2025 Competition Lyrics Entry:
It’s Raining by Oscar van Heek
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Lyrics
Honey it’s raining,
Tears are falling from the sky.
No use complaining,
No use to run away and hide.
Honey it’s raining,
Tears are falling from your eyes,
And you’re so beautiful
But you’re all broken down inside.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
And we’ll find our way back home.
Remember when days went by,
and we used to hide,
between the sheets and just lie,
and talk, about anything at all,
and watch the world go by.
And when skies opened up,
and our shadows fell down,
to the ground.
Yeah well it’s cold, but hell it’s as old,
as the world that keeps turning round.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
and we’ll find our way back home.
– Break –
Now honey its raining,
But lights are dancing in the streets,
And life is beautiful,
In everyone you’ll meet.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
and we’ll find our way back home.
Repeat.
End.
Tears are falling from the sky.
No use complaining,
No use to run away and hide.
Honey it’s raining,
Tears are falling from your eyes,
And you’re so beautiful
But you’re all broken down inside.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
And we’ll find our way back home.
Remember when days went by,
and we used to hide,
between the sheets and just lie,
and talk, about anything at all,
and watch the world go by.
And when skies opened up,
and our shadows fell down,
to the ground.
Yeah well it’s cold, but hell it’s as old,
as the world that keeps turning round.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
and we’ll find our way back home.
– Break –
Now honey its raining,
But lights are dancing in the streets,
And life is beautiful,
In everyone you’ll meet.
(CHORUS)
So let it rain all night.
Let’s get soaked down to the bone.
So let it rain all night,
and we’ll find our way back home.
Repeat.
End.
Author
Bio
Oscar works as fine art photographer, film maker and writer. He has written and directed the film DARK WATER a unique experimental collaboration with Scottish Opera and composer Malcolm Lindsay, exploring new ways to create narrative structure. Dark Water opened at Palm Springs festival.
This was followed by THE IRON HARVEST, a video installation and series of fine art prints, detailing the detonation of live world war one ammunition on the former battle grounds of Ypres. It was nominated for the Scottish Landscape Awards and shown at the EDINBURGH CITY ART CENTRE 2024; at SONICA GLASGOW 2022 and SOMERSET HOUSE in London and nominated for the Sony world Photography awards 2020.
In 2023 Oscar had a major exhibition at the Scottish Poetry Library entitled – WATERFALLS – a unique collaboration with authors and poets, including; Kathleen Jamie; Jen Hadfield and Cal Flyn. Current work includes THE WASTELANDS, the result of a year long residency, visiting slat marshes in France, The Netherlands, Cumbria and Scotland, and will form part of a major exhibition with ArtGene in Cumbria in 2025. It has also been selected for RSA exhibition 2025.
Other work includes; MULTIVERSE selected for the RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 exploring the legacy of man’s impact on the landscape and what is left behind; VANITAS selected for RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021 exploring ominous industrial landscapes at dawn and dusk.
Oscar has further produced a feature film and numerous shorts. He has also written over twenty songs and a series of children’s book.
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This was followed by THE IRON HARVEST, a video installation and series of fine art prints, detailing the detonation of live world war one ammunition on the former battle grounds of Ypres. It was nominated for the Scottish Landscape Awards and shown at the EDINBURGH CITY ART CENTRE 2024; at SONICA GLASGOW 2022 and SOMERSET HOUSE in London and nominated for the Sony world Photography awards 2020.
In 2023 Oscar had a major exhibition at the Scottish Poetry Library entitled – WATERFALLS – a unique collaboration with authors and poets, including; Kathleen Jamie; Jen Hadfield and Cal Flyn. Current work includes THE WASTELANDS, the result of a year long residency, visiting slat marshes in France, The Netherlands, Cumbria and Scotland, and will form part of a major exhibition with ArtGene in Cumbria in 2025. It has also been selected for RSA exhibition 2025.
Other work includes; MULTIVERSE selected for the RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 exploring the legacy of man’s impact on the landscape and what is left behind; VANITAS selected for RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021 exploring ominous industrial landscapes at dawn and dusk.
Oscar has further produced a feature film and numerous shorts. He has also written over twenty songs and a series of children’s book.
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Co-author(s)
Lyrics Competition Results
Emotional Impact:
10/ 20
Technical Skill:
10/ 20
Memorability:
8/ 20
Storytelling:
8/ 20
Imagery:
9/ 20
Total Score:
45/ 100
Comments:
Nice sentiment to the song and the use of rain washing things away.
Maybe try using the show don’t tell method as it will elevate your lyric writing and take you to the next level.
Maybe try using the show don’t tell method as it will elevate your lyric writing and take you to the next level.
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