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How many bars for a song?

I know there's not a gold standard, but approximately, how many bars should each section of a song with a basic structure have?

-Intro

-Verse 1

-Pre chorus

-Chorus (I've noiced that in some songs, the first chorus is usually shorter, am I right?)

-Verse 2

-Pre chorus

-Chorus

-Chorus (or ending).

And another question, how optimal/good would it be to have a chorus that leads to an even crazier chorus? Like, the pre-chorus builds tension for the release of the chorus, but I just wrote a song in which the pre-chorus builds up the chorus, and the chorus builds up a new section of the song, that feels more cathartic then the chorus itself, but I don't know how cohesive and healthy it is for the song as a whole, I'm also thinking about making that "second chorus" only appear at the ending.

Why

I don’t know why I’m moving so slow Not having a plan and nowhere go Glimpses of panic of what we don’t see Falling on deaf ears it petrifies me And I don’t know why I keep having to say The same old things day after day rewired thinking and distant views Cripple hands, pointing their views

Chorus

My heart it feels the way you come on strong Let’s get to the root of where it all went wrong My hearts in the wind, gone with the breeze I thought I was tough. I just did what I please. Can you say good night while I’m still unawake It’s the happenstance nature of The future we make Distant drums, beating distant songs an eye for and eye a right for a wrong

You think, to soon before it all falls apart Your Halls of darkness steals light from my heart Hiding pain through uncomfortable smiles If you give me your hand, can we talk for a while? Listening intently to unheard plea’s Begging forgiveness they’re too blind to see

Chorus

My heart it feels the way you come on strong It gets to the root of where it all went wrong My hearts in the wind, gone with the breeze I thought I was tough. I just did what I please. Can you say good night while I’m still unawake It’s the happenstance nature of of happenstance race Distant drums, beating distant songs an eye for and eye a right for a wrong

Confined by my own fears unimprisoning me My thoughts all wrong it’s not me that you see If the dark takes on the wind before it all falls apart Will you be there for me when I needs new start? A turn of the screw realigned the right and the wrongs with you Sinister stories read through sinister views Chorus

My heart it feels the way you come on strong Getting to the root of where it all went wrong My hearts in the wind, gone with the breeze I thought I was tough. I just did what I please. Can you say good night while I’m still unawake It’s the happenstance nature of the future we make Distant drums, beating distant songs an eye for and eye a right for a wrong

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"HACKER'S ANTHEM" SOON RELEASING A SONG.

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My personal favorite top ten albums of the decade

I'm fully aware we have six more years to wait until the decade is over - however - so far - these are my top ten.

  1. Ants from up there, Black country new road

  2. Purple mountains (I know it is technically 2019, but I listened to it in 2020) Purple Mountains.

  3. The record, Boygenius

  4. All of this will end, Indigo De Souza

  5. Forever live sessions, Men I trust

  6. Mr. morale and the big steppers, Kendrick Lamar.

  7. Only god was above us, Vampire weekend

  8. Being funny in a foreign language, the 1975

  9. Live at the cabin, Slaughter Beach Dog

  10. Everything harmony, Lemon Twigs