Top 10

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Teen Songwriting Competition 2011
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The Top 10 (in alphabetical order)

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• Andrea Reichel, 17 (Morin Heights, QC)

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  Porcelain

  © Andrea Reichel

  Is it possible I made you my dream?
  Is it possible or so things could seem
  I only want to be that reflection you don't see
  I only want to be that reflection you don't see

  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And in my mind I've made you mine
  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And such a frame as fragile as mine

  And if you want to ask me you know I'll answer back
  And if you say you'll watch me you know I'll stare back
  I only want to be that reflection you don't see
  I only want to be that reflection you don't see

  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And in my mind I've made you mine
  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And such a frame as fragile as mine

  So take what you want I've got nothing left to give
  I've got no rights, I've got no pride

  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And in my mind I've made you mine
  Cause porcelain it cracks with time
  And such a frame as fragile as mine
  And such a frame as fragile as mine

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• Emma Huebner, 15 (Westmount, QC)

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  Pull Yourself Together

  © Emma Huebner

  6.92 billion people live
  on this planet earth of ours
  It's hard to imagine
  that they all have separate lives
  Some have plans for the future
  While others are stuck in the road
  Misshaps may happen
  And they don't make a face

  You may not be the golden one
  You may not always hit a home run
  Pull yourself together and don't you make a face
  We all end up riding
  The roller coaster of life

  Each of us is a star in heaven
  Don't be scared to ask a question
  Stand up for what you believe in
  even if you stand alone
  Live in the present
  Take in every moment
  Misshaps may happen
  So don't you make a face

  You may not be the golden one
  You may not always hit a home run
  Pull yourself together and don't you make a face
  We all end up riding
  The roller coaster of life

  Love is like falling down
  You often find your self face to the ground
  You will find your place
  So don't you make a face

  You may not be the golden one
  You may not always hit a home run
  Pull yourself together and don't you make a face

  Take it all in
  You are not always playing to win
  So take a deep breath
  And don't you make a face
  Because you will find your place

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• Gillian Ho, 16 (Montréal, QC)

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  Things We Do

  © Gillian Ho

  Games we play, they can only hurt us
  Why gamble when you know we can both win
  Things we say are promises that we make
  They're dreams, we have together
  (oooohhh)
  Lying next to you, can you feel it too baby?
  Open up your heart just let it be
  'cause your eyes, they speak to me

  Secrets we keep they can only bring us, closer
  So please, whisper my name once again
  Songs we share they're not strong enough to describe
  Who we are, what we do, what we have
  (ooooohhh)
  Lying next to you, can you feel it too baby?
  Open up your heart just let it be
  'cause your eyes, they speak to me
  (oooohhh)
  Yeah, talk to me, oh! Look at me, oh!
  Listen,
  'cause games, we play they can only hurt us
  So if you gamble with my heart
  Please don't lose
  So if you play with my heart
  Please don't lose
  (oooohhh)
  Lying next to you, can you feel it too baby?
  Open up your heart just let it be
  'cause your eyes, they speak to me

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• Hailey Samm, 17 (Ville St. Laurent, QC)

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  Music in My Heart

  © Hailey Samm

  There's a song that's stuck inside my head
  A music that just won't quit playing
  Intertwined by a common thread
  Of notes and rhythms softly ringing

  There's a sound that I just can't suppress
  A creativity I must express
  The tone, the theme, the chorus resonates
  An unexpected clash of fates

  Play a song for me
  I'll sing the words to the melody
  Together we'll create the harmony
  To write the most beautiful symphony
  Let me feel the beat
  It echoes from my hair down to my feet
  It's the thought of you and it's playing on repeat
  You're here when it starts
  You're the music in my heart

   
  With all those endless words and serenades
  Can't find the right one to describe you
  Or the feeling that runs through my veins
  When you walk into the room

  I sing the lyrics to my favorite part
  The spotlight on me brightly shining
  Countless scores and performance debuts
  Behind the overwhelming sight all I seem to see is you

