Lyric Exercises

#1 The other side:

Go back to a time in your life when you had a deeply anguished emotional conflict. Now write about that situation…from the point of view of the other person. (polyENFP)

#2 Collecting lyrics: 

Ask people to give you a random word during the day. Write them all down and use them in a song. Try and collect at least 8 words! (songchops)

#3 Dictionry Bomb: 

Open a dictionary or thesaurus to a random page and put your finger on the page. What’s the key word in that general vacinity? Write it down. Do it again. Write it down. Do this as many times as you’d like (can stop at 3), but no more than 5 interesting words. Now connect them with a story.