Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.
I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.
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'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.
I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
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.