I entered "Candlelight" into the 2025 UK Song writing competition, just to see where I was at with my creative writing, and the result was 5* commended...which was nice. It gave me a little nudge to keep on the path.
V1
You fill your
silent library
with the
shards of broken time
You draft your
corrupted lines
within the
margins of your mind
Chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego Games, Ego Games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
V2
Your frame of
faded memories
Borrowed colours
Splashed across the lines
As you
Re-work the canvas
Until the
Vista looks divine
Chorus repeated
Bridge
No more edits
No more lies
No more colours
To disguise
No more efforts
No more lies
No more secrets
No surprise
Final chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego games, Ego games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego Games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
No more edits, no more lies
No more colours to disguise
Ego games. Ego games
There's no truth behind your eyes,
Verse 1
Lined almond eyes
The years do show
A life lament, I've come to know
Whispered words are soft and proud
This lonely moonbeam screams out loud
I feel my star begin to fade
Ten thousand words remain delayed
For all the memories, one more round
Before they fade without a sound
Pre-Chorus 1
Seasons turn at breakneck speed
Time slips away, watch it bleed
Every moment. every sound
Some things are lost and never found
Chorus
One more round, one more night
All the stars retreat from light
One more word before we're gone
One more round, so party on
One more round, don't let it end
Find the words I couldn't send
There's still a heartbeat to be found
I'm hanging on for one more round
Verse 2
Years will pass and time will stray
Smell the roses, live today
Raise a glass and toast the stars
"Here's to the lost, and who we are"
Pre Chorus 2
With grasping hands, the years will take
So bring it on, for goodness sake
The embers burn within my eyes
What lies ahead holds no surprise
Chorus Repeated
Shadows and velvet,
Of ecstasy and pain,
Iconic -
Oh, you look so elegant,
A frieze of life....
Iconic.
Chorus
Crimson halo
Skeletal trace
Iconic -
Fluid lines,
Liquid Grace,
Iconic.
Footsteps and whispers,
Of tension and chase,
Iconic -
Oh you turn so slowly,
A portrait of grace....
Iconic.
Bridge
The paint is wet,
The colours bleed,
A perfect chaos,
Unframed and freed.
Chorus repeated
Outro
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
A frieze of life,
Iconic.
V1
You fill your
silent library
with the
shards of broken time
You draft your
corrupted lines
within the
margins of your mind
Chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego Games, Ego Games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
V2
Your frame of
faded memories
Borrowed colours
Splashed across the lines
As you
Re-work the canvas
Until the
Vista looks divine
Chorus repeated
Bridge
No more edits
No more lies
No more colours
To disguise
No more efforts
No more lies
No more secrets
No surprise
Final chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego games, Ego games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego Games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
No more edits, no more lies
No more colours to disguise
Ego games. Ego games
There's no truth behind your eyes,
Verse 1
Lined almond eyes
The years do show
A life lament, I've come to know
Whispered words are soft and proud
This lonely moonbeam screams out loud
I feel my star begin to fade
Ten thousand words remain delayed
For all the memories, one more round
Before they fade without a sound
Pre-Chorus 1
Seasons turn at breakneck speed
Time slips away, watch it bleed
Every moment. every sound
Some things are lost and never found
Chorus
One more round, one more night
All the stars retreat from light
One more word before we're gone
One more round, so party on
One more round, don't let it end
Find the words I couldn't send
There's still a heartbeat to be found
I'm hanging on for one more round
Verse 2
Years will pass and time will stray
Smell the roses, live today
Raise a glass and toast the stars
"Here's to the lost, and who we are"
Pre Chorus 2
With grasping hands, the years will take
So bring it on, for goodness sake
The embers burn within my eyes
What lies ahead holds no surprise
Chorus Repeated
Shadows and velvet,
Of ecstasy and pain,
Iconic -
Oh, you look so elegant,
A frieze of life....
Iconic.
Chorus
Crimson halo
Skeletal trace
Iconic -
Fluid lines,
Liquid Grace,
Iconic.
Footsteps and whispers,
Of tension and chase,
Iconic -
Oh you turn so slowly,
A portrait of grace....
Iconic.
Bridge
The paint is wet,
The colours bleed,
A perfect chaos,
Unframed and freed.
Chorus repeated
Outro
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
A frieze of life,
Iconic.
