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A Long Way Down

February 5, 2013
By Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Shes a daydreamer shes not good for much. All she does is dream of what she could become. What she doesn't realize is without doin anything now. It'll all start crumbling down.





Chorus: Its a long way down when you're high up in the clouds. Its a painful fall when you're dreamin you've got it all. Its a slowly fading memory when you open your eyes and finally see. Its a long way down.







Now shes 23 starin out the window dreamin about tomorrow. She was just a girl but now shes grown. To scared to try to achieve what she wants. So she pretends shes the movie star shes watchin now. She pretends shes the singer on the radio right now. Her life is goin by fast she hasn't realized it yet the lesson that is. (repeat chorus)







She cant stop cryin now cause shes seen the truth. But she knows shes got somethin to prove. So she'll make that dream come true. (repeat chorus)

© Cerys W., Marblehead, MA

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Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 11:36 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thank you :)
deafening-fan GOLD said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:26 pm
deafening-fan GOLD, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
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This song was worth radio performance! Loves it and I wish I could hear it by a singer. I found you from your post.
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 14 2013 at 11:56 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thank you so much :)   *
Sydney33 SILVER said...
on Oct. 14 2013 at 7:56 pm
Sydney33 SILVER, Columbiana, Alabama
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I think this could be a really good pop song. Sing by someone like Tatlor Swift or Arianna Grande. It flows quite nicely.
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Aug. 29 2013 at 5:24 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thanks   *
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Aug. 29 2013 at 5:22 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thanks :) *
Carpe-Caffeam GOLD said...
on Aug. 28 2013 at 5:42 pm
Carpe-Caffeam GOLD, No Where, Florida
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I love the optimism :) It's a pretty song, and you made the sad bits a little brighter with the last line. Great job! :D
DawnieRae BRONZE said...
on Aug. 28 2013 at 4:26 pm
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Hi molly its Dawnie! I love this song, its great, especially for your first one! great job! 
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 21 2013 at 12:37 am
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thanks. :)
ChocolateLove SILVER said...
on May. 9 2013 at 10:20 am
ChocolateLove SILVER, Warsaw, Other
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A little dark but beautiful. I really enjoyed it. :) 
LexusMarie PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 30 2013 at 9:15 pm
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Hey there! For your first song I think that this is pretty impressive. I like the chorus, I could see myself singing it in the car. I think it's a quick, simple song, but you were able to put a lot of thought into it and that is very special. The flow of this is nice and it would sound great being sung. I feel that this could either be sung slow or up beat and still have the sincere meaning you put in this song. You have a few grammar errors, but those are not a big deal. In the third stanza I would suggest not using 'now' twice in a row in the fourth and fifth lines. Those are minor suggestions, so take them lightly. Great job.
IndigoElisabeth SILVER said...
on Apr. 13 2013 at 10:13 pm
IndigoElisabeth SILVER, Woodbury, New Jersey
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Great job! All you need is a few punctuation edits, and this would be 5/5! Really good!
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 9 2013 at 3:57 pm
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Sure I guess
Helena_Noel BRONZE said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 11:02 pm
Helena_Noel BRONZE, Burnt Hills, New York
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This is seriously good. AND familier. I think i already commented, or tried to earlier. But thats okay, now I can come back and rate it ;)
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 10:21 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thanks, you can sing it if you want to. If you do would you post a video so I can see how it sounds?
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 10:03 pm
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
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honey, if you dont sing this, I WILL!!! awesome song, you should totally keep writing songs. i could totally think up an awesome piano part to this. awesome song!
laurengerhard SILVER said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 9:49 pm
laurengerhard SILVER, South Windsor, Connecticut
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Beautiful! 5 stars. I love your chorus.
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 9:18 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Thanks :) Stand in the Rain is 1 of my fav songs so that really means a lot. :)
jmitchbb SILVER said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 8:39 pm
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This is a really beautiful song, I can almost hear it being sung in my head!
Doctorbug BRONZE said...
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This is absolutely beautiful. I can actually hear the music that goes with this :) But that may be because I like to sing a lot and make up my own tunes, lol XD. This actually reminds me of the song "Stand in the Rain" by Superchick.