Are these songs any good?

they were written by some friends of mine and i'll need your opinions on whether or not these songs are any good, please state your likes, dislikes, and your criticisms


"The Sea" by "Just Ideas"

Verse 1
Floating through life on a raft made for one
I brought the time, but forgot my mind
The raft goes down a sea of life
I don't know who's it is, but I assume it's mine
The reflection shows a shadow of who I once was
Then the shadow grows and swallows the sea
No matter how far out this raft goes
And as for that, God only knows
But as far out as I speed
I can see an island of others behind me
Their joy swells into cacophony
A sound that is lovely to them, but sad for me

Chorus
Where am I going?x2
Why am I here?x2

Verse 2
How I long to be on that island
I think I was there once long ago
Before life became evil, dreaded, my foe
When the world was still in front of me & I wasn't on the sea
when I didn't have a raft, there was just me
As I float down stream, cold and alone
I see another raft ahead, similar to my own
The girl on it is my age, whatever that may be
I've lost the years, while drifting on this sea
She takes my hand and abandons her raft
Now we're together, companionship alas.
But as we're going down this sea, another raft as I can see
Is speeding toward the island. There's no one on it, but it still charges
The girl releases my hand and jumps aboard it
She waves goodbye on her new raft
I'm alone again. Misery alas.

Chorus

Verse 3
The days, months, years carry on
I shiver and shake, bitter and alone
I look in the sea and it appears that it's grown
Its vastness is vaster
Its darkness is darker
I go down this sea
More alone than ever
I shall continue this way forever


"Absolute Zero" by "Just Ideas"

Verse 1
Absolute Zero
We say wisdom is open to all
So then we are foolish
We say their ethics immoral
So then ours are most unscrupulous
They argue always, over who's the most right
And as they argue, they yell and they fight
Nothing is done, and nothing is right
But cannot they see, that we're all cold at night?
We question a lot
And we question these ways
While the animals rout
In their blind hazy daze
And so we left in a breeze
And we're all going to freeze
But cannot our thoughts
Bring us warmth in our dreams?

Chorus
It's got to be this race
This world, this place
They've got it all wrong
just a meaningless song
And freedom is lost
In society's frost
With their morals they commit
An ultimate spite
Without thinking, they give thought fight
But they do not care
And so we escape
Absolute Zero
Alone, Cold In Space

Verse 2
Are there others out there?
Others like us?
Those with a knowledge despair
And who run from distrust?
Do they know where to go?
These alien beings
And the songs that they sing
Are of similar meaning?
From where do they come from?
From where do they hail?
What words, pleasant words do they hum?
They too did, escape from a wail?
And so they left in a breeze
And we're all going to freeze
But cannot our thoughts
Bring us warmth in our dreams?

Chorus
It's got to be that race
That world, that place
They've got it all wrong
Just a meaningless song
And freedom is lost
In society's frost
With their morals they commit
An ultimate spite
Without thinking, they give thought fight
But they did not care
And so they escaped
Absolute Zero
Alone, Cold In Space

Verse 3
We had left from a world of rote and unlearning
We had left them to toil in useless group yearning
We weren't the abandoned, the lonely, the lost
It was them all along
Alone in the frost
They will die unpleasantly, at least unknowing
But those creatures, do not pity
For we left them and are going
We thought in our heart
That we were off at the start
But wrong not, we weren't
The fool is their part

Chorus
We reach our destination
And do they reach there's?
And isn't it great, what a new land bears?
We see our freshly found world
But don't reach our destination
The beasts there seem old
Absolute Zero
We're Alone And We're Cold





Answer :
These are actually pretty good lyrics. But it is not a song. So many people make this mistake. Singing and lyrics are not such a major part of a song. The vocal line really acts to give a song variation. This will be a terrible song with bad instrumentation no matter how good the lyrics are.

It also needs a good melody to even make a vocal part. As far as the lyrics themselves go? Well They are pretty good. In the first song they need to make sure that chorus does not sound repetitive.