Overview
In the previous article, I wrote that I didn’t like the lyrics of “Unnecessary Luggage” and wanted to make it more rock-like. ChatGPT arranged it in a rock style and wrote a tune for it, so I’d like to introduce it to you.
The lyrics of the previous song were about throwing away the unnecessary baggage of ideals and attachments (by losing a bet), accepting reality, and moving forward in the face of the discrepancy between ideals and reality. This time, the lyrics are the opposite, rejecting reality and venting their anger. Nothing will change if they stay like this, so in a fit of desperation, they decide to bet on what they hold dear (their dreams and ideals), even if it means going to an illegal casino.
The Lyrics
🎵 Unnecessary Luggage (Rock Version)
[Verse 1]
Far from home
English doesn’t work
Street signs look like jokes
Written just to hurt
[Verse 2]
Hands in the air, pointing blind
Asking anyone nearby
Yeah, it works, I get the way
But I’m sick of trying to be polite
[Pre-Chorus]
They keep singing “Anywhere you want”
Like time’s a fucking lie
I don’t feel young
I don’t feel free
I just feel tired inside
[Chorus]
I left with my pockets full of hope
Chasing shit that wasn’t real
At the end of the road
There’s nothing waiting
But the truth I didn’t want to feel
This isn’t how it was supposed to go
This isn’t my life
But here I am, still standing
With nowhere else to go
[Verse 3]
Illegal casino, back of the street
Lost today’s pay in a cheap-ass seat
Day workers screaming, losing control
Guess we’re all betting pieces of our soul
[Verse 4]
Nobody’s watching, nobody cares
Still I freeze at the edge of the line
Call it fear, call it habit
Call it the shape of a spine
[Pre-Chorus 2]
No matter how far I run
I’m stuck with this face
I don’t turn into something better
I just learn my place
[Chorus 2]
On the way back home
Regret hits hard, won’t quit
I buy reality as a souvenir
And I hate every bit of it
This collection I’ve dragged around
Like a body I won’t bury
Would it kill me
To just let it go already?
[Breakdown (Shout) ]
Dreams!
Hope!
Who said I need that shit?
Dreams!
Hope!
Just dead weight on my back!
[Final Chorus]
Nothing changes if I play it safe
So fuck it, I’ll place one bet
At that illegal casino tonight
Where the rules are fake as hell
Yeah, they’re cheating, I know
But I’ll dump my baggage here
I don’t want dreams
I don’t want hope
Just something loud enough
To drown out fear
[Outro]
A road with no direction
Still beats standing still
The Generated Song
As usual, I generated about a dozen songs using Suno AI and selected the ones I liked best. The songs I chose are as follows. Rather than Western rock, they feel more like songs sung by Japanese singers in English.
[Youtube]
[Suno AI]
Actually, there is another song with these lyrics (it seems to be a trilogy according to ChatGPT), so I will introduce it next time.
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