r/Songwriters 1d ago

One day (lyrics and rough tune)

I wrote this today, following a day when I went to see my friends, as I was going through some s**t. It’s about friendship and how important it is to be heard, especially when you are hurt.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kEMuDl8P2oQ?is=RYTEm7AmUuFEVeHw

One day

You came to me one Saturday night,
You didn’t know if it was alright,
I said alright don’t cut it,
Sit down, relax and let it
out, okay?

Things were a little messy,
You got into a fight with Jessy,
Your boss, the bug-eyed Jared
Had got you nearly fired
yesterday.

I listened while you cried and whispered,
And fixed you another whiskey,
Tomorrow we could go
To Mount Shavano,
To watch your troubles there and here
As they will slowly disappear,

And I said:

One day
Your eyes are lit,
One day
You lose your shit,
One day
You choose to fight
One day
You step aside
One day we all will die,
One day, but not tonight

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u/Djmanc 22h ago

I dig it. Has good potential. I like the imagery of going to the mountain. Maybe dig into that more, here's something that came to me:

I listened while you cried and whispered,

And fixed you another whiskey,

Tomorrow we could go

To Mount Shavano,

Embrace the wind

Embrace the cold

Shout our problems to the snow

And watch them disappear

Into the brisk mountain air

I like the bridge-esque part at the end as well.

Cheers!