writing the music is the real fun part for me, just laying down the chords and instrumentation. i like it! but 40 instrumental songs later, it feels like i'm in the same place as when i began--my skills are better, but i haven't gotten to say anything, and i need to move forwards. i've made 3 songs with words, and it's important. they were good, except recording vocals drives me crazy so the production value on that is subpar. you've really gotta have words if you wanna be clear and specific in your meaning. but lyrics only come to me sometimes, one idea at a time, and in between i'm left drifting. again, putting words to music is some of the most fun i've had making anything. but i really don't know how to just get jumpstarted at will. how can i conquer this?
i'm not sure, but it's important to remember that lyrics and music help each other. in other words, if you are good with music, which i suspect you are because you've been doing it along time, theoretically you could probably get away with making any lyric sound good. so try random starting places, like random word generators or something, as a starting point, and then make it a challenege to see if you can make it work