The Patient One

Confession time: I love singing! Belting out a favorite song in the car, at church, or on karaoke night is something I really enjoy.

So I like to sing and I write some poetry on occasion, but I've never endeavored to write a song before. I had an idea to inspire some lyrics, but the first attempt ended up being too heavy with rhyme and just overall missed the mark of what I had hoped to accomplish.

On the second attempt, I landed on a chorus I liked and fleshed out a first verse I was content with. From there I developed my own melody for both, which helped me write the remaining verses. I recorded and re-recorded the vocals over several days. A promising observation emerged: I, for one, thought the tune was quite catchy.

The inspiration for the song came from the period of time before I met my husband. I was twenty-eight when we started dating and by that point in my life, most of my friends were already married or in committed relationships and I'd been on one date in my adult life. I know it seemed kind of crazy to people, but I'm a romantic at heart. And if the prospect of falling in love with someone didn't excite me and felt more like a "guess I could try and get on with it" attitude, then I'd rather the relationship remain a platonic one.

With the lyrics written and a melody in mind, one major problem persisted: since I quit piano lessons in the fourth grade, I have failed to acquire any instrumental skill whatsoever. I thought I'd try my hand at creating some digital music for a backing track. And that turned out to be a total dumpster fire.

I reached out to a friend about any potential tools that I could use to end up with a finished product – one that would actually sound like a fully formed song. He suggested SUNO and I knew some other creators had mentioned using SUNO too.

My hope was to retain the original vocals I had recorded and just add a backing track that didn't sound horrendous. Unfortunately, I had to surrender the overall integrity of the vocals to the AI of SUNO in order to generate the song.

With a paid SUNO subscription I was able to upload two minutes of my vocal recordings as input material to generate the song. I can definitely still hear elements of my melody in the SUNO version and some parts are truer to the original than others. Although it's not exactly the melody I fell in love with while writing it, it's definitely growing on me. I've been playing it in my car on the way to work... And I actually like the SUNO version of the bridge and outro a lot better than mine.

I decided I'd include the SUNO version and the acapella version of my original vocals for anyone who wants to hear both to make a comparison. Please be kind to the acapella one! I said I love singing, not that I was any good at it!

"The Patient One (SUNO Remix)"

"The Patient One (Acapella)"

Verse 1:

I took a walk yesterday

Past couples strolling hand in hand

With smiles on their faces

Then tried to imagine your fingers laced with mine

But couldn't grasp the sensation

Since you're the one I’ve yet to find

Chorus:

I’m just the patient one

I sleep alone when the day is done

They wonder who I’m waiting for

A secret knock on a treehouse door

Though I’m not a kid anymore

I’ve got dreams of a special love

So I’ll keep waiting on the right one

And I’ll always be the patient one

Verse 2:

My friends don't know what to say

They try but they can't understand

Why I’m okay waiting

While I keep on wishing for a guy that's all mine

Who's well worth all of my patience

For my love could never be blind

Chorus:

I’m just the patient one

I sleep alone when the day is done

They wonder who I’m waiting for

A secret knock on a treehouse door

Though I’m not a kid anymore

I’ve got dreams of a special love

So I’ll keep waiting on the right one

And I’ll always be the patient one

Bridge:

So I’ll wait for you

Patiently

Are you waiting too

Just for me

I’ll keep on waiting

For someday

With an open heart

Forever

And always

Verse 3:

What if my time slips away

My hourglass runs out of sand

It won't be time wasted

As long as I’m loving the people I call mine

Not caught up in constant chasing

For something I don't have to find

Chorus:

I’m just the patient one

I sleep alone when the day is done

They wonder who I’m waiting for

A secret knock on a treehouse door

Though I’m not a kid anymore

I’ve got dreams of a special love

So I’ll keep waiting on the right one

And I’ll always be the patient one

Outro:

Waiting patiently

Until it's you and me

I’m the patient one

When all is said and done