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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.

When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any good.

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to say because they didn't experience it.

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work. I'll sit back and listen to it, and I'll just concentrate on what kind of feeling it gives me. My goal writing the lyrics is to not disrupt that feeling.

I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.

When I'm writing a song, I'm just making stuff up as I go along.