Caravan Ray
Forum postLess than your usual standard
intro: E A G#m B
E A G#m A
She walks in beauty like the sun
setting on the black sand
a cloudless sky of azure blue
softly turning orange
G#m A G#m A G#m A B B
And her cheek is damp because
she knew this day would come
standing alone on a beach so far from home
A B E A A B E E
A destination wedding
She had it her way
He’d be there waiting
on Byron Bay
A long vacation
of endless days
start their life together
on Byron Bay
He went on bended knee
and gave her diamonds
she put away her fears
and kept them silent
F#m A E E F#m A B B
Promises that please the heart
Can be misleading
Foolish girls stay in the dark
to keep believing
Solo: C#m G#m A E C#m G#m A B
Standing there she could see
it wasn’t meant to be
he wasn’t showing up
it was time to give up
Less than your usual standard
I'm surprised no one else thought to quote Lord Byron. This song confused me at first because I thought it sounded quite melancholy, especially with the repeated line "and her cheek is wet…" I was trying to figure out what was so sad about a destination wedding, whether the character was about the leave her fiancé at the altar or something. Then I realized that that's not what you're actually trying for here. The lyrics are okay, but I think I'd like them better if there were some kind of conflict driving them. There's not necessarily anything wrong with a song whose music doesn't match their lyrical content, so maybe I'm being too hard on this one. I'd like to hear it maybe 5-10bpm faster, and with maybe another musical element in the chorus to punch it up a bit more.