It's fun to write the lyrics to progressive rock music.If you're familiar with progressive rock music - Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes being the big three - you will know that the lyrics to their songs commonly tell tales of fantasy legends, historical events, dreamlike and futuristic realm and so on.The lyrics are difficult to comprehend and require deep analysis.There is a guide on how to write your own lyrics to a progressive rock song.
Step 1: Determine what your song will be about.
Writing about a legendary creature is the best way to begin.Pick a dragon and get down dragon-related song ideas.
Step 2: You're going to wrap the story around this topic.
A good progressive rock song tells an interesting story or describes an event in detail to show the significance of it.Think up necessary characters, decide the time period of the story, and decide where you're going to take it and how it will end, rather than just describing things.Pick the most suitable ones when you write down as many ideas as you can.
Step 3: Start writing now that you've thought of a story.
Step 4: If you want to suck the listener into this song's world, start the scene by describing what is happening.
The goal that needs to be accomplished should be introduced.There has to be a goal in the story.There must be at least one character who wants something to happen.
Step 5: It's good to not include the chorus too much if the song has a chorus.
The chorus is lazy and should never be used to flesh out a song.The chorus of your song should be more descriptive than to-the-point.
Step 6: Continue with your story and try as many ideas as you can.
If you want it to be nonsensical, make sure it's adventurous.There are things that can happen in progressive.
Step 7: Add in a twist after you've written a few words.
Send the story in a different direction so you can come up with new ideas.If you're writing about a dragon, you might be able to reveal in the song that the dragon is misunderstood and means no harm.Maybe the dragon is just a figment of one's imagination.Try different twists.
Step 8: It's important to make your song poetic.
Pick out as many interesting words as you can.To transform a good line in a song into an even better line, use these to your advantage."The dragon breathed fire" is a different line."Hellish blasts of inferno were launched from the dragon's throat."
Step 9: Remember to not get too carried away as well.
It sounds silly to cram so many words into a single sentence.
Step 10: Don't stop at words that are creative.
There is more to experiment with in progressive rock lyrics.Try out the number of lines in a verse, from small, two-line verse to long and epic ones.Decide which lines you want to rhyme with and which you don't.Change each of the verses so that they correspond to the point in the song's story.If you want, you can even convert some of the song's lines into quotes.
Step 11: Make sure the song has meaning.
Is there a lesson to be learned in this song?There may be a secret that the listener has to uncover.Is it possible that your song has multiple hidden meanings?Adding in a hidden meaning to a song can be hard for beginners, but you can create an artificial meaning from your lyrics.If there isn't anything you can get out of it, you should alter some of the lyrics with the meaning you came up with.
Step 12: You can give a title to your song once the lyrics are finished.
A lot of progressive rock bands enjoy giving their songs titles that are not mentioned anywhere in the song, or titles only once or twice.Few progressive rock songs have a title mentioned frequently, but this doesn't mean you have to.
Step 13: The finishing touches should be added.
You can sign your name under the song.If you want to decide where in your song the lengthy guitar and keyboard solo come in, you have to add the song's length.To give your song a fancy look, format it in a way that reflects what it is about.
Step 14: There is a set of lyrics to a progressive rock song that you wrote and are rightfully yours.