Have I Told You Lately (Sweet Dreams)

Have I Told You Lately (Sweet Dreams)

It’s been a long day
Time to put those toys away
I’ll read you a story
Before you sleep tonight

Don’t be scared now
There are no monsters here
I’m here beside you
I will always be near

Have I told you lately
That you’re so beautiful?
You’re a gift from heaven
You’re one in a million

Have I told you lately
That you’re so beautiful?
You’re a gift from heaven
A dream come true

Sleep well little darling
I’ll see you in the morning
Adventure awaits
A brand new day!

We will fly in the sky
Fight pirates who have one eye
Sweet dreams…
Sweet dreams…

So darling close your eyes
Dream of vanilla skies
And as I close the door
I'll say a prayer for you

Song Notes
This song is a collaboration between me and Ivan. I wrote a set of lyrics which was meant to be a sort of a lullaby song for a small child. However, I had no inspiration for the melody so I asked around among my Songcraft buddies to see if anyone has any ideas for the lyrics. As it happens, Ivan was looking for a set of lyrics for a tune he had in mind, and thus a collaboration was born! Read his account of his here.

As I told Ivan, his version of the song is interesting as the song now veers away from a sort of lullaby and instead became a philosophical take on life. The literal pirates and vanilla skies are now metaphorical. Made me see the song in a whole new light!

One World (Collaboration)

One World

Lay with me here
Somewhere near
And I see you in bloom
Too soon

[Chorus]
Just one world between us
Just one love
That's all

Come to your senses
It's coming through
What we're dreaming of
For me and you

For me and you
Ooohh..

One world
One love

Song Notes
This song was originally composed as an intrumental by Ivan. He said that he was very happy with the song and that it's his signature song for 2008 (even though it has not ended), and I can understand why, because it is simply superb! It is so good that I was practically dying to put some lyrics over the melodies, heh.. The instrumental has a very cool ambiance to it which reminded me of arena rock. So I decided to do the song in the style of U2. Alas, although I am not Bono but I think this effort wasn't too bad, heh.. Did everything in around 2 hours. Was quite easy actually, because the instrumental version of the song is so good in the first place.

I definitely think this is one of my better songs, even though technically it's Ivan's, haha.. I need to collaborate more with other people, cos it stretches me to a different level. Just don't ask me to perform this song live, cos I can't, haha!

The Girl Who Stole My Soul

The Girl Who Stole My Soul

Composer: Jerron Lee
Lyrics: Firdaus
Vocals: Jerron Lee

Link to song: Jerron's Blog

[Verse]
As I sat by the river
My tears began to roll
I still think about her
The girl who stole my soul

We used to sit by this river
My love within my arms
Now I'm sad and lonely
Cos she.. has left me..

[Chorus]
The good times we shared
The love that we had
A past memory
A lost symphony

The kiss in the rain
The joy and the pain
I'm thinking of her
I wish she was here
But she's gone away..

[Bridge]
Thinking of her
And the love that we had
Makes me sorry..
I still love her

Lost in my thoughts
I pray that she is happy
And as for me
I'll sing this melody

[Repeat Chorus]

[Outro Repeat]
I'm thinking of her
I wish she was here
But she's gone away..

Song Notes
This song is a collaboration between Jerron and me. He came up with the melody and I came up with the lyrics. It's a pretty cool song I think! Definitely one of my better efforts at writing lyrics. =)