"The Weapon is You" lyrics - Lance McDowell

The Weapon is You

Verse 1

I want to try

To make my place in the world

And be all that I can be.

I want to cry

When I see all of the people

So much better than me.

See them floating when I start to sink.

Does anybody really care what I think?

Not feeling up to the challenge right now.

Want to do more but I don’t know how.

Chorus

Wake up

You’ve got nothing to fear.

Wake up

And take a look in the mirror.

Quit your feeling bad.

Got a weapon they don’t have.

It’s the person in the glass.

The weapon is you.

The weapon is you.

Verse 2

They want to die.

When you walk in the room                           

They are so terrified.

Just look in their eyes.

Not the only one racing

With a stitch in your side.

So what if that man reads the New York Times?

You made the front page so you’re doing fine.

Stop asking yourself who is smarter.

Go show them that you can work harder.

Chorus

Bridge

They won a trophy but you own the shelf

So loosen up and get a hold of yourself.

Chorus

End

I learned that I try to write about what I'm feeling. If I can put those ideas down on paper, then I can work with the actual words so they flow together. I also learned that sometimes I get way into writing songs. I probably spent more time writing this song than any of my other homework over the weekend. I have a feeling though that I really don't know how good or bad a song is until someone reads it. I don't know how this type of song will be received. I tried to stay away from the current favorite topics in song lyrics, namely violence, alcohol, sex, and drugs. Or, as Trey Songz puts it, "ladies and the dranks".

I think I thought about more than words. I used more creative muscles than just the writing ones. I wanted to hear how the words would flow so I jumped on shadowville.com and started listening to some instrumentals. The musicality of the words is very important to me. If it's too much of a mouthful to spit out in a measure, you've got to cut some words. So I did a lot of counting syllables and singing out loud. I also experimented with some metaphors and semiotics.