V1
Rose blooms are kissed with shades of grey
Whispered names won't fade away
Every petal learns to grieve
When lost hearts refuse to leave
V2
I chase the echoes thru the rain
Ghosts still whisper your lost refrain
A candle drowns in frozen light
I drift beneath the velvet night
C1
Find me where the broken flowers grow
Beneath the dying violet glow
Thru the mist of forgotten hours
Find me where the broken flowers grow
Verse 3
Empty rooms and faded lies
Memories fade with tired eyes
Thru the silence, time devours
I lose myself to broken flowers
Chorus repeated
Bridge
Somewhere beyond this endless grey
A trace of gold that dares to stay
The scars we carry from a love we knew
Becomes the strength to see us through
Instrumental
C2
I'll stay where the broken flowers grow
Beyond the dying violet glow
Thru the ruins of forgotten hours
I'll bloom among the broken flowers
Intro
Rise...
Chase your goals...
Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Begin when you don't feel ready
Let the journey shape your soul
Bound by a silent promise
Create Ripples, take control
Let the scars become your song
Keep calm, Dance on
Verse 2
The silence before the verdict
A judgement that weighs you down
Doubt can fuel ambition
or the anchor that pulls you down
Let the scars become your song
Keep calm, Dance on
Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Verse 3
The rhythm of whispered footsteps
An ache upon the path to success
Find meaning within the struggle
And wear your crown with finesse
Let the scars become your song
Keep Calm, Dance on
Bridge
When doubt calls out your name
Hold fast thru wind and flame
Turn the shadow into a spark -
Let your scars become your song
Keep Calm, Dance on
Final Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Keep Calm, Dance on
Keep Calm, Dance on
V1
Broken rainbow
Help me find you
Colours hide from you
But your light remains
Pre Chorus
Nights feel endless
Clouds hang heavy
But beneath the darkness
Your colours still remain
Chorus
Trust the colours
Let them lead you
Towards the sunrise
One colour at a time
Your colours come alive
Verse 2
I see your shadows
They don't define you
I'll walk beside you
Towards the light
Pre chorus
Broken colours
Still remember
Every line
Written in the sky
Chorus repeated
Bridge
Every colour has a heartbeat
Every colour has a name
Even when the sky forgets
Your colours stay the same
Chorus repeated
Intro
And breathe....
V1
Feel the pull of memories
Drag me centre stage
I replay the moments
Time cannot erase
The ghost of lost tomorrows
Still haunt my yesterdays
Silence finished with a bow
Half of me still needs to know
Pre Chorus
Every question fills the air
As answers disappear
I'm searching for an ending
Left unspoken here
Chorus
I'm haunted by the words you didn't say
oh oh oh
The words that slipped away
oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
Calling through the silence
Still waiting for the day
oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
Verse 2
Can you hear my silent plea?
As all my words remain
Our story stopped mid chapter
But I still read the page
I flip the coin of love and hate
One more spin, tempting fate
My memories are whispering your name
Pre Chorus
Every echo has a reason
I still find you here
An ending left unspoken....
Chorus Repeated
Instrumental break
Final chorus
I'm haunted by the words you didn't say
oh oh oh
The words that slipped away
oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
I'll carry every moment
That time could not erase
Oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
oh oh oh
The words you didn't say
Outro
Silence finished with a bow
I'm haunted by the words you didn't say
Intro
I shuffle across a beer-soaked floor
Wondering what I came here for?
