Vows

Sitting in the church with your mother on your side,
Watching you awaiting the arrival of your bride,
Wish I could tell you what she said that night when she cried,
You’re marrying the wrong girl, baby, and I tried,

Wearing the blue dress you always said looked good,
Knowing you won’t notice but I’d hoped that you would,
I’m shaking now, I can’t stay, I really thought I could,
At least survive the ceremony; I know that I should,

Just try to hold it all together but I can’t,
I’ve got to get away but, baby, just before we part,

I hope she holds your hand,
Hope that she treats you right,
Hope she loves you like I did and holds you every night,
I hope you’re happier now,
It hurts too much to stick around,
So I’ll slip out your life when you stand up to say your vows,

The doors fly open; there she is, a vision, like a dream,
They coo ‘isn’t she the loveliest bride you’ve ever seen?’
She smiles serenely, you smile back and I want to scream,
Beneath her perfect face, we know she’s not all that she seems,

I tried to hold it all together but I can’t,
I’ve got to get away, baby, and leave before this starts,

I hope she holds your hand,
Hope that she treats you right,
Hope she loves you like I did and holds you every night,
I hope you’re happier now,
It hurts too much to stick around,
So I’ll slip out your life when you stand up to say your vows,

You take her hand in yours, you break my heart,
My tears start to fall, the heartbreak, it starts,
From the back door I’ve been watching, my love,
She’s from below, boy, you’re from above,
I run out on the street, pounding of my feet,
Drowns out the cheering voices as the dread deal is complete,

I hope she holds your hand,
Hope that she treats you right,
Hope she loves you like I did and holds you every night,
I hope you’re happier now,
It hurts too much to stick around,
So I’ll slip out your life when you stand up to say your vows,

I hope she holds your hand,
Hope that she treats you right,
Hope she loves you like I did and holds you every night,
I hope she kisses sweetly,
Hope that she’s what you want,
I know that she’s not but by the time you know you’re wrong,

I’ll be gone.

Ooh, good! Wonderful message! Is it weird that I was planning on writing a song about a wedding? It was going to be about the groom having cold feet. Not literally cold feet, you know what I mean, otherwise he would just put socks on

Hahaha, I actually burst out laughing at that!! Very wierd loks from the parental types... How odd! Maybe we had the same inspiration... who knows??
I wrote this in my Chemistry exam this morning... I still have the chorus on the back of my hand!!!

You like to write songs in strange situations, don't you? But I guess the best time to write is when inspiration hits. Me, I'm just conjuring up an idea through the day then I quickly write before I go to sleep.

As a matter of fact, I was planning on looking up wedding vows as inspiration. Weird...

I carry a notebook everywhere I go I walked right into someone once when I was scribbling something down!! Bad times...
And that is wierd...

I have five notebooks. The first one was an old one I found when I lost my school journal. Number two was a proper one, but that got full so then I got number three. I can't remember where I got four, but it's a mini version of three XD Then five was a birthday present, which I'm using now. It's got most of my songs from here in actually

Half mine are full of randomness I don't know how many I have :P

Yes, the only formal one I have is five, which literally only has fully ideas. Otherwise I use mini notebook for random scribbles and stuff

Ah, random scribbles. Where would we be without them?

Great lyrics and story. I like it very much.

Thanks