  Play a song for me
  I'll sing the words to the melody
  Together we'll create the harmony
  And never find a proper finale
  Let me feel the beat
  It echoes from my hair down to my feet
  It's the thought of you and it's playing on repeat
  You're the reason it starts
  You're the music in my heart

  You are my art
  You are my art
  The music in my heart

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• Isabelle Stern, 15 (Lorraine, QC)

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  Prove You Wrong

  © Isabelle Stern

  Said I couldn't win but I proved you wrong
  Said I couldn't be but you just can't see
  Try to bring me down but I'm way too strong
  Hope you take it back
  Cause I will prove you wrong
  Verse One
  Whenever I need a friend your always in my way
  Judging everything that I do
  Every step I take I'm running away from all the things you said I can't do
  But for what I know I'm stronger than you
  Let's get it through through your head oh oh oh
  Chorus
  Said I couldn't win but I proved you wrong
  Said I couldn't be but you just can't see
  Try to bring me down but I'm way too strong
  Hope you take it back
  Cause I will prove you wrong
  Verse two
  I take it like I'm strong like nothings going on
  Act like it's not wrong but it's time to bring it on
  I'm tired of this game It's only bringing me pain
  You always think your better think your right
  All you need to know is that this is my show
  It's time to let you know oh oh oh
  Chorus
  Said I couldn't win but I proved you wrong
  Said I couldn't be but you just can't see
  Try to bring me down but I'm way too strong
  Hope you take it back
  Cause I will prove you wrong

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• Jérôme Charette-Pépin, 17 (L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC)

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  36 métaphores

  © Jérôme Charette-Pépin

  Y parait qu'les orages, ça finit par passer
  Mais dans ma tête y'a plein d'nuages, je sais pu trop à quoi penser

  Y parait qu'l'univers s'étend à l'infini
  Mais ent' nous deux c'pas clair, c'est l'brouillard, c'est la pluie

  Ça prend pas 36 métaphores
  Pour s'dire qu'on s'en va nulle part

  Si la musique de notre amour se résume à une coupe d'accords
  Ça veut p't-être dire que les beaux jours se font d'plus en plus rares
  Si les paroles de notre amour se résument à des rimes faciles
  Ça veut p't-être dire qu'le mot toujours est dev'nu bien fragile

  Y parait qu'les étoiles se consument par en d'dans
  Mais au fin fond d'moi ça m'fait mal que tout s'embrasse avec le temps

  Y parait qu'le soleil va finir par s'éteindre
  Pi dans ma tête c'pareil, j'me d'mande qu'est-ce qu'on va être demain

  Ça prend pas 36 métaphores
  Pour s'dire qu'on a perdu l'nord

  Si la musique de notre amour se résume à une coupe d'accords
  Ça veut p't-être dire que les beaux jours se font d'plus en plus rares
  Si les paroles de notre amour se résument à des rimes faciles
  Ça veut p't-être dire qu'le mot toujours ne tient qu'à un fil

  Y parait qu'le soleil va finir par s'éteindre
  J'me d'mande qu'est-ce qu'on va être demain

  Mais si on s'en fout de l'orage, si on s'faufile entre les nuages
  Peut-être bien qu'ça fera moins mal d'voir briller les étoiles

  Et si enfin on tourne la page, et si c'est juste un p'tit orage
  Peut-être bien qu'à notre réveil on verra l'soleil

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• Lex Victoria, 17 (Beaconsfield, QC)

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  Brown Eyes

  © Lex Victoria

  Brown Eyes, I'm walkin' down the street, and then our eyes meet
  Oh, ain't that something
  Brown Eyes, I'm feelin' kinda weak in the knees when you smile
  Stay a little while, please
  Brown Eyes, I didn't want to say but your voice gives me chills
  It's the strangest thrill, oh
  Brown Eyes, my heart is on my sleeve so don't... Leave

  I blame the butterflies, 'cause this is social suicide
  But I've wanted to tell you for so long now
  I think you're wonderful
  I think you're beautiful
  I think you've knocked me off my feet
  And I'm powerless, I'm losing sleep

  Brown Eyes, I know that you would never care for a girl in ripped up jeans
  But Brown Eyes, if I dressed up real nice, would you consider me?
  Hey, Brown Eyes, all of this to say I'm in love with you, please don't send me away
  Brown Eyes, oh Brown Eyes...

