A Song About a Song

Background
On November 5, 2011, Dodie uploaded her fifth overall video and her second original song. As of now, the video has clocked in at over 240,000 views as of June 7, 2019. She performs this song with her younger sister Hedy. This is the second video that Hedy is shown in.

As quoted from her Genius lyric page about this song: "'Featuring her younger sister Hedy, Dodie, a relatable British YouTube sensation, created this unusual original track with a winding plot. The idea behind it may seem pretty vague but soon comes forth with some careful reading, understanding and analyzing.'"

Story
From what the lyrics to the general key and to the mood change of this song, one can come to the conclusion that this song tells the story about a girl, presumably Dodie, writing a song. Writing a song can be rather tough at times, and that's what Dodie seems to be going through as she sings. She talks about how at first it can go smoothly, but then it can be a bit hard to come up with other elements, such as in this case, coming up with the lyrics. This instance thus left her writing, well, a song about a song. ;)

Lyrics
[Verse 1]

I'm a musical girl, and I like to play

But sometimes things don't quite go my way

And I'm not quite sure what to say

(I could give you some advice!)

[Verse 2]

I'm all ready to sing, got the chord sequence down

I'm humming the tune, and I'm liking the sound

(Me too!)

But on my paper there's no words to be found

(Look, there's a word there and a word there and a word there!)

[Verse 3]

It would sound so neat, with something sorrowful

(I'm already crying!)

Or perhaps some words about how much I love you

(Ooh, thank you very much!)

But instead you're stuck, with a song about a song

(well kind of)

[Bridge]

I couldn't think of anything else to say

I promise I'll write a better one another day

(Yay)

And have you noticed that I've changed the key

(No, have you?)

The first bit was an A major actually

(Oh yeah!)

But I couldn't figure out, how to get back

Right now I think it's in E flat

(Is it?)

In fact

[Outro]

This song sounds completely different, to the start

(Well at least it goes)

I need to end it now, but I don't know how

(Aw, that's fine!)

So this will do?

(yep)

Ok