do you ever find yourself just churning out the same old junk lyrics for every song you write? you know, like you end up with about 10 'album filler' songs but not one classic tune?? well thats wot i generally get, so how does ne1 else deal with this problem?

L8rs
Tom

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Try reading some classical literature, like Byron, Milton, Dante, Poe, etc. They can be a never-ending source of inspiration.

I sometimes try to 'shift the focus' of the song.
For example, if you write about a relationship, you could speak as the Bar the two lovers go to,

'they came here a lot
seems like it stopped
sometimes it's just love
that just comes and goes...'

Something I do a lot is write a word and for each letter, I start a sentence: (here the word is lalimace )

Low, low, low
Again, today I feel low
Low, low, low
I don't know, how long can I go?
Mother, I feel like a lost child
Alone, I bend my head and cry
Come on mother
End with your kisses, my endless tries...

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I think it's about how good you are at storytelling.
You basically try and put yourself in the situation you're talking about,and then see how you'd react.
Then write about it.
You see how often you see actors/tresses shed real tears when they're just acting?That's what I'm talking about;wearing those shoes.
Or I'm not making any sense to you?
Go this page.It might help.
http://www.guitarnoise.com/songwriting.html
P.S.:For all my "knowledge" about songwriting,I've never written a single song.Poems,yes.Melodies on my recorder,yes.But a full song,no.
But I do know I can kick butt when I want.


[Edited by kingdavid on 06-10-2002 at 12:08 PM]

Just do like metallica. Write the most epic lyrics ever based on some obscure horror story, a movie, a book, etc. Nobody can disagree with me when i say that James Hetfield writes brilliant lyrics....


Btw, if all else fails, just start playing extreme metal, where nobody can hear what you are saying anyway

LOL
But seriously,this guy wants to be heard.

Well my point was the metallica part... Writing good epic lyrics is much easier than writing good poppy lyrics that are simple.