![]() Writing lyrics (or what I consider telling the story) is the hardest part for myself as a composer. You might be amazed how many people you can foolĪnd the most important rule of all songwriting: Completely commit to them, sing them like you believe every word you're saying and only an idiot wouldn't realise how good your lyrics are. Even if your lyrics are utter crap, just pretend they're great. Maybe each verse has a callback to previous verses, some kind of lyrical echo that occurs in the same part of each verseĬonfidence. Perhaps as the song progresses, someone's perspective changes, something gets realised, something comes full circle by the end of the song. Perhaps your verses function a bit like chapters of a story. Generally, your chorus should sorta 'sum up' your song, while your verses should each explore different aspects of the topic. It's important not to tell the audience what they are supposed to feel about what they hear: instead, just give us the details and we'll reach that feeling ourselves. Don't say she's beautiful, say her hair bounces around her frame with every step she takes. Don't say he's depressed, say he's eating raw cookie dough in his room at 3am. ![]() (This next one is probably the biggest one for a lot of people on this sub) Show, don't tell. If you're doing anything related to rap, you 100% need to know your way around multisylbic rhyme. It's a cool feature to include if you can. It makes your words sound better to the ear, regardless of what they mean. Ideally, you're looking for words that say what you want to say, and just happen to rhyme That said, beware of using 'forced rhymes', where the listener can tell you chose a word just to fit the rhyme scheme instead of for its meaning. Rhyming couplets are always a safe choice. It won't write a whole song for you, but it will help give you some cool phrases to sprinkle through. Cloud with a silver bullet, wolves in wolves' clothing, that kinda thing. I don't want to ruin my songs with crappy lyrics. This is one area of songwriting I really want to get this right. So I guess I struggle with saying "okay, that's what I've decided on, it feels right". like, it's kind of amazing how much lyrics can really transform a song. To me, lyrics are literally what breathes life into a song and give it its most concrete shape and manner of expression. I'm also just really picky about lyrics too, so maybe that's part of my problem. Sometimes finding those first few lines (regardless of when they occur in the song) get me closer to something more concrete. I kinda know the vibe, the attitude that I'm going for. This is going to sound kinda abstract, but I tend to know what kinds of sentiments and emotions I want the lyrics to bring about. I guess I just haven't developed my process for this like I have in other areas of making music, so I'm trying different things. I feel like once you have at least one or two lines that you really can dig, feel inspired by, etc., the rest of it comes much more easily.At the very least, you have something to chew on. Starting is definitely the hardest part for me.
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