when you're writing a song on average how many times do you revoke and/or change the lyrics or do you usually have the general point of the lyrics on the first try and don't have to change much? (sorry if this doesnt make sense english is my second language)
the lyrics and music are so closely linked, that quite often a lyric change means you have to change the music also. occasionally in some rare cases there might be a seamless lyric change, but that would usually only be for a word or two. Also, any significant change anywhere in the song will almost certainly have a ripple effect and everything after it would need to be changed also. it's kind of like when you change one thing in the present, and then the whole future changes