There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.
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There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.
I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.
Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.
Writing songs is a trade like anything else.
Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.