ok so you say you write the music and lyrics at exactly the same time, but what about  songs with multiple verses or parts with the same melody and chords? surely the tune is already written for the second verse/bit, so then youre writing the lyrics after the music? forgive me if im misunderstanding, thanks
yes that's true. actually, there are even some cases where the melody came first, even in the first verse. this admittedly does happen sometimes. But, even in those cases, i am very keenly open to things going in a different direction at any time, as the music and lyrics grab each other by the neck and re-kindle their desperate interdependence