I’m trying to come up with type of lyrics for the song in my last post, and I’m kind of stuck. I have a few ideas, but it doesn’t flow yet. Words have never flowed for me, at least not like music. Every once in a while, I’ll get a flash of inspiration and then I have a complete song idea that comes out in 30 minutes or less. But most of the time it’s like pulling teeth.
Usually, I start with a basic idea or feeling that I’m trying to write about. Then I figure out the story or details that will help convey that concept. I guess it’s kind of a macro to micro way of writing. I think with this idea (the belated valentine’s idea) I’m going need to the subconcious work through the song idea or lyric rhyming patterns.