How do you write a song?

There are different approaches. I occasionally write songs, and it is even different from song to song. Sometimes I have a text fragment first, or just a term. Sometimes a chord sequence, sometimes a melody. Sometimes I finish the complete text and then make a melody. Often it is a reciprocal process, i.e. text and melody are reworked together. Sometimes so much that nothing is left of the original idea. It doesn’t matter. A song to write a piece is a journey. You also have to let go when you realize that what you think is good at the beginning is disturbing and unwilling in the rest of the song.

That also applies to remnants. Do not try to find a rhyme on a found line. If something doesn’t necessarily happen, change the previous line. Have a wide view of the whole text.

It’s good to have a structure. Classic stanzas and refrain, possibly a bridge. This then causes the verses to be the same in reim form and dimension.

I use different instruments, or none. This is also always different. A guitar is great when one starts from a chord sequence. A melody instrument when the melody comes first and is in the foreground. Piano is the classic, but I can’t play.