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SONG WRITING 2020 FINALISTS
We've narrowed down our 2020 finalists down to 5, and asked them to make a song around the theme of "A Love That Cannot Live But Never Dies".
Check out their amazing submissions below.
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Something bout the way you held me, like you won the biggest prize
maybe we never meant to be but still it makes me cry
How did we drift apart from the start?
We thought it would never end
how could it ever be? you and me?
living in our teenage dream
Pre-Chorus:
But everyone said it’s meant to be
Chorus 1:
It’s the first time, first love and the first goodbye
something never meant to be but started right
how could it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Verse 2:
You would dream of being a soldier
Like your fathers fathers wished
Flying all around the whole world and that’s just what you did
And I dreamed of when you would say, I don’t wanna hurt anyone
But that would never be, you could see, so you ended before it begun
Pre-Chorus:
But everyone said it’s meant to be
Chorus 2:
It’s the first time, first love and the first goodbye
something never meant to be but started right
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Refrain:
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Something bout the way you held me, like you won the biggest prize
maybe we never meant to be but still it makes me cry
How did we drift apart from the start?
We thought it would never end
how could it ever be? you and me?
living in our teenage dream
Pre-Chorus:
But everyone said it’s meant to be
Chorus 1:
It’s the first time, first love and the first goodbye
something never meant to be but started right
how could it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Verse 2:
You would dream of being a soldier
Like your fathers fathers wished
Flying all around the whole world and that’s just what you did
And I dreamed of when you would say, I don’t wanna hurt anyone
But that would never be, you could see, so you ended before it begun
Pre-Chorus:
But everyone said it’s meant to be
Chorus 2:
It’s the first time, first love and the first goodbye
something never meant to be but started right
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Refrain:
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
how did it change so fast when my love for you still lasts?
It’s a love that cannot live, but never dies
Biography
With a lustrous r&b infused jazz sound, songwriter and performing artist Seyblu represents a diverse femme community with a fierce fashion sense and enchanting live show. Weaving dreamy jazz chords with intimate songwriting and whimsical vocals, Seyblu is creating a fresh shimmering r&b sound of her own.
In 2020 Seyblu worked with Jim Junior (Birthday Boy, RALPH) to indulge in her pop-sensibilities on her single, Thought You Were My Man. The sensual, 90’s r&b-inspired track features her expressive vocals through catchy hooks and a tight pop production.
On her upcoming 2021 EP, Silk Sessions, Seyblu embarked on a cabin retreat in her hometown with producer SLWJMZ (Saukrates, Clear Mortifee, Boy Pape). Complete with a wilderness soundscape of birds, insects, and rain as the backdrop, Seyblu brings romantic imagery to life through vulnerable lyrics, sultry r&b melodies, and sparkly vocal layers. The EP touches on a long-distance relationship, longing, loneliness, heartache and love realized, as we follow her whimsical melodies through each story. Her raw acoustic instrumentation creates a feeling that the band is carrying her every word.
For more of Seyblu, please check her out on her links below:
2020 Finalist
Liam Barrack
Song: A Love That Cannot Live But Never Dies
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Watch my love, enter frame.
It’s just a show we play
I had fun, what’s your name?
You don’t give those a way
Say my home, it’s not far.
Shall we walk that way?
You got to go, say you had fun
But it’s just not your day
Chorus:
All the tears, that I faked,
Lay them at my door
All these years, how they take
Till I love no more
Waste away, dragged though fate
Til I cant go on
Yet it all, still remains
Just can’t shake you off
Verse 2:
I melt snow, you freeze rain
And this is not our choice
They say love’s a form of pain
But yet we all want more
Line me up, knock me down
Show me all your scars
Show me love, show me hate
Show me we’re not that far
Chorus x 1
Bridge:
I think I’ve told you this
But every time you go
I miss your face
I think I owe you this
Cause death is no excuse
For being late
I know we don’t have long
Your drug will do us in
And take my life
Cause we just don’t belong
A love that cannot live
But never dies
Chorus x 1
Watch my love, enter frame.
It’s just a show we play
I had fun, what’s your name?
