I Write the Songs That Make the Young Girls Cry

[shanmonster]

I have an excerpt from a rock song in my head that goes something like this:

You build me up
You put me down.
You're nothing but a waste of time for me.

Here's what I want to know: is this is a real song, or is it something I made up in my own head? Either way, it's not a very good song, and the melody sucks. The latter is why I suspect I made it up. I'm terrible at music composition.

Comments

[assmonkeydiary.livejournal.com]

It sounds a little bit like "You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down)" by the Datsuns:

"Tin Loving
Disguised
Come join us on the other side
A false passion
A false cause
Does it really hurt to be ignored?
Hey, girl, I never knew

You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around

Everywhere, even your home town
Finally decides you've makde a sound
They turn their head and stare
At everything you got
And make you something you are not

Hey, girl, I never knew

You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around

Cause it's all about looking
About looking good"

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound familiar, but I'll try to hunt down an mp3 to see if it's the one.

the datsuns

[puppetina.livejournal.com]

yes, it sounds like the datsuns, and fyi, i keep that cd in my car, cause baby, that can be some fine drivin' music. its all in the timing.

[peppermintgloom.livejournal.com]

It also sounds a bit like "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" by Dead Can Dance.

"I thought that you knew it all
Well you've seen it ten times before.
I thought that you had it down
With both your feet on the ground.
I love slow...slow but deep.
Feigned affections wash over me.
Dream on my dear
And renounce temporal obligations.
Dream on my dear
It's a sleep from which you may not awaken.

You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now I'm serving time in disillusionment.

I don't believe you anymore...I don't believe you.

I thought that I knew it all
I'd seen all the signs before.
I thought that you were the one
In darkness my heart was won.

You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now I'm serving time in a domestic graveyard.

I don't believe you anymore...I don't believe you.

Never let it be said I was untrue
I never found a home inside of you.
Never let it be said I was untrue
I gave you all my time."

I'm trying to choreograph a routine to it currently, so I've been listening to it quite a bit. I may not be what you had in mind at all, as it's not really a rock song, but I gave it a shot!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

No, that's definitely not it, but thanks, anyhow. I'm quite familiar with the song, and it's vastly superior to the one in my head.

[f00dave.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a NIN track, actually. Something from Broken or Fixed? Not my area. ;-)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

What's going through my head sounds nothing like NIN.