The easy lyrics (O de lo fácil que es escribir la letra de una canción en inglés)

Suponiendo, claro, que te apañes más o menos con el inglés...

Todo viene porque estaba yo en la ducha, y me puse a cantar (como suelo hacer). Y empecé con una en inglés, y seguí con otra, y con otra... y me di cuenta de que todas las canciones en inglés tienen una cosa en común. Pero todavía no te voy a decir cuál es, para darle un poco de emoción al post. Obviamente al final te lo acabaré diciendo, pero este post está pensado para que sigas los pasos e intentes adivinarlo tú solito.
Y para eso, te voy a poner algunos vídeos de canciones en inglés con sus correspondientes lyrics debajo (además es la excusa perfecta para hacerte escuchar la música que a mí me gusta, jiji). Fíjate bien, a ver si te das cuenta de lo que tienen todas en común. Te doy una pista: es un porcentaje.

CANCIÓN 1. HOME FOR A REST (GREAT BIG SEA)


You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
These so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest.

We arrived in December and London was cold
We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak
Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats

CHORUS:
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

Euston Station the train journey North
In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled

- CHORUS -

By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets
A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet
She'd tease us and flirt, as the pubs all closed down
Then walk us on home and deny us a round

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room
I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
And don't lift up my head 'till the the twelve bells at noon

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home


CANCIÓN 2. STONE IN MY SHOE (SCORPIONS)


I keep on dancin' on the roof
Try not to fall, stay in the groove
A step too far. I'm out of place
Life beats you up some of these days
Just like a whisper there's a voice
Inside of me
It's sayin' you ain't got a choice
Well, can't you see

Ooh, when your world comes tumbling down
Ooh, you better find a way around

I keep on walkin' in the clouds
Find out what life is all about
I keep on runnin' away from here
To learn the grass ain't greener there
Just like a whisper there's a voice
Inside of me
It's sayin' you ain't got no choice
As you can see

Ooh, when your world comes tumbling down
Ooh, you better find a way around
Ooh, cause no one else but you
Ooh, can find the stone inside your shoe

Ooh, when your world comes tumbling down
Ooh, you better find a way around
Ooh, cause no one else but you
Ooh, can find the stone inside your shoe

Inside your shoe
Inside your shoe
Inside your shoe
Yeah

Keep rockin' in the street
Keep landing on my feet
Keep runnin' on and on
Still play my favorite blond
Keep rockin' mother earth
Just all around the world
These days mean safer sex
Get my survival pack
My orgasm isn't faked
Ooh Lord, I need a break
And what's annoying, too
Is that damn thing in my shoe
Ooh, there is a stone in my shoe.


CANCIÓN 3. BLEEDING HEART (ANGRA)

(De esta no te pongo la letra porque la tienes en el vídeo)


CANCIÓN 4. THE BARD´S SONG (BLIND GUARDIAN)


Now you all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bards' song

[Refrain]
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow will take it away
The fear of today
It will be gone
Due to our magic songs

There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
No one should ask you for the name of the one
Who tells the story

[Refrain]
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And you're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
'Cause the bards' songs will remain
They all will remain

In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them, too


CANCIÓN 5. BLOWING OUT THE FLAME (AVANTASIA)


I sold my soul for diamonds
And reason for acclaim
Been begging for white angels
To blow my mind away

Been growing funny flowers
Where roses never grew
I stayed awake all night
When I woke up from dreams
Of me and you

I tried to take the sun and I went blind
God help me to erase you from my mind
I'm growing cold
And the night is yet to come

Anyone tell me is this
The way it's meant to be
Lost and isolated
I'm way too complicated
For you to lean on me
I play a losing game
I cried in desperation
Mental devastation
I'm blowing out the flame

Self-pity gave me shelter
I always hid away in vice
Dyslexic, torn and tattered
I tried to read the signs

You never tried to take a look
At the one I'd have died to be
Now it seems you don't see me at all

Was it all worth it
Visions holding sway
When the real thing got lost along the way

Yes anyone tell me is this
The way it's meant to be
I'm lost and isolated
Way too complicated
For you to lean on me
I play a losing game
I cried in desperation
Mental devastation
I'm blowing out the flame

[Solo: Sascha Paeth]

Yes anyone tell me is this
The way it's meant to be
Lost and isolated
I'm way too complicated
For you to lean on me
I play a losing game
I cried in desperation
Mental devastation
I'm blowing out the flame

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Bueno, creo que con 5 es suficiente. Que conste que no están seleccionadas, que he cogido 5 canciones al azar de 5 grupos que me gustan también escogidos al azar (podría haber puesto DT, Sonata Arctica, incluso Regina Spektor...).

Veamos, qué tienen en común? Cojamos por ejemplo los estribillos de cada canción.

1. HOME FOR A REST.
Estribillo: 47 palabras.
Monosílabas: 45 palabras.
Total: 95.7% monosílabas.

2. STONE IN MY SHOE.
Estribillo (sin contar los Ooooooohs): 25 palabras.
Monosílabas: 21 palabras.
Total: 84% monosílabas.

3. BLEEDING HEART.
Estribillo: 53 palabras.
Monosílabas: 42 palabras.
Total: 79.2% monosílabas.


4. THE BARD´S SONG.
Estribillo: 49 palabras.
Monosílabas: 41.
Total: 83.7% monosílabas.

5. BLOWING OUT THE FLAME.
Estribillo: 40 palabras.
Monosílabas: 32.
Total: 80% monosílabas.

MEDIDAS DE CENTRALIZACIÓN
-Media aritmética de monosílabas: 84.5%
-Mediana: 83.7%

Vale, suponiendo que la 1ª canción se aleja demasiado de los porcentajes, y suponiendo que en este caso con estos 5 porcentajes es mejor la mediana que la media para que no me salga un porcentaje de monosílabas superior al real por tener un 95.7% aislado, aún así, la mediana sale casi de 84%. Y eso en canciones no elegidas.
Con lo cual, podemos concluir (y que los estadísticos o los de ciencias en general me corrijan si me equivoco, que ya sabéis que yo soy de medio-letras), que las canciones en inglés tienen en general >80% de palabras monosílabas.

Por lo tanto, es muy fácil escribir una letra para una canción en inglés, porque no tienes que estar pendiente de que te quepan en el verso las palabras!!

Próximamente, lo demostraré componiendo una canción en inglés.

Y perdón por este post tan absurdo, es que estoy saliente de guardia...