You don’t give those a way
Say my home, it’s not far.
Shall we walk that way?
You got to go, say you had fun
But it’s just not your day
Chorus:
All the tears, that I faked,
Lay them at my door
All these years, how they take
Till I love no more
Waste away, dragged though fate
Til I cant go on
Yet it all, still remains
Just can’t shake you off
Verse 2:
I melt snow, you freeze rain
And this is not our choice
They say love’s a form of pain
But yet we all want more
Line me up, knock me down
Show me all your scars
Show me love, show me hate
Show me we’re not that far
Chorus x 1
Bridge:
I think I’ve told you this
But every time you go
I miss your face
I think I owe you this
Cause death is no excuse
For being late
I know we don’t have long
Your drug will do us in
And take my life
Cause we just don’t belong
A love that cannot live
But never dies
Chorus x 1
Biography
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Liam Barrack is currently in university for a double major in music and computer science. He started doing music from a very young age; his parents made him take ten years of piano training, and, ironically, he hated every second of it.
It wasn’t until around grade 10 that he started getting interested personally in music, and began teaching himself guitar and jamming with anyone who was interested.
Since then he has been working with a producer and various other people who help him create fully fleshed out versions of the songs he write. His goal is to have his music career permit be self-sustaining, so that he may focus on it full time.
For more of Liam Barrack, please check him out on his links below:
2020 Seoul Winner
Nyan
Song: A Love That Cannot Live But Never Dies
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Baby don’t be cruel to me
It feels like drowning in the sea
I know our love is over
But I still thinking about you
Oh please Is it to late now?
Verse 2:
Can’t believe your not my side
All the things seems like a dream
I just stuck at the moment
But you don’t need me like I do
Bull shit Should I have forget?
Pre-chorus
8 calls all missing
Believe there be reason
So I just waiting your call for
hours and hours and hours
And you text stop calling
Sorry for bother you late night
But I still missing about you
Even that our love cannot live
Chorus
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
Verse 3:
Are you need more time for this?
Or you throw my part already?
Yeah I messed up everything
You know I always did it
Oh please Give me one last chance
Pre-chorus
8 calls was all you
Wasn’t drunk I swear you
I just want to ask how you been
Cause I’m not okay without you
And he said honey we’re done
Sorry but I can’t do anymore
But I still thinking about you
Even that our love cannot live
Chorus
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
Baby don’t be cruel to me
It feels like drowning in the sea
I know our love is over
But I still thinking about you
Oh please Is it to late now?
Verse 2:
Can’t believe your not my side
All the things seems like a dream
I just stuck at the moment
But you don’t need me like I do
Bull shit Should I have forget?
Pre-chorus
8 calls all missing
Believe there be reason
So I just waiting your call for
hours and hours and hours
And you text stop calling
Sorry for bother you late night
But I still missing about you
Even that our love cannot live
Chorus
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
Verse 3:
Are you need more time for this?
Or you throw my part already?
Yeah I messed up everything
You know I always did it
Oh please Give me one last chance
Pre-chorus
8 calls was all you
Wasn’t drunk I swear you
I just want to ask how you been
Cause I’m not okay without you
And he said honey we’re done
Sorry but I can’t do anymore
But I still thinking about you
Even that our love cannot live
Chorus
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
(Pray that you forgive me)
A love that cannot live but never die
Cause it’s still live in my heart
Biography
NYAN (Jun ki Son) is a student in Korea, studying music at Jeonghwa Arts College. His main interests is to make various music inspired by K-pop. NYAN wants to become a better producer by continually making music and reaching as many ears as possible.
2020 Finalist
Koda Corvette
Song: A Love That Cannot Live But Never Dies
Lyrics
Verse 1:
There we were sat on the roof of a mausoleum looking at the stars
You drew a glyph of the heavens just as if you’ve been there up on Golden Boulevard
Should’ve learned, trusted these voices, subconsciously they slalom through the wind
That strange little smile and that dent between your eyes, don’t be so coy, someday I will win
Prechorus 1:
Are we high enough, we high enough? I ain’t no angel but I can save you
Did we not try enough, don’t call my bluff, wish I had the peace of mind left to lose
Chorus:
A love that cannot live, but never dies
To whom the world I’d give, was never mine
I’d climb into the windows of your soul, but you draw the blinds
Tell me how do you survive?
