because that's opening a whole other bag here. If we're talking just artwork, yes, there is room for improvement and if Raiden wants to improve then she can. If someone has depression,

 

you do not just get over it.

 

It's hard. I know. I suffer depression from time to time. It's not as simple as just convincing yourself to be happy and ignoring the sad things in life. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain. It's biological. Granted surrounding oneself with sad things can be unhealthy, but at times it's also just what I need to pull myself out of the funk and cheer myself up again.

 

Let's analyze the emotion of sadness a  little. I'm not going to get too deep into it because, again, that's another topic, but essentially sadness is a natural human response to a perceived negative stimulus. Everyone experiences sadness, so to just write it off as a bad thing to be avoided is a little... hm... everyone's going to get sad from time to time; it's simply unavoidable. How does sadness function? It serves as a cry for help. It makes people reach out to the sad person and comfort them or strengthen them, but there's also a level where people don't have the energy or consideration to cheer the other up or they encourage the person to try and lift themselves up or form a sort of armor to get through future sad experiences. It's complicated, but what I'm trying to get across and I do hope it does is that sadness is natural and it serves a function for human connection and comfort.

 

You're free to have a hedonistic philosophy, but that is not the philosophy for me, or a good chunk of people really.

 

I'm sorry if I was rude but I do feel passionately about trying to encourage artists and build them up so they can keep on, keep on making things if it makes them happy so that they can grow and improve.

I totally agree with his. There is constructive criticism and destructive criticism.