07-05-2015, 01:27 PM
I've written song lyrics for a solo artist and another band before. The biggest mistake I made early on was to "overwrite" them. Not everyone's Dylan, or Tracy Chapman, nor every song a ballad of the sort. Generally speaking, listeners want time to emotionally interact with the sentiments and images the song is projecting and spontaneously evoking within the listener. Repetition matters in this way, but not always.
Anyway...the first song lyrics that I ever wrote that hit home, in a manner of speaking, were the simplest, most non-deep-thinking set of lyrics I ever wrote, just sort of effing around with a particular emotion. Stupid little bluesy number called "Sweet Salvation".
Music and lyrics are weird in that way. To be catchy, set that hook...you never quite know (unless you're really good).
And, as always in music as a lyricist, you're dependent upon the rhythms and melodies you're presented to work with. Words/lyrics are limited in such a way.
Anyway...the first song lyrics that I ever wrote that hit home, in a manner of speaking, were the simplest, most non-deep-thinking set of lyrics I ever wrote, just sort of effing around with a particular emotion. Stupid little bluesy number called "Sweet Salvation".
Music and lyrics are weird in that way. To be catchy, set that hook...you never quite know (unless you're really good).
And, as always in music as a lyricist, you're dependent upon the rhythms and melodies you're presented to work with. Words/lyrics are limited in such a way.
You can't hate me more than I hate myself. I win.
"When the spirit of justice eloped on the wings
Of a quivering vibrato's bittersweet sting."
"When the spirit of justice eloped on the wings
Of a quivering vibrato's bittersweet sting."