  I blame the butterflies, 'cause this is social suicide
  But I've wanted to tell you for so long now
  I think you're wonderful
  I think you're beautiful
  I think you've knocked me off my feet
  And I'm powerless, oh I'm powerless
  I'm powerless and I'm losing sleep

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• Matthew Azrieli, 16 (Montréal, QC)

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  Independence Day

  © Matthew Azrieli

  Why can't I?
  It's not the 4th of July,
  Yet it's my independence day
  How would I know
  How she rocks, how she rolls,
  For it's my independence day

  Prelude/Pseudo-Chorus:
  Your hand in mine
  We could grow lost together; it's your choice

  Believe me, darling,
  If you take this chance,
  I'm going to set you free
  You're too beautiful for words, darling,
  And, well, I hope you're not too beautiful for me
  Because, in the castle, in my mind,
  There's a silhouette, hung
  By a noose, between two golden banisters
  And if life itself is but one grand question
  I hope in you I've found my answer

  Prelude/Pseudo-Chorus 2:
  Your hand in mine
  We could grow lost together; it's not my choice

  Bridge:
  No I can't see between the lines,
  I'm being blunt, I won't let you go!
  Now you're the girl with the master plan
  That's got a hold of my soul (x2)

  Bridge Part 2:
  That's got a hold of my soul (x4)

  Outro:
  Why can't I?
  It's not the 4th of July,
  Yet it's my independence day
  How would I know
  How she rocks, how she rolls,
  For it's my independence day

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• Megan Landry, 14 (Ottawa, ON)

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  Broken

  © Megan Landry

  Dress me up and throw me on stage, Lock my life in a cage.
  Crack the whip and tell me to behave. Sit me down in a chair,
  Then start cutting my hair, Of course, you don't ask me if I care

  I can't go living on like this anymore, for sure

  CHORUS
  It's my life, I'm trying to live it right.
  You put me down, and shove me around,
  You leave me broken, boy

  You got your hand on my hip, I can't escape your tight grip.
  You're the reason for my bloody lip, oh boy, Don't complain that I'm shy,
  You're the reason I cry myself to sleep at night.
  I can't go on living like this anymore, for sure

  CHORUS
  It's my life, I'm trying to live it right.
  You put me down, and shove me around,
  You leave me broken, boy

  BRIDGE
  I don't know why I keep a standby near you
  Near you is dangerous I don't know why
  I keep a standby near you ... near you is dangerous

  They all say I'll go running back,
  I'm stuck to you like a tack on the bulletin board of my life, got no slack
  I was the picture to your frame always taking the blame
  Well this time I ain't playing silly games
  And I can't go on living like this anymore, for sure

  CHORUS x 2

  Found these interesting scribbles for the ending of Broken ... I like them!!!
  Boy you leave me broken, our love was just a lie,
  Boy you leave me broken, I'm gone and you know why.

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• Mirelle Lupovici, 17 (Montréal, QC)

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  Another Great Song

  © Mirelle Lupovici

  You left without saying goodbye
  You left without saying your sorry
  You left me here alone to wonder where we went wrong

  It took me a while to wright this song
  Cause i've been felling a little lost since you've gone
  And it's been hard at times excepting the truth
  And I hate that i'm still missing you

  So im turning the page and I' m ripping out the old
  I will stay strong and I will move on
  Cause my heart broken again is just another
  Another great song

  I found myself speechless when you left
  Nothing I said was exactly how i felt
  the days passed by and the nights were cold
  and it feels like a year just a second ago

  and its been hard at times excepting the truth
  and i hate believing that were done and were trouew

  so im turning the page and im ripping out the old
  I will stay strong and i will move on
  cause my heart broken again
  is just another
  another great song

  i told myself to stay strong
  and thats how i started writing this song
  by knowing that there was a new day to come

  so im turning the page and im ripping out the old
  I will stay strong and i will move on
  cause my heart broken again is just another
  another great song
  cause my heart broken again is just another
  another great song

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