Choose a natural starting point for your song instead of trying to force it. In essence, let your song begin where you feel it’s supposed to begin.

If your brain naturally starts with a melody, then just throw some nonsense words into the mix until the right words form to take their place. That’s how Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday” — his original version of the song was about scrambled eggs, and he used the phrase as a placeholder until his real lyrics had mentally congealed for him.

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