Four of the lines in this song are by Shakespeare. This love song reimagines Romeo and Juliet.
This song is inspired by Andy William’s Song called A Time For Us.
This song reimagines what would happen to Romeo and Juliet if they lived together for a long time and how together love would blossom. At the same time, this song is about the singer’s modern love story. In the process of writing this song, it occurred to me that it would be really interesting to add some of Shakespeare’s original lines so I took some of his all-time great lines and metaphors and added it to the song, which in my opinion, made the song more interesting. If you like music with rich lyrics and imaginative metaphors, take a look at my collection of songs with metaphors.
This is the acoustic version. Here is the version of the same song that is more produced. It has electric guitar, drums, and other instruments, and a different feel:
I assumed that adding lyrics by Shakespeare himself would qualify this song for having some of the best song lyrics. See the full article with my analysis on the songs I chose and judge for yourself.
Here is Andy William’s original song A Time For Us, which is one of the songs this song was inspired by:
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Lyrics:
VERSE 1:
What-if Shakespeare tricked us all
With Romeo and Juliet’s rise and fall
Would these teens share joy or tears
Unsaved by death together fifty more years?
CHORUS
I’m shaken by what Shakespeare once realized
“Love is a smoke made with fume of sighs.”
But if I were to describe you with a line from his scripts
I’d say, You have witchcraft on your lips.”
Ooooh sweet “witchcraft on your lips.”
VERSE 2:
You make me dream a love greater than all
An endless twirl where I won’t let you fall
In my reverie Shakespeare whispers words anew
His greatest sonnet saved to sing to you
CHORUS
I’m shaken by what Shakespeare once realized
“Love is a smoke made with fume of sighs.”
But if I were to describe you with a line from his scripts
I’d say that, “You have witchcraft on your lips.”
Ooooh sweet “witchcraft on your lips.”
VERSE 3:
It was us in his new tale of love
Fifty years we’ll dance with stars above
On Romeo and Juliet’s balcony
In each other’s hearts of hearts we’ll be
BRIDGE
Without Shakespeare, our love would be a clock that races
To loss imprinted on our faces
Grasping for faint traces
Of passion slipped and wasted
Trough hands that held embraces desperate for love’s graces,
Never to replace it….but you and i will never have to face this
VERSE 4
Each night falling asleep under star glow
I’ll whisper like Romeo long ago
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Want To Write Your Own Poetry Or Song Lyrics?
I write because I want to create something beautiful to share with others. For example, here are my love songs with romantic lyrics. If you want to create something similar, I have a number of tutorials on how to write poetry and create meaningful and imaginative metaphors. Here is my tutorial on how to write metaphors. And here is a video tutorial on how to write metaphors: