as someone who writes poetry, I can get a lot of lyrics, but I feel like they're way too clumpy so to speak. like, they don't flow decently enough. help???
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I'm not quite a vocalist yet, but I've noticed that there's a big difference between my poetry and lyrics. In my experience, in lyrics, less is more. Then again I don't know whether I'm good at either. I think Withdecay has knows best in that department.
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i still struggle with doing this quickly,,, for me it takes a LOT of revisions. but usually i'll start by recording myself mumbling a melody over an instrumental i have and keep doing it over and over until i get to something that works well & is catchy. then i start writing a bunch of poetry vomit with no rhythm in mind. once i have enough material to work with, i'll start constructing lyrics out of the best lines and i'll sing them over the track as a test. usually i have to change the phrasing a bunch and make adjustments to the melody and it takes much time and patience but once the pieces start fitting together it feels and sounds great!!!
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Uhhhhh try different sentence structures, like parallel sentences or rhyming or whatever, also incorporate rhythm into your writing. For flow, take syllables, and split them up, and for example let's take a line "Father said that this world isn't for me" (ghost and pals), the write broke up the syllables into "Fa-ther said that this world-isn't-for-me", the rhythm would be "1 (2) 3 4 1 e and 4 1 e + 2 \\" (if i need to re write that please let me know)
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Id say start with a chorus, something you think is catchy.
Either that, or start with a theme and make some verses off of that theme
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you gotta start slow first
Think of a concept you may have- an overarching theme for the song. let's say for example: "I love this person, but they don't love me back."
Now you've found the "what" in what you're talking about, let's find the "why" why should the listener care/ why do you care?
As far as condensing to fit in time goes, let's look at these thoughts about the above topic:
"I feel like every time I'm next to you my heart wants to burst out and tell you how I feel, but then I see the way you look at them and I feel so hopeless"
Let's condense this:
"Every time I'm with you, feel my heart rip at the seams
I see the way you look at them and I'm just wishing it were me"
Notice how there are 13 syllables in the first line and 11 in the second? Ending a line with more than/ less than 12 syllables can connect cohesive thoughts into a condensed 24 syllables while still maintaining a "flow" or "rhythm" Taking out filler words like "I" when starting a train of thought and putting in connecting words like "just" can help limit or add more syllables to a verse to contain the same ideas without things feeling chunky or out of place. Doing this repeatedly builds practice; the more time you put in, the better you become.
hope this was some help :)