how do you write lyrics

[KISSguy]

i write songs poetically, and they are good songs, but i can never put them into a rhythm, how do you write songs into a rhythm. do you put the lyrics off of the guitar or off of the drums?

[Aus_rock_god]

Good question. My songs sorta fall together. You generally write your sylibles in a time signiture, just as you would when writing rythem, but you don't neccisarily go by what's happing on the drums. I put my lyrics to song using a guitar, but that's just how my style of music works.

[MidnightHysteria]

There have been big discussions about this in the Songwriting and Lyrics 101 thread

[jimbob2222]

i have the same problem i can write decent lyrics and great music but i cant ever put em together

[robot]

Write whatever pops into your head first, and then work that into something you can put into a song.

[darthballs]

when me and my band write lyrics we just record the song with no lyrics and play it till we figure them in there but thats my band other than that yeh its hard to add lyrics to music

[LifeInASock]

from what i found out i dont find any rhythem in any of mine, lyrics r like another instrument you should make its own beat that follows the song