Here is a mind map I made planning out what theme, genre and instrumentation I want in my song.
Inspiration
The structure is just a very simple ABABC.The theme is very sad and depressing as the song is about the struggle with heroin and the drug experience Damon Albarn had with his then-girlfriend.The instruments include drums, bass and electric guitar. The chords are A5,C5,F5,G5,B5,A,C,F,G,B,C/G,Bm,Am and Fm.
Lyrics
Beetlebum
What you’ve done
She’s a gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
Get nothing done
You beetlebum
Just get numb
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on
All my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong
I just slip away and I am gone
Nothing is wrong
She turns me on
I just slip away and now I am gone
Beetlebum
Because you’re young
She’s a gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
She’ll suck your thumb
She’ll make you come
‘Cause, she’s your gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on
All my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong
I just slip away and I am gone
There’s nothing wrong
She turns me on
I just slip away and now I am gone
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it.
The structure is ABCABCABDC. The theme is very low and sad.The song is about his uncertainty about his future, distrust of those around him, longing for the time when he could live comfortably under the radar.The instruments are drums, bass and electric guitar. The chords are D,Cadd9,G/B,Cadd9,G/B and Cadd9.
Lyrics
Where do we go from here?
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now when I need you?
Alone on an aeroplane
Falling asleep against the window pane
My blood will thicken
I need to wash myself again
To hide all the dirt and pain
‘Cause I’d be scared
That there’s nothing underneath
And who are my real friends?
Have they all got the bends?
Am I really sinking this low?
My baby’s got the bends, oh no
We don’t have any real friends, no, no, no
I’m just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
And I wish it was the sixties
I wish I could be happy
I wish, I wish
I wish that something would happen
Where do we go from here?
The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
And where are you?
They brought in the CIA
The tanks and the whole marines
To blow me away
To blow me sky high
My baby’s got the bends
We don’t have any real friends
I’m just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the sixties
I wish I could be happy
I wish, I wish
I wish that something would happen
I wanna live and breathe
I wanna be part of the human race
I wanna live and breathe
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
Where do we go from here
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now when I need you?