1 Jun 2026, 07:04
🏆Songwriting Competition- Voting
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All of the brilliant writers here have written incredible masterpieces. Alas, in every competition there has to be a winner. Now it is time for YOU to decide who won.
NICK JAMESON- Dying Light
Reducio
Everywhere I walk
Everywhere I shout
Everywhere I sit
It follows me
It stalks me
And I’ve had enough

Even in the eye of the storm
The calm before the wind
I feel it stronger than every
Like a dying candle
A burning forests
It is getting stronger
The longer
It goes on

It’s a dying light
It’s a shadow-y end
It’s the dark of life
And it hurts
It hurts
It hurts
Me
It is like a dagger in the heart
It’s a dying light
A burning flame
And it’s all AROUND ME

circles me like a flaming hoop
It slashes at me
At every moment
Like a burning whip
I cry
And I cry
And I cry
And I cry
Thinking about what could of been
Whilst it rages around me

It’s a dying light
It’s a shadow-y end
It’s the dark of life
And it hurts
It hurts
It hurts
Me
It is like a dagger in the heart
It’s a dying light
A burning flame
And it’s all AROUND ME

As it approaches faster then the speed light
All I know
All I know
All I know
Is that It will return
I lost the fight
Here comes the darkness
And the fire
It’s spreading

It’s a dying light
It’s a shadow-y end
It’s the dark of life
And it hurts
It hurts
It hurts
Me
It is like a dagger in the heart
It’s a dying light
A burning flame
And it’s all AROUND ME

Here it
Here it
Here it comes
The air is heating up
I’m burning up
The black
As I fall to the ground burned and scorch
By something more powerful than everything on earth

It’s a dying light
It’s a shadow-y end
It’s the dark of life
And it hurts
It hurts
It hurts
Me
It is like a dagger in the heart
It’s a dying light
A burning flame
And it’s all
And it’s all
Around me (around me, around me, around me)
The dying lights
ALEX ADAMS
Reducio
Verse 1 - Rock
(Heavy bassline and muted guitar)
Looking at the bruised sky, waiting for the flood
I’ve been walking on this dirt road, walking in the mud
My throat is like a desert, my lips are cracked and dry
I stare up at the heavens, begging for a sign.
The storm clouds gather heavy, the thunder starts to roll
But it’s bringing more than water to my desperate soul!

Pre-Chorus - Rock
(Guitars jump in with distortion and rl tense)
The first drop hits the pavement, a shock to the bone
I’m standing in the deluge, but I’m still on my own
I open up my mouth and I drink it all in
But the water makes the madness and the hunger begin!

Chorus - Rock
(Explosive, anthemic chorus)
Pour it down, wash it away!
But the water doesn't wash the need away!
Every drop makes my thirst increase!
Can't get enough, I will never find peace! (Yeah, the thirst keeps rising!)

Verse 2 - Rap Breakdown
(Beat switches to a fast, hip-hop rhythm, similar to Houndini by Eminem)
Look-Standing in the tempest, watching lightning crash
Got a craving in my spirit that’s moving way too fast
You would think a little rain would settle up the score
But every single splash leaves me begging for more
It’s a cruel kind of irony, pouring from the clouds
I’m screaming to the sky but I’m screaming out aloud
Hydration on my skin, but I’m parched on the inside
Nowhere left to run, nowhere left to go and hide
Gimme thunder, gimme lightning, gimme drops on my tongue
The story of the thirsty is the only one that’s sung!

Chorus - Rock
(Full band explodes back in. So so so intense)
Pour it down, wash it away!
But the water doesn't wash the need away!
Every drop makes my thirst increase!
Can't get enough, I will never find peace!

Bridge - Rock/Rap mix
(the whole thing slows down, heavy echoing drums and voices)
Drop by drop. (Make it rain!)
Tick tock. (Feed the pain!)
Can't stop the craving, I'm fading out
Only silence in the center of the water spout!

Guitar Solo - Rock
(darker version but very similar to the Karar I Arbeit guitar solo)

Final Chorus - Rock
Pour it down, wash it away!
But the water doesn't wash the need away!
Every drop makes my thirst increase!
Can't get enough, I will never find peace!

Outro - Rock
(Music slowly fades, leaving only the sound of heavy rain hitting a roof and a single echoing guitar riff)
Every drop... makes it worse.
The water is my blessing, and the water is my curse.(Fades out)
LAUREN VANES- GONE
Reducio


I still feel the pain you gave me
From all those years ago; you once loved me
But when you threw me off, your heart
Your heart, it’s not fire, it’s stone now on

You drowned me in ice
Burnt me in fire
Damned me to beasts
Ooh-oh-oh-oh

Baby, I loved you all along, oh
You were the center of my life, yeah
But you left me to wither and rot
I guess you hated me all along, oh

But now, our fates are separated
And I’ve no intention of entwining them, again
I’ve got you gone, never hear me again
Isn’t that what you want, ooh-oh-oh-oh

I get that you want
Acceptance and forgiveness
But it’s been all gone
You’ve made it so-o-o-oh

Destroyed, damaged,
My love for you has sunk to the core of the Earth, yeah
You’ve hurt me so, I’ll come back stronger
You’ll regret that for the time where you’re still here

I didn’t choose for this to happen
You did, you did, now it’s all go-o-one
You’ve got regrets, it’s not my faul-ult
I don’t give a damn ‘bout you no more-ore-ore
LILY CLARKE- NOT ALONE TONIGHT
Reducio
I used to walk the streets with headphones on,
Trying to drown the weight I carried home,
Every crowd felt like a thousand ghosts,
And I was learning how to be alone.

Then you found me in the quiet noise,
Like a light through a tired window pane,
You never asked me to be somebody else,
You just stayed when the sky turned gray.


And maybe we’re both a little broken,
Maybe that’s why we understand,
You held the pieces I was dropping
Without asking for my hands.


So if the night ever gets heavy,
If the world burns a little too bright,
I know I don’t have to carry it alone tonight.
Through the echoes and through the silence,
Through every storm we fight,
You remind me there’s a reason
I have survived.
No, I’m not alone tonight.


We laughed like kids with bruises hidden,
Turning scars into inside jokes,
You taught me hearts don’t always heal loudly,
Sometimes they heal slow.

And when my mind became a battlefield,
You stayed steady like a midnight moon,
Not trying to save me from the darkness…
Just sitting beside me through it.


And I guess we’re both a little broken, and
maybe that’s why we understand,
You held the pieces I was dropping
Without ever asking for my hands.


If the night gets heavy,
If the stars fall out of sight,
I know I don’t have to face it alone tonight.
Through the chaos and the heartbreak,
Through every wrong and right,
You’re the proof that even lost souls
Can still find light.
No… we’re not alone tonight.
ELLIE RANDENSMITH- I LIKED IT BETTER
Reducio
Well you never liked me anyway
Why does it hurt so much
Said I wanted to know who you liked,
But I’m finding out I don't

I liked it better when I didn’t know,
I liked it better, when I was bliss
Miss reading all the looks you gave me
Misreading the way you saw me

Now there is an ache in my heart,
Like something tugging on a string
Knowing you don’t like me
Like I like you

I guess this is the only time,
One of my breakup songs is about me
And how I so wish it wasn’t
And now I have five songs about you,
That I wish I never wrote.

Is this really a breakup song though?
We were never together.
I want to be the girl the captured your heart
I want to be the girl that you want,
But… I’m not

I liked it better when I didn’t know,
I liked it better, when I was bliss
Miss reading all the looks you gave me
Mistaking the way you saw me

I can’t shake the feeling off me
The feeling of I still like you
Or the hope that someday you will too
But I know that’s not true

I’m the girl you never saw
The girl who wished she had it all
No one I liked ever liked me back
I don’t know why I thought you might be different
You’re just like the other boys

I need to move on
So I’m pouring my heart into this song
Something I have never done
Maybe it will help me move one
But I’m this far in and it’s not

I liked it better when I didn’t know,
I liked it better, when I was bliss
Miss reading all the looks you gave me
Mistaking the way you saw me

Where is the Disney romance I wished for?
Now I have to spend three days with you
And I don’t know if I can,
It’s so much worse now, knowing you don’t like me
And. You. Never will

You were leading me on a chase(leading me on a chase)
But it starting feel like a race(Yeah a race)
One that I’m losing
Falling all the way to the back(back...)

Screw boys, Love suck
It never works anyways
Does anyone, will anyone like me?
For me? More than friends?
No?

When I found out my crush didn’t like me,
It never hurt this bad,
It never felt like my soul was being ripped out,
But, yeah, thats whats happening now

I can’t look at the girl you like anymore
Not the same at least.
There is something that tells me to be fine,
But… I can't, no I can’t…

I liked it better when I didn’t know,
I liked it better, when I was bliss
Miss reading all the looks you gave me
Mistaking the way you saw me…[fade]
LEX KERVICK- THE STARS ABOVE
Reducio
The city's gone quiet,
The windows dim one by one.
A silver glow hangs softly,
Where the night and morning run.
I lean into the silence,
Let the restless daylight go.
The sky has always known things,
That I may never know.

The Stars Above,
They don't ask me who I've been.
They shine the same through every change,
Through every loss and win.
The Stars Above,
So distant, yet enough.
When the world feels far too loud,
I find peace in The Stars Above.

The stars above, aligned with the moon
Half, quarter, and full too.
They're just there, no questions asked,
No need to, they just do their tasks.
So why are we for being different?
For being us?
Is it a must?
All because we aren't the same?
Because we don't share a brain?
Like if they don't, they'd go insane.
Lanterns for hearts, lit from the start
Why must others rip that light from us?
We're all unique, no other way
We all give our flair every day!
Black or white, gay or pan
Let those worries go like Alakazam!
Many moons, and us too,
Always shining, being there for you.

The Stars Above,
They don't ask me who I've been.
They shine the same through every change,
Through every loss and win.
The Stars Above,
So distant, yet enough.
When the world feels far too loud, I find comfort in The Stars Above.

The stars above....
They shine so bright....
They're twinkling....
Up the night....
The stars above...
They're shining through....
Shining for me....
Shining for you....

The stars above....
They shine so bright....
They're twinkling....
Up the night....
The stars above....
All through the fights....
Of every struggle and mess,
They shine their light!

The Stars Above,
They don't ask me who I've been.
They shine the same through every change,
Through every loss and win.
The Stars Above,
So distant, yet enough.
When the world feels far too loud,
I find bliss in The Stars Above....

(Spoken)"The Moon keeps turning through the night, so I can too.”
ROSY PARKER- WISH
Reducio
The stars are falling from the sky
They told me, “Dream of what you want”
Close my eyes and toss a coin
Into a well beyond my thoughts

I wish, how I wish
I could turn into a world-changing creature
I wish, how I wish
Someone would fall in love with my couture

I wish, how I wish
That the night would always stay young
So the light could break right through
And I could finally hold onto hope

(I wish… how I wish…)

Wishes, wishes,
Rub a lamp and wake a genie
Pour my tonic extra dreamy
(Rub a lamp and wake a genie
Pour my tonic extra dreamy)

Lose myself in neon parties
Just to feel alive for one night
(Hey-ey-ey)

I wish, how I wish
I could dance without my shadows
I wish, how I wish
Every scar could turn to gold

I wish, how I wish
That the moon would sing me softly
So the dark could fade away
And I could see a spark of hope

I threw in the coin
Now the ripples know my secrets
I hope, I wish, I really, really mean it

I wish, how I wish
I could turn into a world-changing creature (Ha-a-a)
I wish, how I wish
Someone would fall in love with my couture (Oh-h-h)

I wish, how I wish
That the night would always stay young
So the light could break right through
And I could finally hold onto hope

(Yeahh… I wish…)
(How I wish…)

I could live a life full of enjoyment...
I wish, how I wish (I wiish)
Insecurities were just a test of intellect (Yeaheah)

I wish, how I wish
(I wiishh, Yeaahh, I wiiishh)

How I wish
JAY OPHELIA- THE CALL
Reducio


I have always wondered
What comes before the storm?
Before the lightning comes the thunder
Before the rose comes the thorn

I have always wondered
What is life without rain?
But I’ve been drowning under
A sea of long lost pain

Can you hear the call?
(The call, the call)
Can’t you feel the fall?
(The fall, the fall)
I ask you, is this all?
Is this the end of the call?

What comes before us
And what comes after too
We’ve all got lots to discuss
But it’s never something new

You were my best friend
And people come and go
But you still left in the end
I hoped it wouldn’t be so

Oh, ooh
Ooh, oh, ah

Can you hear the call?
(The call, the call)
Can’t you feel the fall?
(The fall, the fall)
I ask you, is this all?
Is this the end of the call?

And words you say shouldn’t hurt anymore
But they still do
Because even after all this time
It’s still you

Can you hear the call?
Can’t you feel the fall?
I ask you, I ask you

Can you hear the call?
(The call, the call)
Can you feel the fall?
(The fall, ooh)
I ask you, is this all
(I ask you)
Is this the end of the call?
Is this the end of the call?
Is this the end of the call?
Is this the end
JADA BLAKE- 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
REYNA EVERGREEN- 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
KENNEDY CHEEK- 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
JENNIFER LIN WANG- 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
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Kindly do the survey, and write your name, and who you voted for after, to keep records. You could owl me to keep it anonymous as well.

They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

1 Jun 2026, 07:21
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They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

2 Jun 2026, 10:54
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@Lily Clarke CONGRATULATIONS! You have gotten 10 votes! Your prize will be sent over soon!

They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

3 Jun 2026, 16:34
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Would you guys want this to be conducted again?

They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

3 Jun 2026, 17:38
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Briar Anderson wrote: 3 Jun 2026, 16:34 Would you guys want this to be conducted again?
Yes but aren’t you deactivating

Wis 9|Acc 8|Eva 7
Beware My Bite
Sta 5|Arc 5|Str 6

3 Jun 2026, 17:40
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Nick Jameson wrote: 3 Jun 2026, 17:38
Briar Anderson wrote: 3 Jun 2026, 16:34 Would you guys want this to be conducted again?
Yes but aren’t you deactivating
George Calder or Lily Clarke will be taking over, I’m here for one more week or a little more time, plans changed.

They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

4 Jun 2026, 03:42
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Yes, it is fun. It should be continued.

Be Brave--Be Smart--Be Loyal--Be Cunning
Claire Ducasse

4 Jun 2026, 05:57
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I'll take over

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect." - Luna Lovegood | GEORGE CALDER|
STA - 6 EVA - 6 STR - 5 WIS - 8 ARC - 5 ACC - 5

4 Jun 2026, 05:58
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George Calder wrote: 4 Jun 2026, 05:57 I'll take over
You can copy paste the same code to save time!

They say I did something bad, then why's it feel so good All the right guys promised they’d stay I know that you’ll never feel sorry, for the way I hurt Don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me You watch me bleed until I can’t breathe

4 Jun 2026, 06:00
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Ok ty

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect." - Luna Lovegood | GEORGE CALDER|
STA - 6 EVA - 6 STR - 5 WIS - 8 ARC - 5 ACC - 5