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songwriting question: lyrics first or song first?

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Nice. Do you usually have a theme or do you find it later?
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Oh I totally get this 😅  and it can feel like the words are naked sometimes! Thank you for sharing! 100 $degen

it's 99% of the time music first for me! never been much of a "poet" like, writing lyrics without music. i need the music dearly or i feel my words look naked/stupid 😂

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Nice. Me too. I love the feeling when you come up with a chord progression you like and you can mold the lyrics to it. 
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happens both ways for me. usually jot down thoughts throughout the day/night and then experiment with fitting them into a beat or chord progression.

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Same here, sometimes with a lyric, and other times a chord or melody
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In my case it’s not mutually exclusive. Sometimes the lyrics, sometimes the song. What about you?

Lyrics first, adapt song to the lyrics, otherwise lyrics are often meaningless