In a love that cannot live but never dies
Got me losing my breath tonight
Verse 2:
Gripping on to my gown, telepathically we drive each other insane
Three words we’re just too afraid to say once again and your words never matched your actions anyway
Prechorus 2:
Are we high enough, we high enough? I ain’t no angel but I can save you
Lie enough or cry enough, wish I had peace of mind left to lose
Chorus:
A love that cannot live, but never dies
To whom the world I’d give, was never mine
I’d climb into the windows of your soul, but you draw the blinds
Tell me how do you survive?
In a love that cannot live but never dies
Got me losing my breath tonight
Breakdown:
Got me losing, losing
Ooh, got me losing, losing
Got me losing, losing
Ooh, got me losing, losing
Got me losing, losing
Ooh, got me losing, losing
Got me losing, losing
Ooh, got me losing, losing
Got me losing, losing
Ooh, got me losing, losing
Chorus:
A love that cannot live, but never dies
To whom the world I’d give, was never mine
I’d climb into the windows of your soul, but you draw the blinds
Tell me how do you survive?
In a love that cannot live but never dies
Got me losing my breath tonight
Biography
Koda Corvette is a professional pop/R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress, and performer in Los Angeles, CA. Born in Portland, OR, the young prodigy discovered began singing and playing the piano at the age of 5 – later leading her to perform at local talent shows, fairs, charity and family events. Koda picked up songwriting at 9 and started recording/producing demos, with dancing and acting to soon follow. Koda moved up to Los Angeles with her family in 2013, taking up independent online schooling to focus on her entertainment career after her freshman first semester at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
She cites her musical and style influences to be Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Queen, Aaliyah, Bruno Mars, and Justin Timberlake. She performed over 80 shows on a school tour across California during 2014-15 and is currently performing shows and events while working on an EP. Koda has opened up live in concert for big artists such as Becky G and Tori Kelly, then making waves at the LA and San Diego Neon Run EDM Concerts, the Special Olympics Fall and Summer Games, the Music Run LA, Splash Kingdom, the NOS Center, and the Universal CityWalk 5 Towers Concert Stage.
For more of Koda Corvette, please check her out on her links below:
Summer of Songs July Winner
Farah Mitha
Song: A Love That Cannot Live But Never Dies
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Looking in the mirror
I still see your face
Behind me with a trace of your scent
Sometimes I think I’m crazy
When I hear your voice trapped inside another body
Prechorus:
And I know it’s not you
I know I had my chance
I’d give up anything for your touch
I gotta make amends
I wanted you so bad
But it’s just not the way
It’s supposed to be
Chorus:
We got a love
That cannot live
but never dies
that logic defies
We got a love
That cannot live
But never dies
When I close my eyes
I feel you inside
Verse 2:
Way up in the sky when I see lightening strike
Reminds me of our fight in the storm
You looked right in my eyes and told me I was yours
And no matter what
To never doubt our love
Prechorus:
And I know I lost you
I know Ive had my chance
Still give up anything for your touch
I gotta make amends
Im needing you so bad
But it’s just not the way
It’s supposed to be
Chorus:
We got a love
That cannot live
But never dies
That logic defies
We got a love
That cannot live
But never dies
When I close my eyes
I feel you inside
Bridge:
Your shield by my side and I know that I am safe
Bathing in your light always makes me feel like I’m soaked in your eternal grace
I know that our bond grows across lifetimes
I’m waiting for the next time
I get to feel the warmth of your smile
Chorus:
We got a love
That cannot live
But never dies
That logic defies
We got a love
That cannot live
But never dies
When I close my eyes
I feel you inside
Biography
FARAH MITHA is an award-winning Soulful World Pop artist, singer and songwriter currently based in Los Angeles. Her songs are emotionally evocative and are designed to make you feel deeply and connect with the resonating lyrics and addictive melodies.
For more of Farah Mitha, please check her out on her links below:
