Tag: pop

‘Perfect’ — #lyrics to a #pop R&B song

Perfect
lyrics by @sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

the oceans rise
and empires fall
but I know I’ll never get a taste
of that perfect love you have
you can spread your legs all you like
but in the end you’ll laugh
and tell me to scram
cause you’re perfect

perfect is what you are
strange as can be
what I see before me
you’re perfect
perfect
perfect
perfect

your baby is wealthy and sane
two things that only make me complain
I’m just not up to snuff
enough to see you in the buff
but dat ass has a lot of class
too bad it’s wasted on an lover
who no longer cares

perfect is what you are
strange as can be
what I see before me
you’re perfect
perfect
perfect
perfect

I’m just a broke ass mutherfucker
can never provide for you or your clan
but I promise to love you
love you better than any other
you’re weird in a way that brings lust
and confusion to the land.

perfect is what you are
strange as can be
what I see before me
you’re perfect
perfect
perfect
perfect

(bridge)
keep it to yourself
such thoughts will bring fire
and much chaos
if you don’t keep your lust
to yourself
then God only knows
what may break out

perfect is what you are
strange as can be
what I see before me
you’re perfect
perfect
perfect
perfect

‘Conation’ — #lyrics to a techno dance song

Conation
lyrics by @sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

verse 1
everything is of my own volition
I can do as I please
you want to control me
pin me down to your will
but I’m not slurping that swill

pre-chorus
I’m not doing as you say
not under your control
no not one bit
I have free will

chorus
the nation I live in has self-determination
conation is the only way to be
able to exert your agency
conation is the only way to be

verse 2
my right is not your wrong
I have the right to choose and always will
don’t tell me what to do
I won’t listen no matter what

pre-chorus
I’m not doing as you say
not under your control
no not one bit
I have free will

chorus
the nation I live in has self-determination
conation is the only way to be
able to exert your agency
conation is the only way to be

post-chorus
conation is my state
conation is my state

bridge
without conation there is nothing
I have agency and always will
it’s my choice want happens next
I have conation
I have conation
I have conation

chorus
the nation I live in has self-determination
conation is the only way to be
able to exert your agency
conation is the only way to be
I have conation
I have conation
I have conation

‘Vortex’ — lyrics to a dance-pop-rock song

Vortex
lyrics by @sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

in the middle of the storm that is life
I’ll be there with you till the end
the calm of the eye
will be so bold as to scold
but when the end comes again
I’ll hold you tight so there will be no fright
I love you as much as I can
even in the

vortex
the vortex of life is sight to see
the vortex is strong as can be
vortex
vortex
vortex
vortex

but I’m not willing to flee
the winds of the vortex are not so strong
that I will run from you
I’ll keep you safe as can be
whatever comes to you comes for me
don’t worry one bit
not matter how much the vortex scares
us and shit

vortex
the vortex of life is sight to see
the vortex is strong as can be
vortex
vortex
vortex
vortex

(bridge)
the peace will come
we will reside in the sun
maybe start a family
one that will enjoy a new life
one without fear of destruction
and the vortex is just the past
thought of as just a gas

vortex
the vortex of life is sight to see
the vortex is strong as can be
vortex
vortex
vortex
vortex

‘New Model Army’ — #lyrics to a pop-rock ballad

I’ve used this title before to write lyrics, but I find it an interesting and useful turn of phrase, so here’s another try.

New Model Army
lyrics by @sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

you left me alone
to fend for myself
without even a belt to wear
or a explosive vest
but I’m back and ready to fight
with an army that knows how to bite

I have a
new model army
one of my own devices
new model army
new model army
new model army
one you can’t defeat
as long as I’m on my feet

it’s no small feat I must admit
to assemble this cast
I’m ready to go out with a blast
your walls of fate are ready to fall
just like Constantinople before it wailed

I have a
new model army
one of my own devices
new model army
new model army
new model army
one you can’t defeat
as long as I’m on my feet

(bridge)
I’ll lay down my arms
and embrace you with them
if you give me the truth
for once before it’s too late
but I know you too well
that’s not going to sail
so it’s the new model army
back on the attack

I have a
new model army
one of my own devices
new model army
new model army
new model army
one you can’t defeat
as long as I’m on my feet

‘Putting On The Rizz’ — #Lyrics to a #pop #rock song

Putting On The Rizz
lyrics by @sheltgarner
please give permission if you produce or perform

when you get a little drunk
or maybe drunk as a skunk
there’s no stopping your spunk
you’re ready to roll
be a high roller it’s true
’cause you’re putting on the rizz

putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz

girls and boys may enter your life
(at least for a night)
but we all know it’s yourself you love
with that glint in your eye
that tells us your a mile high
’cause in the end you’re
putting on the rizz

putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz

(bridge)
when you sober up
you’re not longer yourself
just another hungover loser
who gets hung up on
no love to keep
your date just wants to flee

putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz
what else are you going to do
putting on the rizz

