Does anyone else write lyics!!!!?

Question

I write lyrics and i just wanna know do you?
if you do. well do you just write what you feel at the certain time you are writing? I do.
What are some things you write about?
I write about like love and heartbreak, and well family problems and stuff. some people told me that my lyrics sound really "emo". but hey i don't care how they sound i just write what i feel! What about you do any of you write lyrics? can you give me any free tips? thanx.

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Answer 1

I do write lyrics, but I tend to be in a poetic drought most of the time. However, when I do write lyrics that I like, they tend to be based around a line or a refrain that popped into my mind and really caught my interest. When working on a serious piece, I try and capture a lot of what I'm feeling, not so much just private, personal feelings, but a lot of the world around me as well. I've even tried my hand at general political material. But I usually operate best when using metaphor to describe a lot of how I feel about the world around me.

Often times I feel small, so I write about those feelings, or how the world seems to be too big and feels like it's never the same long enough to get a good hold on life. I once knew a depressed, clingy girl that used me as an emotional crutch, so I described our relationship using metaphors and indirect references, but never explicitly. Sometimes I've written about feelings of futility. Once, I wrote about dysfunctional, yet typical family life in a robotic fashion to make a statement. Whatever comes to mind really drives my writing, but I never try to force an idea. If something strikes my fancy, I'll write it down and try to expand on it, but if nothing comes out that I like, I leave it alone for a while. Forced lyrics always sound terrible. Just write what comes naturally, and you'll always get your personal best. Best of luck with your own writing!

Also, another one of my favorite tips: It doesn't HAVE to rhyme. Poets like Jack Kerouac, even Robert Frost, knew how to use non-rhyming structures to achieve their ends. You should read a lot of great poetry, and see how that influences or inspires your own writing.

Answer 2

well.. how shall i put it? ehhh if you are just writing words without a tune to go with then it might not be called lyrics.. poems might be more suitable? IDK..

any way, if you really wanna write lyrics try to play a song and change the lyrics with your own and see how it goes... or if you can, play some background music and try to add in the singing part yourself.. (like Eminem in 8 miles) i am not saying you have to do rap but any genre that you are comfortable..

that's all that i can say.. may be u should post your lyrics as a question and let others' comment..

Answer 3

I write about dark things, sad things, my feelings mostly. I write odd things once in a while, Whatever pops into my head.

I write about how I feel in the greatest depth that I can. I don't just say 'I feel sad and like life is meaningless" or whatever but one of my fav. poems/songs I've writen goes "It's not good for me to breathe this air, so vain." Because those were my exact thoughts one day and i could really feel it, you know? Or I write songs when i am not so sure what my feelings are. Just songs about how I feel and then later I look at them and try to figure out why I feel certain things.
Or I write about expiriences I wish I could have.
I don't like love songs like I use to so I don't write love songs anymore. There are too many songs about love and most are the same!

Answer 4

I write about what I'm feeling at a given time. I think that otherwise, the songs sound fake. My friends make fun of me for it, but I can't write songs any other way. And most music is emotional, so don't worry about that. The best songwriters, from Dylan to Lennon, wrote about what they were feeling.

Answer 5

It is an excessively average incidence to "mishear" track lyrics. These misheard lyrics are referred to as "Mondegreens", a phrase coined via Sylvia Wright. The one I recall great is in a track via Crosby Stills and Nash (I believe) have been the truly lyrics are "There's a foul moon on the upward thrust", nevertheless it appears like "There's a rest room at the correct". The record beneath offers different examples, and there are lots of, many websites on the web to uncover others.

Answer 6

I also write lyrics...when something moves me...that's when I get creative....I guess most of my stuff is EMO....hey...emotion is what inspires alot of us to write....I wrote alot when a had a breakup...or learned a lesson along the way....years wise you up>>>>>>>bigtime!

Answer 7

not really for right now. i am still figuring out what to put in my lyrics and stuff.. i would usually put something that happened in my life (happy to sad), family, things that are happing sround me and others. and other things