How do you write song lyrics?

[candid phoenix]

Ive always tried to write lyrics to songs and they match to the instrumental but the lyrics always suck and I never know what to write about

[rapid cipher]

I mean, there is a lot to think about.
For me, you have to get something that you want to show with the song.
Then, a situation for the song

Then, how the person that it's in that situation express himself

something like that, at least for me that's the formula

[solid yew]

go to chatgpt and say "write me an epic song 🙂 "

as easy as that

[candid phoenix]

Okay tysm because I have a band and we have good stuff it’s just the lyrics suck

[glass brook]

random words random beats arrange them and boom

[agile pendant]

You can write about your feelings and try to explain it in various ways and try to make them rhyme. Like lets say two sentences dont rhyme, so just go on and search a word that rhymes and means the same thing but fancier or smth

[north tulip]

Either lyrics then music or all together. When I write music first it feels like I'm writing a parody or something.. it feels weird.

If you don't know what to write about. Write about not knowing what to write about, why do you think that happens and such.

Hit me up if you wanna talk about it more.