Verse 1
Everyone seems so aligned
Sequinned daydreams shine
They glide thru polished routines
I'm still lost between the scenes
Pre Chorus
Every heartbeat pulls me near
Tonight, I'm leaving doubt right here
Chorus
No-one's really keeping score
Leave your worries by the door
Two left feet upon the floor
That's what dancing's really for
verse 2
Miss a step, but catch the beat
Laughing as I find my feet
All the doubts I held before
Won't hold me back anymore
Chorus repeated
Bridge
Underneath the mirror ball
We're just shadows after all
Every smile a practised disguise
Nobody knows the fears we hide
We're all searching deep inside
Beneath the lights, we learn to shine
Chorus repeated
Outro
We're just hearts trying to find our place
V1
You fill your
silent library
with the
shards of broken time
You draft your
corrupted lines
within the
margins of your mind
Chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego Games, Ego Games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
V2
Your frame of
faded memories
Borrowed colours
Splashed across the lines
As you
Re-work the canvas
Until the
Vista looks divine
Chorus repeated
Bridge
No more edits
No more lies
No more colours
To disguise
No more efforts
No more lies
No more secrets
No surprise
Final chorus
Count the profit, forget the loss
Edit the past - whatever the cost
Ego games, Ego games
Paint the lie in shades of gloss
Ego games, Ego Games
Trade the truth for something lost
Trade the truth with fingers crossed
No more edits, no more lies
No more colours to disguise
Ego games. Ego games
There's no truth behind your eyes,
Verse 1
Lined almond eyes
The years do show
A life lament, I've come to know
Whispered words are soft and proud
This lonely moonbeam screams out loud
I feel my star begin to fade
Ten thousand words remain delayed
For all the memories, one more round
Before they fade without a sound
Pre-Chorus 1
Seasons turn at breakneck speed
Time slips away, watch it bleed
Every moment. every sound
Some things are lost and never found
Chorus
One more round, one more night
All the stars retreat from light
One more word before we're gone
One more round, so party on
One more round, don't let it end
Find the words I couldn't send
There's still a heartbeat to be found
I'm hanging on for one more round
Verse 2
Years will pass and time will stray
Smell the roses, live today
Raise a glass and toast the stars
"Here's to the lost, and who we are"
Pre Chorus 2
With grasping hands, the years will take
So bring it on, for goodness sake
The embers burn within my eyes
What lies ahead holds no surprise
Chorus Repeated
Shadows and velvet,
Of ecstasy and pain,
Iconic -
Oh, you look so elegant,
A frieze of life....
Iconic.
Chorus
Crimson halo
Skeletal trace
Iconic -
Fluid lines,
Liquid Grace,
Iconic.
Footsteps and whispers,
Of tension and chase,
Iconic -
Oh you turn so slowly,
A portrait of grace....
Iconic.
Bridge
The paint is wet,
The colours bleed,
A perfect chaos,
Unframed and freed.
Chorus repeated
Outro
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
Iconic,
A frieze of life,
Iconic.
V1
Rose blooms are kissed with shades of grey
Whispered names won't fade away
Every petal learns to grieve
When lost hearts refuse to leave
V2
I chase the echoes thru the rain
Ghosts still whisper your lost refrain
A candle drowns in frozen light
I drift beneath the velvet night
C1
Find me where the broken flowers grow
Beneath the dying violet glow
Thru the mist of forgotten hours
Find me where the broken flowers grow
Verse 3
Empty rooms and faded lies
Memories fade with tired eyes
Thru the silence, time devours
I lose myself to broken flowers
Chorus repeated
Bridge
Somewhere beyond this endless grey
A trace of gold that dares to stay
The scars we carry from a love we knew
Becomes the strength to see us through
Instrumental
C2
I'll stay where the broken flowers grow
Beyond the dying violet glow
Thru the ruins of forgotten hours
I'll bloom among the broken flowers
Intro
Rise...
Chase your goals...
Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Begin when you don't feel ready
Let the journey shape your soul
Bound by a silent promise
Create Ripples, take control
Let the scars become your song
Keep calm, Dance on
Verse 2
The silence before the verdict
A judgement that weighs you down
Doubt can fuel ambition
or the anchor that pulls you down
Let the scars become your song
Keep calm, Dance on
Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Verse 3
The rhythm of whispered footsteps
An ache upon the path to success
Find meaning within the struggle
And wear your crown with finesse
Let the scars become your song
Keep Calm, Dance on
Bridge
When doubt calls out your name
Hold fast thru wind and flame
Turn the shadow into a spark -
Let your scars become your song
Keep Calm, Dance on
Final Chorus
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Rise, Chase your goals
Rise, Gonna chase my goals
Keep Calm, Dance on
Keep Calm, Dance on
V1
Broken rainbow
Help me find you
Colours hide from you
But your light remains
Pre Chorus
Nights feel endless
Clouds hang heavy
But beneath the darkness
Your colours still remain
Chorus
Trust the colours
Let them lead you
Towards the sunrise
One colour at a time
Your colours come alive
Verse 2
I see your shadows
They don't define you
I'll walk beside you
Towards the light
Pre chorus
Broken colours
Still remember
Every line
Written in the sky
Chorus repeated
Bridge
Every colour has a heartbeat
Every colour has a name
Even when the sky forgets
Your colours stay the same
Chorus repeated
I entered "Candlelight" into the 2025 UK Song writing competition, just to see where I was at with my creative writing, and the result was 5* commended...which was nice. It gave me a little nudge to keep on the path.
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