Dan,

If you have the tune happening, what I'd do is as follows.

1. Find a concept that I'd like to use as the song's story line.

2. Write out that story in essay style (around 160 - 200 words).

3. Take the above prose and divide the ideas into the sections of your song. For example: Verse 1 ideas, Verse 2 ideas, Bridge ideas.

4. Map the themes of these sections against the melodies that you've written. (This is probably the hardest part of all since it requires thinking of language in terms of a jigsaw puzzle and getting the right words to do the right job.)

5. Now ask, What common theme links these three sections? That theme will be the chorus, if the song has a chorus.

Hope this helps.

If you get stuck, I'm more than happy to help out with thoughts or suggestions.

Regards,
Noel

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