A Rough Sketch - russharvey's songs/lyrics/poetry - Page 2 - Alphaville Forum

AV_defender · 07 Jul 2001, 14:06

your lyrics are really good!!
i'd love to hear them on radio someday,so keep on with your melodies.
i specially liked "That you are gone",because i sort of feel and think like your lyrics about my grannys departure..

youre really good

*The watcher of the scene*

Lee · 11 Jul 2001, 19:06

Talking about rocking [;)] !
yes, you touch, move me too.
Prommissing when this are your first songs !
Leonie.

Alien · 15 Jul 2001, 23:08

don't know what to say... i really like it... i'm feeling myself so small... i wish i could have just 1% of tha talent...

I can see you through...

russharvey · 12 Oct 2001, 06:11

yet another......

Look For Me - 10/8/01

When the nightmares full of villains
Come to take you from your sleep
And the shadows try to plunder
All those treasures locked up deep

You may feel like you've lost control
And want to give up the fight
You are your own worst enemy-
I know what you're really like

And when you feel all alone
Just look for me
I will be there beside you
With all my love and strength
To guide you
No matter what they say or do
Just remember
I love you

Don't think that you won't stumble
When they take your sunny skies
It's you against the universe
As you sift the truth and lies

They say time's supposed to heal you
It just breaks you down instead
While the clay is crumbling at your feet
You're chasing demons in your head

And when you feel all alone
Just look for me
I will be there beside you
With all my love and strength
To guide you
No matter what they say or do
Just remember
I love you

Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch')

***This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!***

Edited by - russharvey on 27 Dec 2001 19:21:57

russharvey · 12 Oct 2001, 06:16

and yet another.......

Fear - 9/18/01

While the world's still sleeping
She sews shadows in the light
You'll feel her in the morning
and think everything's alright

you can't pretend to know her
when others are around
but if you blink she'll steal your mind
and never make a sound

What will you do? What will you say?
Either stand to fight
or simply walk away
How do I feel? What do I see?
So delicate the consequence
the choice is up to me

gathering the dogs of war
and laughing with those eyes
she is lying to your soul again
can't you hear their evil cries?

But you'll worship at her alter
take her image to your grave
and in the end there's nothing left
just a lonely bitter slave

What will I do? What will I say?
Either stand to fight
or simply walk away
How do you feel? What do you see?
So delicate the consequence
the choice is up to me

Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch')

***This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!***

Edited by - russharvey on 12 Oct 2001 07:19:33

Alien · 12 Oct 2001, 19:42

Russ, I'll be your fan!
<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

I can see you through...

Dingerz · 13 Oct 2001, 05:34

I actually do like your poems! My three favourites are All I need, Fear and Look For Me. Though I find that your latest poems are getting better. They flow more nicely. Now all you have to do is find some musicians and put some songs together.. (heh, easier said than done right?)

Tara :)

Streetside Romeo · 04 Nov 2001, 23:00

Fear, look for me and waiting for the fight look very promising, I think. An own style. When I read them, melodys and sound effects come to my mind to release them. Sad we cannot send both our melodys through this forum.
What I notice through all your lyrics is that they are clear and under aspects of metaphers or poetic styles quite simple (which is by no means meant negative!!) and so or but therefore seem very personal, authentic, feeling. Could surely bear a harder, a bit rocky style for melody.
Hey, there comes one idea:
What about us all trying to build up a network where we exchange and produce some (not necessarily of our earlier written - they might be too personal) songs together??!!

even those who are afraid to live - they`re dying someday

russharvey · 24 Nov 2001, 15:50

Thanks Streetside Romeo for your kind words! I think your observations are quite good actually.

As for a network.... good idea, but someone like me may need more help in getting the ideas out of my head and actually onto sheet music, so to speak!

***This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!***

russharvey · 24 Nov 2001, 15:58

Ok - here is another new one. Please let me know what you think?

Legacy - 11/24/01

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
I took the one less traveled by
I took the one less traveled by
So here I stand after a million miles
a worn out compass in my hand
alone to ponder this legacy, I see
there's nothing left of Ozymandius
but broken statues in the sand

Orion's star won't lead me home tonight
He has lost his glowing bow
and Draco's fire burned up on Pern
only the dolphins really know
why all the lights in the Milky Way
were turned off long ago

I met an artist at a roadside stand
who could paint a portrait of my soul
but when he was done I swear I've never
seen the old man staring back at me
with wrinkled caverns on his brow
Oh Harry, where's your magic now?

Orion's star won't lead me home tonight
He has lost his glowing bow
and Draco's fire burned up on Pern
only the dolphins really know
why all the lights in the Milky Way
were turned off long ago

Orion's star won't lead me home tonight
Orion's star won't lead me home
Orion's star won't lead you home tonight
Orion's star won't lead you home

Orion's star............ is gone

Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch')

***This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!***

07 Jul 2001, 14:06	#11
AV_defender Exclusive Fanclub Member Join Date: 06 Dec 2000 Location: Arjeplog, , Sweden. Posts: 1,279	your lyrics are really good!! i'd love to hear them on radio someday,so keep on with your melodies. i specially liked "That you are gone",because i sort of feel and think like your lyrics about my grannys departure.. youre really good The watcher of the scene

11 Jul 2001, 19:06	#12
Lee Dreamer Join Date: 21 Jan 2001 Location: Earth,Netherlands. Posts: 40	Talking about rocking [;)] ! yes, you touch, move me too. Prommissing when this are your first songs ! Leonie.