‘The Day America Stood Still’ — #lyrics to a #pop #rock song

The Day America Stood Still
lyrics by @sheltgarner & @fatbellybella
Please give credit if you produce or perform

it was a nice spring day
much to everyone’s dismay
we all find ourselves wondering
what will happen next
is January 6th on the list
the day

America stood still
America stood still
America stood still

people talk and talk
waiting for the perp walk
the long awaited day is here
accountability is near
on the day

America stood still
America stood still
America stood still

(bridge)
activity on the street
with strangers gathered to meet
everyone is waiting for the time
when we can all grin and shine
stepping to the beat of the sound of
the day

America stood still
America stood still
America stood still

‘You Don’t Have To Leave’ — #lyrics to a #Pop #rock #ballad

‘you don’t have to leave’
written by @sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

I want to believe
that you don’t have to leave
here we are face to face
fighting through this disgrace
in the end no matter what
you don’t have to flee
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave

I want you in my face
a kiss would be great
but just a sneer would suffice
if that’s in the dice
you’re all I hope
and can expect
just in the end
don’t grin on your way out the door

you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave

(bridge)
the booze is too much
stay another night
’cause no matter what
we’re in it to win it
that I believe
no matter what
the outside may believe

you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave
you don’t have to leave

‘I Don’t Read’ – #lyrics to a #pop #rock song

I Don’t Read
please credit @sheltgarner

I don’t read
but I can read your legs
the ones a mile high
that make me bite my knuckle
not knowing where they end

I don’t read
but I know what matters most
I don’t read
but quench my thirst
I don’t read
but so what you’re the best
for this man whose the worst

your inner though
is divine
there’s no excuse
for me not to stare
when you walk into a room
your little black dress
makes me want
to carress your ass
with a bit of sass

I don’t read
but I know what matters most
I don’t read
but quench my thirst
I don’t read
but so what you’re the best
for this man whose the worst

(bridge)
the snow is pure
when you’re ready lure
people to their doom
don’t you worry one bit
I won’t let you fret

I don’t read
but I know what matters most
I don’t read
but quench my thirst
I don’t read
but so what you’re the best
for this man whose the worst

‘Every Lie Is True’ — #Lyrics To A #Pop #Rock #Ballad

“Every Lie Is True”
Please credit @sheltgarner

every lie is true
when you’re in love

there’s nothing you can do
to change the course of fate
when I’m in love with you

every lie is true
every lie is true
every lie is true
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you

can’t say it enough
I know you like it rough
but loving you ain’t easy
when every lie is the truth

every lie is true
every lie is true
every lie is true
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you

let’s skip to the part
where we make love in the dark
having you by my side
just makes me sigh
and remember that

(bridge)
the facts are the facts
and that’s no sass
I look you in the eye
knowing it’s all a lie
it’ll all come to an end
but I’m willing to sin
when every lie is true
when I’m in love with you

every lie is true
every lie is true
every lie is true
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you
when I’m in love with you

The Rise Of The ‘Hot Lesbian’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

While I generally have a very blase view on most things sexual, on a macro societal basis, I find myself growing just a bit alarmed at the rise of hot lesbians. These are women who are traditionally attractive but have decided to play for the other team, as it were.

Fletcher

Now, I validate their right to be lesbians and the whole “hot” part is equally a lulz, but…what is going on? Why would growing numbers of traditionally attractive women decide that they would rather date women? Or, I suppose a better question would be — why are lesbians deciding to dress in a way that makes them hot to men? Or is that just a side-effect of something I don’t understand.

Given that I don’t anything about anything, I suppose the last possibility is the most likely. I suspect I’m overthinking things. Lesbians want to be hot, too, and maybe even though they’re thinking of the female gaze, the way they’re doing it is mistaken by idiots like me as being “hot” in a heteronormative manner.

As an aside, I have to say that that very hot lesbian Fletcher leaves me at a loss. While I like her persona and her music, the more I listen to her stuff the more of an Old I feel. It seems very “of the moment” in a way that makes it very specific and niche.

Or, it could be, I’m just old and out of touch.

I hate being old. Anyway, there’s a good 10,000 word New Yorker piece to be written about the rise of “hot lesbians” and What It All Means especially in the context of the “woke cancel culture mob.” Scott Galloway seems like the type of person who would write it, too.