Songwriting competition!

Songwriter(s) Jada Blake
House: Slytherin
Year: 1st
Song: Still Here

Reducio

Verse
You’ll never see me when I break,
Just fold in the quiet and hide my face
Yet I linger here, like a note you erased
Nothing we can do now, to fill this space

Chorus
I say I’m fine, (i’m fine, i’m fine)
Say I’m okay, (you’re okay)
I said I’m fine, I’m fine,
I’m fine and hope you stay
But I don’t cry,
No I don’t cry anymore
I can’t cry,
not anymore

Verse 2
No matter how hard I tried, I tried to stay soft
but you sharpened those edges and now i’m lost
Now that you’re gone, I know I should leave
But the dark is embracing all the bruises you leave

Chorus
I say I’m fine, (i’m fine, i’m fine)
Say I’m okay, (you’re okay)
I said I’m fine, I’m fine,
I’m fine and hope you stay
But I don’t cry,
No I don’t cry anymore
I can’t cry,
not anymore

Bridge
Maybe I should’ve stayed
Just to feel something honest
Even pain
Better than being forgotten

Chorus
I say I’m fine, (i’m fine, i’m fine)
Say I’m okay, (you’re okay)
I said I’m fine, I’m fine,
I’m fine and hope you stay
But I don’t cry,
No I don’t cry anymore
I can’t cry,
not anymore

Chorus
I say I’m fine, (i’m fine, i’m fine)
Say I’m okay, (you’re okay)
I said I’m fine, I’m fine,
I’m fine and hope you stay
But I don’t cry,
No I don’t cry anymore
I can’t cry,
not anymore

Songwriter(s) Kennedy Cheek
House: Hufflepuff
Year: 1st
Song: Safety Pins And Scotch Tape

Reducio

Note: Imagine a simply guitar tune in the background, sung at slow-medium speed with a folkish vibe to it. It slows a bit more when it gets to the chorus.

(verse 1)
She wanted to be an actress
Gleaming center stage
Right now she is waiter
Just waiting to be paid

He wanted an artist
With the world to paint
But they shoved in a box
Labeled him as waste

(Chorus)
I’ll tell you a secret
The world’s an angry place
Fighting your brother
To make yourself something great
Dreams are held together
With safety pins and scotch tape

(Verse 2)
She wanted to be a nurse
Who stopped and saved the day
But little she know
Hero’s don’t get a say

He wanted be a pastor
Make the world a little brighter
But his shine was put out
He wasn’t made a fighter

(Chorus)
I’ll tell you a secret
The world’s an angry place
Fighting your brother
To make yourself something great
Dreams are held together
With safety pins and scotch tape

(Bridge)
She wanted to be poet
Words scribbled across the page
She didn’t let them get her
She kept the monster away

She held on tight
Till she thought she would brake
She’s the living proof
Dreams are held together
With safety pins and scotch tape

(Chorus)
I’ll tell you a secret
The world’s an angry place
Fighting your brother
To make yourself something great
Dreams are held together
With safety pins and scotch tape

Songwriter(s) Rosy Parker
House: Slytherin
Year: First
Song: Wish

Songwriter(s) Reyna Evergreen
House: Hufflepuff
Year: 4th
Song: back to you

Reducio

[Verse 1]
there’s sand in my hair
my feet in the air
head on the ground
laying back
trying so hard to relax
but my head keeps spinning around
spinning right back to you
the way you made me feel
back to when this was so real

[Chorus]
it was spring when I met you
but it’s summer now
trying to move on
but I still don’t know how
when you still text me everyday
thought we were moving away
but if we’re still friends today
how are these feelings supposed to fade
they’ll keep coming back to you
back to you

[Verse 2]
i watch the ripples in the little pond
a blue fish swims by, stubborn and free
exactly the way you used to be
i start to smile
that was your name for a while
every memory rushes back to you
the way you made me feel
was any of this ever real?

[Chorus]
it was spring when I met you
but it’s summer now
trying to move on
but i still don’t know how
when you still text me everyday
thought we were moving away
but if we’re still friends today
how are these feelings supposed to fade
they’ll keep coming back to you
back to you

[Bridge]
and then when august turns to september
will i be someone you'll remember
or will you forget me and flee
and i'll be stuck in between
because right now
everything goes back to you

[Chorus]
it was spring when i met you
but it’s summer now
trying to move on
but i still don’t know how
when you still text me everyday
thought we were moving away
but if we’re still friends today
how are these feelings supposed to fade
they’ll keep coming back to you
back to you

[Outro]
back to you, back to you
can’t get you out of my head
back to you, back to you
one day you'll leave me on unread

because there’s sand in my hair
feet in the air
but now the wind is coming down
autumn grows, the seasons rearrange
but i'm the one who just can't change
summer is saying its last goodbye
but i’m still stuck in your July
still coming back to you

Songwriter: Jay Ophelia
House: Slytherin
Year: 1st
Song: The Call

Songwriter(s) Jennifer Lin-Wang, PC is Derek Alexander Jay
House: Ilvermorny, but my PC is Gryffindor
Year: 2nd
Song: If Only

Reducio

The stars ebbing through the skies draw me here,
You don’t know how much that I love you.
Every time you pass me, my heart does a silent cheer.

I twist and turn in my bed at night,
Hoping someday you’ll see who I am.
Dreaming your eyes will finally meet mine right.

The jolt I get, the silent shock inside,
Pulls me closer whenever you appear.
But then I see him standing by your side.

And suddenly the warmth all disappears,
Like shattered glass beneath a battering ram.
I smile outside while drowning in my fears.

Your laughter lingers softly in the air,
And every word you speak stays burning through.
I trace your name through shadows everywhere.

I watch your photo get devoured by the sea,
Wondering if you will ever think of me.
While every star keeps whispering your memory.

The stars still ebb and pull me back to you,
Though loving you feels hopeless in the end.
Still my aching heart remains painfully true to you.