How do you figure out what to say in a song? Like, I know I have at least one song's worth of stuff to say about something, but when it comes to actually writing stuff out, I can only get a chorus, and maybe a verse. I feel like writing down notes is too clinical, like I'm writing a college essay. If I have to force myself to write stuff down, is what I'm writing even important to me? Do I just not have that many thoughts? Gorillaz have written, like, 6 songs about the exact same thing and I never feel like they're repeating themselves. What's their secret?
songwriting is mysterious. i'm not the only songwriter who says this. i think most songwriters realize this. it's as if the song is writing you. you really can't control it. but what you can do, is just ask, curiously, the open ended question, ....... what would really really really excite you?