15 Jul 2001, 23:08	#13
Alien Trapped in Dreams Join Date: 10 May 2001 Location: CHG MO RUS Posts: 17,200	don't know what to say... i really like it... i'm feeling myself so small... i wish i could have just 1% of tha talent... I can see you through...

12 Oct 2001, 06:11	#14
russharvey Dream Keeper Join Date: 13 Jan 2001 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA Posts: 3,893	yet another...... Look For Me - 10/8/01 When the nightmares full of villains Come to take you from your sleep And the shadows try to plunder All those treasures locked up deep You may feel like you've lost control And want to give up the fight You are your own worst enemy- I know what you're really like And when you feel all alone Just look for me I will be there beside you With all my love and strength To guide you No matter what they say or do Just remember I love you Don't think that you won't stumble When they take your sunny skies It's you against the universe As you sift the truth and lies They say time's supposed to heal you It just breaks you down instead While the clay is crumbling at your feet You're chasing demons in your head And when you feel all alone Just look for me I will be there beside you With all my love and strength To guide you No matter what they say or do Just remember I love you Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch') *This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!* Edited by - russharvey on 27 Dec 2001 19:21:57

12 Oct 2001, 06:16	#15
russharvey Dream Keeper Join Date: 13 Jan 2001 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA Posts: 3,893	and yet another....... Fear - 9/18/01 While the world's still sleeping She sews shadows in the light You'll feel her in the morning and think everything's alright you can't pretend to know her when others are around but if you blink she'll steal your mind and never make a sound What will you do? What will you say? Either stand to fight or simply walk away How do I feel? What do I see? So delicate the consequence the choice is up to me gathering the dogs of war and laughing with those eyes she is lying to your soul again can't you hear their evil cries? But you'll worship at her alter take her image to your grave and in the end there's nothing left just a lonely bitter slave What will I do? What will I say? Either stand to fight or simply walk away How do you feel? What do you see? So delicate the consequence the choice is up to me Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch') *This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!* Edited by - russharvey on 12 Oct 2001 07:19:33

12 Oct 2001, 19:42	#16
Alien Trapped in Dreams Join Date: 10 May 2001 Location: CHG MO RUS Posts: 17,200	Russ, I'll be your fan! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> I can see you through...

13 Oct 2001, 05:34	#17
Dingerz Dreamer Join Date: 04 Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 732	I actually do like your poems! My three favourites are All I need, Fear and Look For Me. Though I find that your latest poems are getting better. They flow more nicely. Now all you have to do is find some musicians and put some songs together.. (heh, easier said than done right?) Tara :)

04 Nov 2001, 23:00	#18
Streetside Romeo Strange Attractor Join Date: 18 Mar 2001 Location: Dötlingen, Germany Posts: 742	Fear, look for me and waiting for the fight look very promising, I think. An own style. When I read them, melodys and sound effects come to my mind to release them. Sad we cannot send both our melodys through this forum. What I notice through all your lyrics is that they are clear and under aspects of metaphers or poetic styles quite simple (which is by no means meant negative!!) and so or but therefore seem very personal, authentic, feeling. Could surely bear a harder, a bit rocky style for melody. Hey, there comes one idea: What about us all trying to build up a network where we exchange and produce some (not necessarily of our earlier written - they might be too personal) songs together??!! even those who are afraid to live - they`re dying someday

24 Nov 2001, 15:50	#19
russharvey Dream Keeper Join Date: 13 Jan 2001 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA Posts: 3,893	Thanks Streetside Romeo for your kind words! I think your observations are quite good actually. As for a network.... good idea, but someone like me may need more help in getting the ideas out of my head and actually onto sheet music, so to speak! *This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!*

24 Nov 2001, 15:58	#20
russharvey Dream Keeper Join Date: 13 Jan 2001 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA Posts: 3,893	Ok - here is another new one. Please let me know what you think? Legacy - 11/24/01 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both I took the one less traveled by I took the one less traveled by So here I stand after a million miles a worn out compass in my hand alone to ponder this legacy, I see there's nothing left of Ozymandius but broken statues in the sand Orion's star won't lead me home tonight He has lost his glowing bow and Draco's fire burned up on Pern only the dolphins really know why all the lights in the Milky Way were turned off long ago I met an artist at a roadside stand who could paint a portrait of my soul but when he was done I swear I've never seen the old man staring back at me with wrinkled caverns on his brow Oh Harry, where's your magic now? Orion's star won't lead me home tonight He has lost his glowing bow and Draco's fire burned up on Pern only the dolphins really know why all the lights in the Milky Way were turned off long ago Orion's star won't lead me home tonight Orion's star won't lead me home Orion's star won't lead you home tonight Orion's star won't lead you home Orion's star............ is gone Russell Harvey (from 'a rough sketch') *This life is expensive, but at least it comes with a free trip around the sun!*