Here are some good tips, in my amatuerish opinion.
1. Quantity eventually leads to Quality
Just open up the word processor and type type type...about a girl/boy, or sandwich or anything that comes to mind. This is the raw material that you can later craft into something good.
2. Make and record at least one whole song, no matter how lame it sounds
This gives you much needed discipline.Write at least one June/Spoon song with verse, bridge, and chorus now matter how derivative it might be. Eventually you'll become more fluent in lyric writing.
3. Writing lyrics shouldn't be too straining.
This is when your writing lyrics and you have to make every line sound profound. There is a difference between expressing a feeling/idea/mood vividly and writing a point by point description of it. The latter is the reason why Rush lyrics suck so hard.
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