I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.
I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.
Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about.
Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first.
I try and journal every day, and that's where a lot of my lyric comes from.
I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.
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.
I always start with the music and then try to figure out what I want to write about lyrically.
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.