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Saturday, 20 August 2016

Berahi Jasmani (original song)

So...this is one of my edgier songs...and it has exactly the opposite theme as another edgy song of mine called "I Don't Wanna..." Let me tell you the story of how the song was born.
First of all, I composed the tune way before the lyrics. The tune was inspired by Autumn Voyage, one of my favorite songs from Runescape, an MMORPG I used to play a lot. I took its chord progression and composed my own melody. For my own melody, I took influence from the dangdut genre of Indonesia which I happened to be into at the time.
As for the lyrics, I knew that I wanted the song to be sensual (in the style of many of dangdut's hit songs). I...kind of did it? I actually had to use an English-Indonesian dictionary, Indonesian thesaurus, and Indonesian rhyme site a lot to make this song (thank God for technology!) cause I didn't know that many sensual Indonesian terms XD. The finished product was, however, was a tragedy about a man of faith who failed to control his sensual fleshly urges. The first verses and chorus detail his internal turmoil while the final chorus tells about how he finally succumbs to the flesh. I quite like the song (unlike my mom).
English translation in (parentheses)

Intro: Em Em7 C/E Em

Chorus 1: Em Am Em Am Em D Em x2
Kuatlah hatiku (Be strong, my heart)
Ku terus berdosa (I keep sinning)
Teruslah tergoda (I keep being tempted)
Membayangkan (Imagining)
Berahi jasmani (Fleshly desire)
Meliputi raga (Covers my being)
Tak bisa bertahan lagi (I can't handle it anymore)

Verse 1: Em Am D Em x2
Rayuanmu, buatku gelisah (Your seduction, makes me excited)
Tatapanmu, sesak aku di dada (Your gaze, I can't breathe)

Pre-chorus 1: C D A#
Tuhan tolonglah aku (God help me)
Kalahkan godaan (Defeat temptation)
Dari para gadis menawan (From captivating women)

Chorus 1

Verse 2: Em Am D Em x2
Sakit hatiku, belum bisa bercumbu (My heart hurts, can't make out yet)
Musnah harapan, bermesra dengan insan (No hope, for intimacy)

Pre-chorus 2: C D A#
Bagaimana caranya (What is the way)
Menyangkal naluri (To deny instinct)
Tuk selingkuh dengan gadis yang murni (And cheat with a pure girl)

Chorus 1

Chorus 2: Fm A#m Fm A#m Fm D# Fm x2
Datanglah ke sini (Come here)
Wanita idaman (The woman that I desire)
Tubuhmu yang telah (It's your body)
Ku bayangkan (That I've imagined)
Berikanlah aku (Give me)
Pesona yang hanya (The passion that is only)
Ada ketika selingkuh (There when we cheat)