How to Write a Song Like a Pro

It starts with a statement

Then a comparison

And then a conclusion

Next you move to an illusion

Then something opposite of the first statement

And how it is just like you, the singer

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A river in the valley of the mind

It is like pouring water on a rainy day

Or simply running in place

It looks like a mirage on the highway

Or like the ghost in the kitchen

When I am drinking milk on a summer day

The ghost is thirsty, just like me

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The chorus is the name of a state

Or a city but don’t rush into it

Just use one word though

Back up lines to reveal

Maybe an adverb or a noun

It can be anything I guess

You are making it up as you go

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Thirsty—I heard you are supposed to water your mind

Thirsty—don’t stay up too late to be kind

Thirsty—I like to think I am half full

Thirsty—You can’t buy the time you are hoping to find

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Use this time while some music is played

To pull something out of the beginning

To make a clever bridge

Try a funny chord or something to set it apart

I achieve this by just playing it wrong

It can be nice and there are many options

But you need a bridge

It is important

Build it with concepts

One on another

Like bricks in a courtyard

Opposing fast wordplay

Contradictions, retorts

Makes you think doesn’t it

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(actually write the bridge thingy)

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It ends with a question

And a sudden quick answer

Then you doubt your assessment

And posit another

But you really had it right the first time

So leave it at that

And admit that you are really the chorus

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But what it is really

Is it just some water and rocks

Or is it the earth packed beneath it

That holds it all up

Or the air stretched above it

That pushes it flat to the sea

No, it’s just the water and rocks

Everything else is just thirsty like me