Set 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down

[CellarGhosts]

Another old piece of mine, written back around the same time as the other older one I submitted (Midwestern Headlines)...they were both written sometime back in September.
Again, I just copied and pasted it right out of my blog on MySpace, where it was originally posted, so I just left it as it was, whoas' and ohs' and all that included. So...here goes.

Set 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down

Limping around this scenic cell,
With my heart on my sleeve, but nobody can tell.
Oh, as some sort of afterthought I plug the numbers in,
But deep down I know it's a bet no-one can win.
It's not a celebration of mediocrity,
It's not some ticker-tape parade for the whole damn world to see.

[chorus]
Set 'em up, set 'em up, set 'em up, knock 'em down!
Dosey-doe all over town.
Set 'em up, set 'em up, set 'em up, knock 'em down!
Burn, burn – burn this metropolis down.

Can we quench our thirst for the fresh new thing?
With whatever new model this season brings?
Are we doomed to dance the night away, while the thunder roars above?
Are we just lonely little insects, simply looking for some love?
It's not a celebration of faux superiority.
It's not some goddamn ticker-tape parade for the whole world to see.

Set 'em up, set 'em up, set 'em up, knock 'em down!
Dosey-doe all over town.
Set 'em up, set 'em up, set 'em up, knock 'em down!
Burn, burn – burn this metropolis down.

It's another night wasted in the gutters and the smoke.
So just wrap your arms around me and hope you can someday get the joke.

[missmatilde]

the first vers is what I liked the best... the chorus I can't judge, I probably should hear it cause I really liked it in a way, but in a other weird way I can't get its full power... it'd probably does have all of a differrent effect heard... so.. another cool song, like all yours are! :-)
that's why I bow at you Chris, for ur song and for ur sweet feeds ;-)

[CellarGhosts]

Haha, thanks Matilde. It means alot, really.

[black rose]

I really liked this, Chris. I thought the rhyming was really good, not sounding forced at all. Nice job.

[CellarGhosts]

Thanks, Melissa, it means alot. I really appreciate it.

[lostfear]

I hear anthem chorus in my head.

the whole band singing SET EM UP SET EM UP SET EM UP KNOCK EM DOWN.


haha other than that I liked this piece it's different which is cool.

[lew_1987]

Oh, as some sort of afterthought I plug the numbers in.

that was my favourite line, i really like that. the rest was pretty good, but i didn't really like the chorus. sorry. it just sounds a bit silly. but apart from that i liked them

[lostfear]

haha LEW, look at my piece will you?

since your the only other person on?

haha

[CellarGhosts]

I hear anthem chorus in my head.

the whole band singing SET EM UP SET EM UP SET EM UP KNOCK EM DOWN.


haha other than that I liked this piece it's different which is cool.
Thanks, Jake.

And yeah, that's exactly it. It's a "gang chorus" hahaha.
Glad you liked it.

Oh, as some sort of afterthought I plug the numbers in.

that was my favourite line, i really like that. the rest was pretty good, but i didn't really like the chorus. sorry. it just sounds a bit silly. but apart from that i liked them
Thanks, Lew.

Yeah, the chorus isnt meant to be anything super-deep or intellectual, its just meant to be fun, and yes, it does read pretty silly, but I guess its one of those things you have to hear.
Thanks, though, I appreciate it.

haha LEW, look at my piece will you?

since your the only other person on?

haha
Haha, I'll try and check it out too.

[lew_1987]

Thanks, Lew.

Yeah, the chorus isnt meant to be anything super-deep or intellectual, its just meant to be fun, and yes, it does read pretty silly, but I guess its one of those things you have to hear.
Thanks, though, I appreciate it.

yeah i agree. i would imagine it to be quite an upbeat song. there are some lyrics which work in a song, but not on paper. so sometimes it can be difficult to judge them in that sense.

[CellarGhosts]

Mmhm, true. It's hard sometimes to make something that sounds good as a song work on paper, or uh...computer screen hahaha.