Wk8 – Art Experience – Your Realism is getting in the way of My Romanticism

The days feel so much longer now,
waiting for you to come back.
All the time that I’ve wasted,
your scent I just can’t seem to track.

I’ve sat waiting by the door,
hoping you’d come home soon.
But as the hours pass,
I realize now — you’re not coming back.

I start to cry,
I start to yelp.
Because I still need you,
I’m beyond help.

And when all the lights are down,
and I’ve given up on waiting.
I swear I could still hear your voice.
And I realize now —
waiting for you was never my choice.

I start to cry,
I start to yelp.
You’re back home now,
you had no idea how I felt.

My day feels so much brighter now
you were always the one I picked.
And in your arms I see it —
the bag of doggie mix.

Dog Days

What were you trying to think about in your song?

For my song, I wanted to do something that would do the subject of romanticism justice. So I started off trying to write about heartbreak. However, I got a crazy idea to make the song a little more realistic and grounded by making it about a dog instead. So I was basically just thinking about a dog being heartbroken waiting around for its owner.

What was your process for writing your song?

The process for writing my song started off very rocky. I didn’t know what to write a song about and so the first thing that came to my mind was what a lot of songs are about — heartbreak and break ups. I started off with some intense lyrics when I realized I wanted to make this assignment more fun. So I kept writing these intense lyrics while being mindful that the singer is actually a dog.

Was it easy? Hard? What you expected? Surprising?

The process for writing my lyrics was extremely surprising. I thought I’d take forever to think of lyrics and that it would be super hard. However, once I made my subject into a dog the lyrics wrote themselves.

How successful do you think your song is?

Regarding the prompt, I think I nailed the sense of romanticism. The sense of longing, heartbreak, and the self-loathing that comes with it is something that I think is always romanticized. I wanted to poke fun at this by grounding the whole idea back into what a dog might realistically act like.

Do you think you will ever write another song?

Though it was fun, I don’t think I would write another song. I am definitely not musically gifted nor am I a lyrical genius. Moreover, it just isn’t something I want to do.

If you did write another song, what do you think it might be about?

If I wrote another song, it’d either be for an assignment or someone I care about enough to write a song for. So maybe something like a funny rap about school or something more heartfelt.