Musak: YAGS Theme (Preliminary lyrics)

As I’ve probably mentioned elsewhere, this game has been a lot of firsts for me. Not only is it my first time using RenPy (or even writing Python code, at all), it’s also my first non-school-related creative writing project as well as my first video game.

To that list can be added songwriting. I threw together some lyrics for a theme song, and my esteemed musical colleague is helping fix it, record it, and put it to a pop/rock track.

Like most things I post here, there’s no guarantees about its quality. But hopefully it does a passable job at conveying the general sentiment of the game. This is also just the first cut, so it’s particularly rough.

It is, appropriately and unoriginally, titled Yearning.

Feeling alone, Off on my own
Kinda for the first time, and a
Secret inside, like something to hide
Like a mountain I must climb, and there’s
Looking back to who I’ve been
And finding comfort in my skin
So soon with just some time
I guess that I will find…
That I’m

(Chorus)
Yearning
To be who I’ll be
Finding myself, Finally free, I’m just
Yearning
So that I can see
That maybe what I neeeeeed….
Could be right here in front of me

(Instrumental)

People I meet, talks that I seek
Friendships forming as I go, and there’s
Times of support, sorrow cut short
Laughter, joy, and thoughts that flow, from my
Mind as I find something more
In those friends that I adore
Still with each and every day
Wish I could get away…
From this

(Chorus)
Yearning
To be who I’ll be
Finding myself, Finally free, I’m just
Yearning
So that I can see
That maybe what I neeeeeed…
Is what I’m finding in front of me

(Bridge)
Through thick and thin and broken limbs
And even times of trial
As we grow close, what helps the most
Is when I see you smile

Yeah, I love to see your smile
I’m still…

(Chorus)
Yearning
To be who I’ll be
Finding myself, Finally free, I’m just
Yearning
But now I can see
That all this time you’ve been there for me,
With this

(Chorus)
Yearning
To be who I’ll be
Finding myself, Finally free, I’m just
Yearning
So that I can see
That maybe what I needed, in the end…
Was you there standing in front of me

(Instrumental)

Thank you for being in front of me

(Instrumental)

I’m glad that you’re here in front of me

(Strum, end)

Will post demos and backing track stuffs once I have them. But songwriting is hard, yo.