I'm writing songs these days. I'm not claiming to be any good, but I'm trying to work out what makes a good song and a bad song. Perhaps one of the areas that interests me the most is the lyrics. To this end, I'd like to publicly swear about Daniel Bedingfield's abysmal goddamn excuse for a song otherwise known by me as that sodding piece of shit!. Read the lyrics - they're bloody awful... the singing is not too good as well. Having said that, the tune is almost not too bad...

It has too many references to heart and soul - proving the absence of them in the song-writing process. Try to avoid using the word "today" in any song - it rarely works, especially if you're trying to use it to make a rhyme - it's facile, childish and nasty! Too many uses of the word "life" and he only goes and rhymes it with "wife"... aaagh! Then "And I breathe you into my heart and pray for the strength to stand today"... WHAT!? Aaaaaaaaagh!!!!! Someone pass me a power tool it's time for emergency trepanning!