"What Else Is New?"

Aint nothing civil about war
Even when you're at war with yourself
How do you propose to settle the score
When it's only you and there's no one else?

It's got you boxing with shadows
Screaming at yourself like a loon
I guess it's hard to choose your battles
When you can't even keep yourself subdued

But hey, tell me...
What else is new

Let me tell ya this isn't a paperback novel
Because this is surely a real life problem
You'd like to drown it all out in a bottle
But everyone has troubles and that wont solve 'em

It's got you boxing with shadows
Screaming at yourself like a loon
I guess it's hard to choose your battles
When you can't even keep yourself subdued

But hey, tell me...
What else is new

Tell me what else is new
Well I can't tell you what to do
'Cause when it comes to problems
I've also got more than a few
Tell me what else is new
I'm just trying to make it too
Like I said we've all got problems
And I don't know what to do

It's got me boxing at shadows
Screaming at myself like a loon
It sure is hard to choose my battles
When I can't even keep myself subdued

But hey, tell me...
What else is new

What else is new?
Tell me what else is new...

This has some good ideas,but I find it too wordy.I can't find the rhythm to this song.I at least wanted to give you "something"!!

Thanks. It does have a rhythm though. I used an old doom metal song for the lyrical structure.

Hey, I really like some of the things in these lines. The premise that theres a war within that we need to winis excellent. I particularly like boxing at shadows and screaming like a loon. And I dont percieve your being preachey since you acknowlege you too have problems that cause you to box at shadows and scream like a loon. Like that imagery There are some creative thoughts here. Good job. AW

Thank you Andrew.

Very interesting! I know what it means to be at war with yourself.

Thanks Jim.

I write similarly. The melody isn't suppose to be so easy to find. Music isn't suppose to be written to a metronome beat, it's suppose to be mixed up to the imagination. Hell, when I first started writing, I didn't rhyme at all. The struggles are expressed very well.

Right. The idea's there. I just didn't pull it off too well. Thanks for your comments and per the usual it was spot on.

Thanks tylerflips. I myself still don't see this one actually making it into being an actual song but maybe with some editing it could...