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6 September 2008 - 12:11pm
Hey i dont have a good recording of this song...but i use it in church and i used it for a singing christian competition called hope academy. I jsut want to know what people thought of the words just would be nice to have soem diffrent opinions.
"Should Have been me"
Verse 1
He walked to his death,
A death died for me,
How can it Be?
He carried the Cross,
the Weight of the world,
He did that for me
Bridge
Should have been me there x 3
Should have be me
Chorus
So i'll take up my cross
Like you did for me
I'll pour out my life,
Like your Blood for me,
I wont forget you,
I wont forget your cross
Your cross.
Verse 2
See from his hands,
see from his feet,
The price paid for me
So what can i give?
As an offering
I can give everything
Bridge
Chorus
Tag
And i'll stand for you
I'll Live for you
Take up my cross, lord
And follow you
© Copyright Katie Jarman 2008
6 September 2008 - 3:45pm
hi katie,
nice topic, explained well and some powerful words in here.
i think you could make the lyrics even better tho with some tweaks.
you change tenses from singing to God 'you' to about God 'he' quite a lot in the song. for me it would be stronger if you sang the whole lyric to God. ie "you walked to your death" etc.
also the start of v2 is the same as the hymn 'When i survey' any way of saying something original there?
also the title isnt in the chorus, it would make the lyric stronger if it was. think songs like How Great is our God etc, the title stands out more when its the main part of the song.
i would love to hear this tho great writing!
God bless,
gav.
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Yeh its a shame i dont ahve a recording..ill try my best to make one however its so hard to make it soudns good using ust a computer!
thanks for your comments.
I thoguht about the whole changing from 'he' to you when i was writing the song but when i was first using it it was for preformance. From talking to my singing teacher we just thought mabey the first bit was almost for looking at people and saying 'wow god did this for me' then it almost took off into a point of personal worship. I don't know if that quite made sense or not! But i do see where your comming from. Mabey in that sense its more of a song i could use during communion for people to lsiten to...its worked well in the past.
Also i agree with what you said about the second verse. Its important to bring variety. I can say i dint intially think of that but thankyou for pointing it out. Also i agree with your comment on the title. I felt it was the strongest part of the song..but in suual cases that is the chorus!
Thanks youve given me a lot to consider!
Katie xxx





