Songwriting

My approach to writing is a mite like Bernard Black's: an image or an emotion provokes an idea or a series of ideas, and it sort of, well, "flows" from there. The majority of the pieces I've written sprang from something that I saw--imagining how I could describe an object, making it real (or at least semi-real) through words.

Sometimes I can just sit down and chisel out a piece in a pinch. Other times, I struggle for hours, days, or longer until I'm finally satisfied.

Finding inspiration is sometimes the most difficult part, as you're finding, it seems. I recommend going outside, or anywhere were there are observe-able objects-sss (that part shouldn't be too hard, unless you've lost your glasses). A good exercise, then, is to find an object--any object: a tree, a sidewalk block, a bench, a squirrel (hehe...squirrels)--and try to describe it in as many ways as your mind can conjure; write down as many observations about said object as you can. That'll get the mental juices flowing, at least, and it'll be a start.

Also, read, and read a lot. Read poetry. Read books. Listen to musicians who have made the whole lyrics bit work smashingly well. You can go a step further and try to mimick an individual's style, too; that is a greatly helpful method to mature as a writer.

Putting whatever you've written into musical form is a horse of a different colo(u)r, of course, that I don't know much about, to be honest.

Jam it back in, in the dark.