How to write song lyrics?

I've tried and tried and nothing sounds right. What are some tips on how to write them.

How to write song lyrics?
***A FOOLPROOF WAY TO WRITE MEANINGFUL LYRICS!***You don't really write them. Let the song come to you. Come up with a melody, a simple, catchy, sweet, lovely melody. Then, hum it to yourself in everything you do. Your feelings, emotions, experiences, ect. will fill in the words as you go, so you'll never get the same one twice. Then, I PROMISE you'll notice one while your singing it to yourself that you fall in love with. Write it down quickly, and start singing it with those lyrics. The rest of your song will fill in as you go. This is FOOLPROOF, and It always comes up with beautiful heartfelt lyrics because they literally come from your heart. :) Good luck!





From one song-writer to another. :)
Reply:And moreover:





Write lots and lots of lyrics. Neil Young once threatened an audience that when he wrote "Sugar Mountain", he wrote 103 verses and kept the best three--and if they didn't all sing along like he asked them he was going to torment them with the other 100.





Look for a 'hook' which is defined as the little nugget of the pop song that sticks in the listener's ear. The 'hook' is usually in the chorus and is repeated, a very catchy phrase (sometimes there are instrumental hooks as well).
Reply:Write a song the way you would write a letter to someone. This will avoid cliche, hokey ideas and rhymes.
Reply:If you are new to songwriting, I would suggest starting with a song which has two or three verses, a chorus, and maybe a bridge. This style of song lends itself to developing a rhyming scheme, and the meter is usually regular, making it easier for you to come up with words you can sing.





To start, decide what your song is about and write that down in two sentences or less.





Ex. "This is a song about a woman who quits her job, sells her possessions, and finds enlightenment in Nepal.


Her "Nepal" represents the dream all of us have within us for a better life".


Next, (and this is the trickiest part) come up with one line which is your hook, your theme, the line that sums up your song. This line, which frequently comes at the end of the first verse or in the chorus, is often the title of the song.


In my example it might be: Going to Nepal.


From this line (which I have decided to put at the end of the first verse, I will try to come up with the last two or three lines of verse one, working out ideas that rhyme with Nepal.


Perhaps:





Just trying to keep my sanity


before I lose it all,


Goodbye to pride and vanity


I'm GOING TO NEPAL.





Now write the start of the verse with lines which tell your story and lead up to the hook.





I quit my job this morning


Underneath a blue-grey sky,


It was sudden, without warning,


And my friends all asked me why?


Just trying to keep my sanity,


Before I lose it all,


Good-bye to pride and vanity,


I'm going to Nepal.


End all of your verses with your hook line, or with a variation


of the hook which ends with the same word.





Do the chorus in similar fashion. The key is to make your words count. Tell your story as completely as you can, using as few words as you can get away with.


Be sure to try singing it as you are writing. This will assure you of getting the meter right.


Hope this helps you get started.
Reply:First, what is it that you want to write about? Pick one idea and stick directly to that one idea, don't get too confusing or too fancy. Nice and simple. Then find ways to say that one point in creative ways, think of similes and metaphors, something like ... "love is like the rose that blooms in spring, wondrous yet filled with thorns."





Mechanically, the key is to figure out how many beats you have in a line, all of the lines should have the same number, figure out a rhyming pattern, and then make it all fit.





Remember, keep the lyrics simple, listen to some of the songs and you'll hear repeating chorus, simple ideas and very few words actually ... you're not writing a story, it's a poem.
Reply:Not everyone is a natural songwriter, nothing bad about that. I have been writing songs as long as I have been talking so it comes easy for me. Most songs burst forth. I have been writing for 45 years. It's as natural for me as breathing.


When I was young I would copy technique, chord patterns and the rhythmic flow of the words of songwriters I liked. I did the same with my guitar playing. I did this for practice with poetry as well. It was a learnig technique I found quite valuable as a training tool. When learning to paint or draw, one copies the style of the artists one admires. It's the same with music. Once you get some kind of groove going, then let your mind wander and start changing things up. Copying technique for practice is not plagerism as long as it is done as an exercise. It's flexing mental muscles.
Reply:just let anything that comes to mind go on to paper and then perfect it after your ideas are lead out...thats what i try when i write stories and junk so it might work with songs to...
Reply:i believe that is a given talent and not just every brittany wannabe is a songwriter...........

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