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Anyone else have a truly difficult time writing song lyrics?

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Tehz:
During these past few months I've been making a good effort to finally piece together some things I've written on guitar into complete songs, and thus far I've been able to do so with relative ease. However, once I get past instrumentation, writing the words to go along has proven to be a challenge. Occasional writer's block aside, writing usually comes to me pretty easily in most formats, with songwriting appearing to be the lone exception; I really just find it difficult to write anything down without it seeming cliché or contrived to me. A lot of the time I feel like it's just me lacking faith in my own ability and just believing that what I wrote sounds like something any fourteen year-old with a music Myspace could come up with, but at the same time I can't be sure.

Every once in a while I think of something that I'm pretty happy with, but a lot of the time what ends up happening is I'll read it again at another point and change my mind. Sometimes I strike gold and an idea or two manages to make it past the embryonic stage, but that's a dishearteningly rare occasion. I know I'm still relatively new at this and it will probably take some time before better ideas start to flow, but it's still something of a downer when most of my writings end up getting tossed.

I'm not necessarily looking for advice, but I'd be happy to accept any. I'm sort of just searching for people in a similar boat; is it really that difficult to write good lyrics or am I just being a big baby about it?

The Duke:
I was the same way for a long time, and I'm certainly not completely past that stage yet.

I found that it helps a lot to get a friend you can test them out on, who will give you their honest opinion.  Try out every song you write on them, regardless of whether or not you think it's good.  

It's worked pretty well for me so far.

Be My Head:
Have you tried writing the lyrics before you write the melody?

Tehz:
Sometimes if I feel the need to write my ideas down I will without a particular melody in mind. I'm pretty sure that's a mistake most of the time.

imapiratearg:
I have a hard time writing lyrics a lot.  I try to come up with lyrics when writing the melody.

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